Video resumes are an interesting approach to the employers; perhaps employers discredit the idea of going through the traditional printed resumes while watching an online video they better judge their candidates and take decisions accordingly. Not only this, video resumes save time of employers as they don’t have to sort out the paper resumes one by one, instead employers may review video CV selection on the spot since the videos are not that complicated to be sorted out or to be managed.
A job seeker should use his or her resume as an opportunity to attract the employer in interviewing you. You can post resume online free and increase your marketability. One such well known website is mycareeri.com which provides a new platform for domestic and international job seekers to add a human dimension to their job search. This website is an excellent additional resource for recruiting and assessment for national and international job seekers.
An employer mostly receives video resumes which are fairly unprofessional and may turn them off to a potential candidate. Giggly spoken lists of skills or discussing non-work hobbies are not positively affecting employment opportunities. Unprofessional dress and an ineffective presentation are also affecting such opportunities. Before you record your video resume, seek guide from video resume tutorials.
Job seekers should always put themselves in a position of the higher managerial rank and the best way to do this is to research on the company you are inspired to work with. Video Resumes provide a great opportunity to look at person’s communication skills, and evaluate if they are not only the right person to take to the next stage of the interview process, but also allow you to see how each candidate would represent “your company”.
The current main issue the employers put forward is the length of the videos. Job seekers must not record long videos which may sway employer’s attention and ultimately changing their decision to hire the particular candidate. The length of the video should not exceed more than 2 to 3 minutes for it to be attractive.
However in our litigious society, a drawback of a video resume is that an employer can be accused of discrimination because the video resume supplies information that you would not know about a candidate from a paper resume i.e. race, sex and culture which may give rise to discrimination concern.
Therefore job seekers must practice and record their video resume in the most presentable manner before you post resumes online. Employers are expected to practice non-discriminatory actions during every phase of the hiring process.