Manc hiring platform Caroo.co.uk are back at it again with another brilliant ad campaign. The only trouble is, it’s getting pushback and was even banned from appearing on billboards.
Why, we hear you ask? Well, we don’t know — we think it’s absolutely ace and we’d call it more clever than controversial.
Regardless, that’s what it has been labelled as by certain people in the marketing industry and their campaign was even rejected by all of the major billboard companies for being ‘too provocative’.
We’ll let you decide for yourselves:
The ‘Ok Google’ one had us belly laughing — so accurate it felt like a personal attack. Also ‘Karen in HR’ was right there, guys, but we’ll let you off.
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As you can see, the whole idea is simply a clever play on words using asterisks and common phrases you might come across in the workplace over the years, only this one toys with perception and reality.
In case you’ve never come across Caroo before, it’s basically like Tinder (but for jobs, obvs.) The only catch is there are no recruitment agencies allowed.
Caroo keeps you updated with all your favourite brands and companies’ vacancies, as well as helping you find the right role through their clever algorithm.
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With features like the ability to block your current employer from seeing that you’re applying for something new, not to mention a dedicated team working behind the scenes to make sure you aren’t just left to the whim of a machine’s algorithm, it’s no wonder they had such success over the past few years.
Their whole deal is that their hiring platform allows you to just get on with finding your next biggest career move, without all the added faff of traditional job seeking.
Now working with over 650 different employers and more than 160,000 professionals who have installed their unique app, the Manc startup have gone on to become pioneers in their field, aiming to “disrupt” the job market as we know it — they even reduce their success fees to 7.5%
Caroo aims to put power back in the candidate’s hands, so if you think you’d be up for a new job, download their app by clicking HERE.
Grammy-winning disco legend Purple Disco Machine is heading to Manchester for a huge gig
Daisy Jackson
Legendary German nu-disco and house producer Purple Disco Machine has a huge Manchester gig on the horizon, hot off the back of the release of his Paradise album.
The Grammy Award-winning artist’s latest release is packed with collaborations from some of the biggest names in music, including Nile Rodgers, Metronomy, Jake Shears, Duke Dumont, Sophie and the Giants, Nothing But Thieves and more.
And now he’s bringing his unforgettable disco vibes to a dance floor on our home turf, with a massive gig lined up at O2 Victoria Warehouse.
Set to take place on Friday 7 March, Purple Disco Machine will promise an incredible night of sizzling dance and house music, with support from Dan Shake, Oden & Fatzo Live!, and Urbi.
His irresistible sound includes hits like Hypnotised, Dished (Male Stripper) and, never one to miss a trend, an addictive remix of I’m Just Ken from the Barbie soundtrack.
His other remixes have included tracks for Dua Lipa, Sir Elton John, Mark Ronson, Calvin Harris, Fatboy Slim and Britney Spears.
And of course there’s that Grammy win for his remix of Lizzo’s About Damn Time.
On Paradise, he’s released tonnes more addictive disco beats, notably Substitution with Julian Perretta, and Honey Boy with Nile Rodgers.
And live, Purple Disco Machine has cut his teeth on the British festival circuit, including recently joining Fisher at his headline Gunnersbury Park show in London.
Now a multi-platinum-selling artist, with more than two billion streams worldwide, the Paradise tour is set to take Manchester by storm.
Purple Disco Machine will be at the O2 Victoria Warehouse in Manchester on Friday 7 March – you can get tickets HERE.
A club night dedicated to the emo anthems of your youth is heading to Manchester
Daisy Jackson
Manchester, prepare to dust off your stompers and dig out your fingerless gloves, and get ready to party to the biggest emo anthems into the early hours.
A club night dedicated to 00s Emo Anthems is heading back to one of the city’s most iconic venues this spring.
Black Parade will be taking over the O2 Ritz Manchester for a night of pure noughties punk, running all the way from 9pm until 1am.
That’s four hours packed with party anthems from the likes of My Chemical Romance, Paramore, Fall Out Boy, Blink-182 and loads more.
On Friday 11 April, Black Parade will promise a playlist that’s filled with hits from the biggest names in emo.
That list also includes Taking Back Sunday, Bring Me The Horizon, Panic! At The Disco, The Used, All American Rejects, Jimmy Eat World, Linkin Park, Enter Shikari, You Me At Six, Pierce The Veil and loads more.
Black Parade has been running for eight years in venues all over the UK, even featuring at the mighty Download Festival for all that time, taking the prime spot in The Doghouse.
Black Parade, a club night dedicated to 00s emo music, is heading back to Manchester
And now it’s Manchester’s turn to rock out like it’s 2005 again.
I can’t be the only one who still remembers all the words to I Write Sins Not Tragedies, surely…
If you spent your teenage years sleeping beneath a poster of Gerard Way and scouring the shops for that perfect checkerboard belt for your skinny jeans, or if you just developed a love for this elite genre of music at any stage of life, this is the club night for you.
Maybe just step away from the boxed black hair dye this time around…
Black Parade – 00s Emo Anthems will take place at the O2 Ritz Manchester on Friday 11 April, from 9pm to 1am.
Danny Jones -
13th March 2023 
