A craft shop found an unusual way to recruit new staff - by releasing a singing and dancing job ad on TikTok. <br /><br />Hobbycraft Wimbledon store manager, Andrew Morgan, 40, roped in his colleagues to perform a tongue-in-cheek advertisement for a new team leader at the branch.<br /><br />In the funny video the employees can be seen dancing around the store to Little Mix's 'Salute' - which features the words "listen up, we're looking for recruits" - while sharing details about the role. <br /><br />Andrew has been getting his team members to film TikTok videos around the shop since 2022. <br /><br />They found fame after recreating Kylie Minogue's music video for her song 'Padam Padam' in a video which racked up 817k views. <br /><br />Before they posted the latest job ad clip, Andrew had two applicants for the position but he's since had 38 people apply. <br /><br />During the interview process, Andrew admits asking applicants if they have seen the TikTok videos - and says most say they have.<br /><br />Andrew, from Northolt, West London, said: "It's something different.<br /><br />"I haven't seen anyone advertise a vacancy through TikTok.<br /><br />"We'll do it again."<br /><br />Andrew says the team have so much fun recording them. <br /><br />He said: "You can hear laughing from the other side of the store."<br /><br />"It has bought us together as a team.<br /><br />"What you see is what you get."<br /><br />Andrew says viewers can sense the camaraderie between the team and says they "have a real laugh" each time they film.<br /><br />"We want to show that Hobbycraft is so much more than a craft shop - it's is an old brand so we wanted to inject some youth," he said. <br /><br />Andrew added: "It is a really lovely place to work.<br /><br />The team's TikTok videos have racked up 16 million views in total, two million likes and they have 34,000 followers. <br /><br />Andrew says the team get noticed by locals - adding "in the store it happens a lot - sometimes 25 times a day."
