a major contributor to this article appears to have a close connection with its subject . it may require cleanup to comply with wikipedia s content policies particularly neutral point of view . please discuss further on the talk page . july 2009 learn how and when to remove this template message this article cites its sources but does not provide page references . you can help to improve it by introducing citations that are more precise . july 2009 learn how and when to remove this template message tmp worldwide advertising and communications industry advertising founded 1967 ancestor firm august 31 2006 2006 08 31 spun off headquarters new york city key people michelle abbey president & ceo products recruitment advertising website www.tmp.com www.jobsattmp.com tmp worldwide advertising & communications llc is an independent recruitment advertising agency headquartered in new york city . tmp has offices throughout north america europe and asia and network partners on offices around the world . tmp is focused on providing organizations communications strategies for their employment offerings . tmp was formerly a division of monster worldwide becoming an independent company in 2006 . advertising age ranked tmp as 31 on its annual list of the top digital ad firms and 90 on its annual list of top u.s. ad agencies . 1 page needed history edit in 1967 andrew mckelvey founded telephone marketing programs tmp 2 a directional marketing company focused on yellow pages advertising for large multi site clients . in 1993 mckelvey partnered with recruitment advertising specialist don tendler of davis & dorand to launch a recruitment division for tmp . in 1995 tmp s recruitment division acquired the monster board and online career center occ . tmp worldwide went public in 1996 and its career websites grew and eventually merged as monster.com in 1999 . tmp worldwide was officially renamed monster worldwide in 2003 with monster and tmp worldwide as sister divisions . the former eresourcing and executive search divisions of tmp also spun off to create hudson highland group . to further clarify the evolution of businesses with separate missions the original yellow pages directional marketing division was sold in 2005 . further spin offs were many of the european operations of tmp worldwide in the course of 2005 and 2006 generally to local management buyouts the largest of these being the uk and ireland operation in may 2006 . on august 31 2006 tmp worldwide senior management and vss mezzanine partners an investment fund managed by veronis suhler stevenson vss a private equity and mezzanine capital fund management company purchased the assets of tmp worldwide advertising and communications encompassing north america and india from monster worldwide . in may 2007 tmp hosted a network in world 3 job fair where job seekers and recruiters engaged in all the activities of a real life job fair but within the second life virtual world . 4 page needed in september 2007 tmp acquired uk based people in business limited pib an employer brand consultancy firm . pib s offerings include consulting services on the areas of employer brand research proposition development and internal communications . pib s simon barrow and richard mosely wrote a book published in 2005 titled the employer brand bringing the best of brand management to people at work . in december 2008 tmp acquired aia an employment and recruitment communications firm based in london . winning over 50 rad & cipd awards in the last 5 years aia was named gramia s recruitment agency of the year for both 2007 5 and 2008 . 6 external links edit http www.tmp.com tmp jobs website references edit advertising age 2008 page needed a global digital recruiting technology company tmp worldwide . a global digital recruiting technology company tmp worldwide . wall street journal 2007 page needed the grocery advertising and marketing industry awards 2008 previous winners . the grocer advertising and marketing 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