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Episode 74:
Social Summer of Jobs
Video Resume Rollup
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July 30, 2008
Video resumes may have received a lukewarm reception in the recruitment industry, but that hasn’t stopped a number of companies continuing to push them forward.
It remains to be proved whether discrimination concerns or productivity problems will prevent video resumes from really taking off, but here’s a quick summary of five companies pushing hard to promote the media:
A US based company who offer both video resumes services and employer videos. The video resumes come in two flavours: ‘in-studio’ which is a professionally produced video resume for $99.95 (£50) or ‘DIY’ which as the name suggests is a home produced video at no charge.
The example video profiles on this site appear to be produced to a high quality, however the site does not appear to be fully launched yet as the ‘Look for people’ tab displays a ‘Coming Soon’ message.
A UK company, that officially launched their product only this week (28th July 2008). Talent on View describe their offering as a “web based video interviewing tool”. As yet there are no example videos on the site, but the company blog has some excellent conversations on the advantages and challenges for a video application system.
Another US based company who’s enhanced CV product offers much more than just a video resume. Jobseekers can build a visualCV, which can include video, audio, supplementary documents such as presentations and pdf documents. Perhaps including VisualCV as a video resume provider is a slight misnomer as we struggled to find any candidates that had taken advantages of video media in their profiles.
TalkingCV
TalkingCV, a UK based company, are part of the i-teba group and have been around for some time. The product is described as a “revolutionary 3 dimensional personal profile consisting of Video, Audio and the textual CV”. The site has a slightly annoying video that automatically starts as you navigate around, but the company has offerings for both the candidate and employer markets.
Our third US company on the list, MyCredentials is similar to VisualCV’s offering in as much as it allows a candidate to setup an extended resume online. The resume can contain a flash based video, which typically involves the candidate presenting themselves to the viewer.
Other ‘tabs’ in a MyCredentials resume can contain documents and information about career achievements. The resumes have some annoying background music playing which is an unnecessary distraction and I suspect would not be well received in an office environment.
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Julian,
You are right that there are more and more video resume companies coming on board. This is an indication that the day of screening applicants based on nothing more than keywords/resumes will be a thing of the past. Choosing who is best to invite to interview solely on their degree and past work experience is not the most efficient process. And neither are video resumes.
As a result, we at InterActive Applicant http://www.interactiveapplicant.com) have taken a very employer and recruiter centric approach to our automated video interview software. Video resumes are neither job specific nor interviewer friendly. No one wants to hear a candidate reiterate what can be read in a resume in 2 minutes. Instead, we have focused on allowing hiring manager the ability to create 1-5 job-specific questions which applicants must answer in 1 min or less. It is very time efficient, especially when you consider the current wasted interview time experienced by many recruitment teams.
As a former recruiter, I can tell you that rarely does the resume tell you the full story about the potential of an applicant. There have been many wasted hours interviewing candidates who look good on paper, sound good on the phone, only to find out a few minutes into a live interview that it is a waste of time – for both the applicant and the recruiter. And, yet there are also many applicants who are not getting a chance to verbally sell themselves because of a lack of keywords - and companies are missing some great people!
Our goal, like many others in the online video interview space, is to help both applicants and recruiters find great career matches in the most time and cost effective way possible. We are very excited to be part of a rapidly involving industry which will redefine recruitment in the coming years.
Darryn Severyn, MBA, B.Sc
Founder, CEO
http://www.interactiveapplicant.com
Comment by Darryn Severyn — August 22, 2008 @ 9:44 pm
Dear Mr. Stopps,
We have also launched our new web site http://www.mayomann.com and focus entirely on the connection between Job seekers and Employers. The next Generation is savy enough to create a good video and represent them self.
Please feel free to check out our web site and I am happy to talk to you anytime you have any questions.
Sincerely
Teresa Lindsay
Business Development Manager
Comment by Teresa Lindsay — December 29, 2008 @ 12:11 am