Although it may seem so, video resumes aren’t a new concept. Sending potential employers a visual message was thought up in the 80’s, when VHS tapes were popular. The amount of valuable office space a stack of these would take up demonstrates their impracticality and why they failed to catch on. With the rise of personal DVD recorders and editing software designed for amateur film makers, video resumes have become plausible.
At their heart, video resumes are a way for a job seeker to catch the attention of hiring managers. In a competitive job market, sticking out from the crowd is important. Those who are considering making should look at it as form of personal marketing. The image on the screen is all the employer has to judge the applicant by. Because of this, it is extremely important to consider what impression one wants to give.
Above all else, honesty is important. Lying about skills or past times to impress an employer will only lead to let downs and job dissatisfaction. Instead, one should focus on the qualities they have that make them a better employee than other applicants. Take the time to write a script so that important information is not forgotten once the camera is rolling.
Personal image also plays a huge part in video resumes. Although this may not be an actual job interview, one should dress as it is. Appearing in casual attire may give employers the impression that this is how the applicant plans to dress in the office if they’re chosen.
One mistake that many video resume creators make is trying to tell the employer their life story. It’s best to remember that hiring managers potentially have a pile of these on their desk and don’t have time for sitcom. Keeping it simple and concise is always the best way to go.
Although no one expects a video resume to have Steven Spielberg worthy production quality, some thought should be given to the technical aspect of the recording. Many common mistakes involve poor editing, bad lighting, or shadows. Because of this one should review their video resume several times over to ensure that these blunders have been avoided. It’s better to take the time to make another recording than to be looked over because of such mistakes.
Also, remember to remove all distracting objects in the area that will be used for filming. The employer should be focused on what the applicant is saying, not on trying to figure out what band poster is on the wall behind them.
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Video Resumes are only a part of the package, after reviewing candidates and the traditional means of glancing over ones cv, if the employer is interested in the candidate he or she should then look at the video resume to get a sense of their personality and communications skills before contacting the candidate. This is just another tool and it’s very affective, sites like http://www.YouInterviewMe.com will be a great free source of video resumes.
Text resumes will be around for a long time. Because everyone can type.
But everyone cannot write a story or a poem.
So, there will also be a demand for expert / professional resume – writers, for a long time to come.
But an ever-increasing number of recruiters feel that graphical / visual / audio resumes have an edge over plain text resumes – prompting emergence of job-portals such as
http://www.VisualCV.com
which inspired me to come-up with my own
http://www.CustomizeResume.com
( it is easy to be inspired, but , at the age of 77 , difficult to implement ! )
With regards
hemen parekh
hcp@RecruitGuru.com
Mumbai — India
As compared to a jobseeker writing her own resume, a resume written by a professional expert resume-writer would any day prove better.
But
Before sending that well-written resume to a recruiter, can a jobseeker figure-out in advance what would happen if that resume
gets ” rated / ranked / scored ” by recruiter ?
gets compared automatically with resumes of other applicants ?
Will she get an interview-call ?
To know what is likely to happen , she has to just type “Resume Rater” in Google / Yahoo / Bing , and download this software tool ( free and without even login ) from any of the 35+ websites. Then rate her resume.
Resume Rater mimics the ” resume-evaluation ” process of recruiters’ minds but does it in an unbiased / objective way.
Resume Rater is absolutely non – discriminatory.
Regards
hemen parekh
Jobs for All = Peace on Earth
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Unemployed Girls, Beware !
Here are some findings of Pew Research Center’s Global Attitude Project ( in association with the International Herald Tribune – July 2010 ) :
There is a pronounced gap between a belief in the equality of the sexes and how that translates into reality.
In China, India, Indonesia and Jordan, equal-rights supporters think, most of the adjustments necessary to establish equality have already been made.
In nations ( Europe / USA ) where equal rights are already mandated, women seem stymied by a lack of real progress.
More than 50% in 10 of 22 countries said that when jobs are scarce, they should go to men.
Surely they have not read the survey conducted by Psychology Professor Keith Laws ( University of Hertfordshire ), which found that girls are better than boys when it comes to multi-tasking !
May be my 2 unemployed grand-daughters have still some hope !
With regards
hemen parekh
http://www.CustomizeResume.com
Jobs for All = Peace on Earth
When I was applying for a freelance position, I noticed that there is now a space where I can upload a video resume. I cannot attest to the effectiveness of it because I am not a hiring officer of a company nor have I tried creating one.