I sometimes read about video resumes and how they are the wave of the future. Trust me thay aren’t. Check out this Time article for more information on the subject
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#1 by John Winter - June 14th, 2009 at 07:59
I’m not sure that the Time article is still valid. That was 2 years ago. Technology changes and standards change along with that. I think that if you dig a little deeper you will find that it is now possible to generate a short video add-on to your resumé, for example, and send that link out. For example if you put a link to a short hosted video in your email signature then people will click and look. I received an example from a friend of mine recently at http://videobio.com/cfernandez I think it’s short and allows a quick taste of who you are. Maybe not a full resumé, but a great addition.
#2 by klowrey - June 15th, 2009 at 01:49
John you make a great point. I didn’t really dig deep about video resumes. I like the example you provided, but the girl is an actress. What I said does not apply to actresses and models (I know I left that part out).
Other then models and actors I still feel that video clips are not a good addition to your resume. The goal of your resume is to get you called in for an interview and lets list the ways that your little video clip could screw that up:
* You could look to young
* You could look to old
* You could look to fat
* You could look to thin.
* You could look to ethnic (what ever that might mean).
* Etc
I just see to many things that can go wrong. Plus shooting good video is difficult and paying someone to do it for you is expensive. I just don’t think video worth the investment.