During these tough times employers have the
advantage of picking new employees from a sea of potential applicants.
It's quite common to have hundreds of people apply for one position
posted in a newspaper or online making it more like a lottery.
This is where video resumes can make the difference between big
disappointment and getting the job you really want. Video Resumes
are fairly new and offer a ray of advantages for those fighting
for a job opening. Video resumes are innovative and allow you
make an impressive first impression to potential employers, by
highlighting your key qualifications and demonstrating why you
are the right candidate for the position.
A video resume is used in addition to your
paper resume and will help you stand out from the overwhelming
multitude of applicants. A video resume also allows you to have
a controlled and influencing first impression to potential employers.
Quite often employers’ will make their decision about an
applicant within the first 60 second impression when they meet
them. We all know how important the first minute of an interview
is. Interviews can be very stressful, even for someone with lots
of interviewing experience. Many people are very qualified for
a position, but do not interview well, or their nerves get the
best of them. However, a lot of this pressure can be relieved
with the knowledge that the interviewer has had the opportunity
to view your video resume and you know your first impression has
past the test or you wouldn't even be there.
It’s a well known fact that most interviewers
will make their decision if an employee candidate is the right
person for the job before there is a word spoken in the interview.
The reality is many people that are interviewed for a position
will have very similar skills and qualifications, and usually
employees are hired on personality and presentation of these skills
and qualifications. Interviewers judge hiring candidates on many
non-spoken specifics like confidence, friendliness, attitude,
how they are dressed and carry themselves into the room.
Video resumes give you the opportunity to
make sure you are at your best, and you make the kind of first
impression you want to make. With a video resume you are able
to record the video until you get it right and feel you are presenting
yourself at your very finest. Your can plan and prepare your wording,
mannerisms, body language, tone, confidence,
opportunity to get your message across to
potential employers. Your resume is often the first impression
on potential employers and what better way to get across that
your are the person they are looking for.
Take advantage of showing employers that you
are innovative and technologically advanced.
A video resumes is a short personal video
of yourself talking about your key qualifications and/or highlights
of your skills, educations and experience.
Employers welcome the opportunity to get to
know your better in this quick, easily and extremely influential
method. Video resumes should not replace paper resumes, but they
can be used in addition to other requested methods of submitting
your resume.
Video resumes are added to a webpage resume
that copies your regular paper resume and should follow the same
principals for effective marketing of your skills and qualifications
to increase your chances of being employed.
If you have a paper resume it can be
converted into a webpage page resume with video. With our many
resume and interview tips you can make your resume powerful so
you can stand from the crowd and get the job you really want.
Visit our Resume,
Video Resume and Interview Tips page for many helpful tips
to assist you in landing your dream job.
