Comments on: Lights, Camera, No Action for Video Resumes http://www.fordyceletter.com/2008/08/07/lights-camera-no-action-for-video-resumes/ Straight Talk for the Recruiting Profession Sat, 11 Feb 2012 10:59:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Donald E. Breckenridge, Jr. http://www.fordyceletter.com/2008/08/07/lights-camera-no-action-for-video-resumes/comment-page-1/#comment-1314 Donald E. Breckenridge, Jr. Sat, 23 Aug 2008 01:00:46 +0000 http://www.fordyceletter.com/?p=545#comment-1314 The problem with video resumes and interviews right now are logistics and having access to the proper equipment to execute them. Technology has become very user friendly and the younger generation lives on gadgets. Collaborative products - such as web cams, online video platforms and PCs – are common place in the homes and is, increasingly, becoming commonplace in the office. One thing is for sure – until more candidates adopt the use of video resumes, companies will continue to avoid accepting them, feeling as if they are an unfair advantage to those who have the ability to record a professional video resume. Isn’t the interviewing process about having an advantage over other candidates? - be it through different fonts, shorter pages, flashy paper – some way to make your resume stand out in the stack. Video resumes should just be seen as another way of getting noticed – those who have the ambition and drive to shoot a video should get noticed first. The problem with video resumes and interviews right now are logistics and having access to the proper equipment to execute them. Technology has become very user friendly and the younger generation lives on gadgets. Collaborative products – such as web cams, online video platforms and PCs – are common place in the homes and is, increasingly, becoming commonplace in the office.

One thing is for sure – until more candidates adopt the use of video resumes, companies will continue to avoid accepting them, feeling as if they are an unfair advantage to those who have the ability to record a professional video resume.

Isn’t the interviewing process about having an advantage over other candidates? – be it through different fonts, shorter pages, flashy paper – some way to make your resume stand out in the stack. Video resumes should just be seen as another way of getting noticed – those who have the ambition and drive to shoot a video should get noticed first.

]]> By: Dave Staats http://www.fordyceletter.com/2008/08/07/lights-camera-no-action-for-video-resumes/comment-page-1/#comment-1160 Dave Staats Thu, 14 Aug 2008 20:00:36 +0000 http://www.fordyceletter.com/?p=545#comment-1160 Art, No one likes to look like Mr. Headhunter-of-the-Future more than I do and Marcus is right..it'll probably come eventually...And the bias claims won't stop it...BUT, without repeating my whole previous rant that is still near the bottom of the front page here,it'll have nothing to do with what year someone was born in. It'll have to do with utility. SO FAR...video resumes are not better. YOU CAN'T SCAN a 10 MINUTE VIDEO TO SEE IF YOU WANT THE WHOLE THING... I wish I had thought of that for my rant. You also can't search 1000's of them... Art, No one likes to look like Mr. Headhunter-of-the-Future more than I do and Marcus is right..it’ll probably come eventually…And the bias claims won’t stop it…BUT, without repeating my whole previous rant that is still near the bottom of the front page here,it’ll have nothing to do with what year someone was born in. It’ll have to do with utility. SO FAR…video resumes are not better. YOU CAN’T SCAN a 10 MINUTE VIDEO TO SEE IF YOU WANT THE WHOLE THING… I wish I had thought of that for my rant. You also can’t search 1000′s of them…

]]> By: Art Jones http://www.fordyceletter.com/2008/08/07/lights-camera-no-action-for-video-resumes/comment-page-1/#comment-1146 Art Jones Thu, 14 Aug 2008 01:12:20 +0000 http://www.fordyceletter.com/?p=545#comment-1146 Once upon a time the thought leaders of the day suggested that the noisy (horseless carriage) automobile would never catch on. Hummmm? Doing business at the speed of the internet is now. As generation X, Y & mellinieals take an active decision making role within the enterprise video resumes and much much more will become standard operating procedure. Once upon a time the thought leaders of the day suggested that the noisy (horseless carriage) automobile would never catch on. Hummmm? Doing business at the speed of the internet is now. As generation X, Y & mellinieals take an active decision making role within the enterprise video resumes and much much more will become standard operating procedure.

]]> By: Marcus Mindte http://www.fordyceletter.com/2008/08/07/lights-camera-no-action-for-video-resumes/comment-page-1/#comment-1138 Marcus Mindte Wed, 13 Aug 2008 18:11:47 +0000 http://www.fordyceletter.com/?p=545#comment-1138 IMHO, it’s just a matter of time before video resumes are mainstream. Fear of bias claim? Are you serious? Can you tell me the difference between meeting a candidate at a job fair and a video resume? IMHO, it’s just a matter of time before video resumes are mainstream. Fear of bias claim? Are you serious? Can you tell me the difference between meeting a candidate at a job fair and a video resume?

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