Comments on: Video Resume Site Launches

By: Martha Lempicke

Martha Lempicke — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 17:35:41 +0000

The best site by far for video resume creation is http://my.optimalresume.com. The main organization,Optimal Resume has over 350 universities subscribing to the service, which offers a script Builder, teleprompter and stylist function. This is the way to go if you are not shy and want to get noticed. Believe me, this is cool stuff.

If you check articles in Vault, even one of the heads of the EEOC notes the advantages of video resumes. Company advantages outweigh the risks, and if the video resume is done right, gives a huge advantage to the user. It is here to stay, so the dinosaurs better get used to them.

By: John Hohulin

John Hohulin — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 19:44:58 +0000

What a terrible, terrible idea. As if it wasn’t hard enough to get a job when you’re older, unattractive, overweight, etc., now hiring managers can and will discriminate before they even meet you.

All it will take is one serious discrimination lawsuit judgment, we’ll see how long this trend continues.

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Video Resume Site Launches « Recruiting Impact — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 23:45:27 +0000

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By: Riadh Zellagui

Riadh Zellagui — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 17:41:37 +0000

HR video was also used by PI Digital since 2001 (http://www.pi-digital.ca/) in order to promote candidate internationally (for an English content please visit Patrice Labonté’s profile on LinkedIn).

At this time, and I agree with Ernest, they faced a lot of challenges, technical of course but mainly psychological. I mean HR people weren’t really ready for this especially when the IT market went down. Now are we ready for that? We will see….

By: Ernest Feiteira

Ernest Feiteira — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 14:53:57 +0000

I’ve been in this HR video space since 2000 when we were doing video resumes for temp employees and it failed b/c of three main reasons 1) broadband wasn’t there 2) technology for encoding and video players wasn’t there 3) employers weren’t ready.

But #1 and # 2 have been solved and I think that #3 (employers) might be ready, at least some will be….

With 76% of Gen Y using online video regularly and posting their pictures all over the internet, I don’t see why there should be any legal issue with “seeing” a candidate.

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Wed, 23 Jul 2008 02:42:32 +0000

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By: What I’m Reading: HR Edition « Punk Rock Human Resources

What I’m Reading: HR Edition « Punk Rock Human Resources — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 21:47:42 +0000

[...] A video resume site launches. Do you care? Do you want to know what your candidates look like before you schedule an interview? What if your candidate has blue skin and three eyes? What if that three-eyed candidate didn’t get the job? Would you worry about hearing from a lawyer? [...]

By: eric shannon

eric shannon — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 20:31:14 +0000

your comment “CareerBuilder has been offering video resumes for more than a year.” is interesting… I wrote about new ventures based on bells and whistles in http://www.internetinc.com/Too-Many-Job-Ventures

I’m sure someone can succeed at it, but what are the odds over the long haul?