Companies are expanding all of the time in the Boston-area, hiring one employee this month, and maybe two more a few months later. This sort of slow and steady increase in a company’s workforce is easy to overlook. When a company announces a substantial hiring, on the other hand, people take notice. This week, New York-based online advertising company Yodle announced plans to hire 80 new people at its Boston location in the next six to twelve months. (Image courtesy: http://www.yodle.com)Yodle’s pending Boston expansion became evident when sources reported the company leasing a 10,000 square foot space in the historic building at 179 Lincoln Street. According to the landlord’s representative, Anthony Pangaro of Millennium Partners, Yodle was looking for a building with access to a pool of innovative employees and with easy access to public transportation. Located just blocks from South Station in downtown Boston, 179 Lincoln Street met Yodel’s requirements.
Yodel invites anyone interested in filling one of its
open positions to attend a job fair on July 22nd at the company’s new Boston location. Open positions include interactive marketing specialists, interactive marketing assistants, account representatives, and client service managers. By the end of this year, Yodel hopes to take the Boston headcount from 20 to 100. This local effort is part of a company-wide goal to increase Yodel’s total headcount from 350 to 500 by 2011. (Image courtesy: http://bit.ly/b6EMZ5)Just five years old, Yodle already has a presence in 25 major cities, including Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Charlotte, North Corolina, and Scottsdale, Arizona. Earlier this year, the company took in $10 million in Series D funding.
Given how unique it is for a company to be able to hire at such volume right now, Yodle’s job fair should certainly stand out among the clutter. Hopefully their recruiting efforts will yield the large number of high caliber talent that they need. Although there are a lot of people looking for work, as a Recruiting Professional, I am intimately aware that finding “just the right hire” is still as hard, if not harder than ever to before. Nonetheless, as a strong member of a thriving industry, Yodle will surely be a welcome asset to the city.
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