Stand Out From The Resume Crowd With Video
alk to an executive creation of its subject.
recruiter - or better yet, Certainly there are digital
a professional "we'll get graphics designers who work with
you hired for a price" recruiter video and who will prepare a
- and they'll tell you that these video resume for a fee. But the
days, resumes sent to large firms enterprising individuals who are
are first scanned for keywords attempting to use them currently
and format and that only the are, for the most part, creating
appropriate survive. Digital their own. Like a good YouTube
vetting has come to the human piece, a video resume can make
resources profession; moreover, use of limited and short video
the notion of creating a single bites interspersed with stills.
page resume that will jump out of That format allows the resume
a pile of similar documents and creator to provide the usual
generate an interview has become information in print and
a frightful challenge. reinforce it with video and voice
over that reinforce the image he
Some enterprising individuals or she wishes to portray.
have decided to harness digital
technology themselves and create Like a good cover letter, a good
video resumes. At present this is video resume is designed to leave
a fledgling professional function an impression. For that reason,
- more a popular notion than the best of the lot - and there
anything else - but like all are not yet many - use humor to
things Internet, it is likely to catch the eye, and ear, of the
grow rapidly provided enough HR reviewer. Some are parodies of
professionals find them useful the profession - one applicant
and not too time consuming. for a Washington lobbyist
profession worked up a video
A video resume is usually the resume about himself that was a
take-off on campaign commercial - and, presumably, graphics - in
clichés. An example: "Valeria order to create a complete
Vegas. The job needs Valeria and presentation.
Valeria needs the job!"
If you are going to put a video
There have also been examples of presentation of yourself into
video resumes that were overly circulation that you wish to be
self-complimentary and that have taken seriously, it is important
become tremendous embarrassments to remember that the Internet is
to the person(s) who created them still heavily populated with
because they have been put into anarchists and cynics. A video
wide circulation on the Internet. that is meant to demonstrate
Those that are standard, personal intellectual superiority or
introductions simply add enthusiasm can be looked on by
dimension to what has many online as rampant puffery,
traditionally been a single sheet worthy of a good laugh. If that's
of paper. the case, your video resume may
go much wider circulation than
At least one company has emerged you'd like and become a subject
touting itself as a site for the of ridicule.
posting of video resumes and
posting of video materials from Use of a personal website for
companies who are recruiting. this purpose would seem to be the
This organization has, to date, a best choice. You can garner the
few hundred participants. There help of professionals to assemble
are a number of firms that will it and you can send it out in the
create a website for the job form of a URL. In the direct mail
seeker and turn it into a business, the trick is to get the
job-seeking site that recipient to open the envelope.
incorporates both video and text With a video resume, a dedicated
URL (as opposed to a confusing from a personal presentation -
YouTube page with all the half an interview, so to speak.
sidebars) puts you one click away
About the Author:
Madison Lockwood is a customer relations associate, specializing in small business development, for Apollo Hosting. Apollo Hosting provides website hosting, ecommerce hosting, vps hosting, and web design services to a wide range of customers.
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