New Yorkers braved yesterday’s heat to take advantage of the opportunity to record free online video resumes, when the world’s first career TV-website, CareerTV.com, launched big in Times Square.
“It felt a bit weird doing it. But, being in the advertising industry, I believe online video resumes can really help me when applying for a job,” said Nina Ribbenklint, who completed her resume in just a few takes, despite many curious onlookers.
Best-selling author and career/workplace expert, Stephen Viscusi, states that we can expect to see more of online video resumes in the future. The technology is inexpensive and easy to use, and the online video resume has several advantages over traditional written resumes. “I call them ‘resumes on steroids’,” says Stephen Viscusi. “Employers receive such a large number of applications that one needs to grab the attention of the potential employer quickly, and that is exactly what online video resumes do.”
Another plus according to Viscusi, is that the applicant’s persona comes through in an online video resume. “In recruiting, personality and chemistry are very important. If candidates presents well in an online video resume, the employer will be more likely to offer an interview even if they, for example, lack the preferred work experience. A written resume rarely provides that opportunity,” says Viscusi, who estimates that an online video resume will score an applicant 20 percent more job interviews.
Just as job hunters are starting to post video profiles on the internet, prominent companies are now making use of the web’s latest format to promote themselves to potential applicants. “The recruiting world is always evolving and videos help candidates understand our company culture and what separates us from the competition, so they can tell if we would be a good fit for them,” says Larry Nash, Recruiting Director of Branding & Communications, Ernst & Young.
Ernst & Young, Google, JP Morgan, Walt Disney, L’Oreal, FBI, Apple, and BMW are just a few of the many top organizations that are using video clips to offer an inside perspective on their businesses via CareerTV.com.
According to Dr. John Sullivan, Professor of Management in the College of Business at San Francisco State University, online videos are an effective tool for companies wanting to market themselves towards professionals, “Videos have that ‘wow’ factor that regular ads don’t have, and unlike print ads, online viewer-ship can be tracked.”
Lars-Henrik Molin is the CEO and founder of CareerTV.com. “Online videos enable candidates and employers to interact in an effective way that wasn’t possible before, and more and more people will discover the many benefits. Online video is the future in recruiting.”
About CareerTV: CareerTV.com is the first and only global interactive TV and video website designed to help college students and young professionals develop long- lasting, successful careers within the world’s top companies. In 2008, the company is planning to launch a CareerTV Cable Station. CareerTV.com is a sister company to Universum – the global employer branding leader. Universum’s independent research is cited by CNN, Fortune, NY Times, Wall Street Journal, and many others.
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As the company and its product line have grown Ben has sought to open up the development process to more and more people because he has realized that “everyone has an idea”. Today mophie is developing Illuminator, a web based community that will connect people with ideas to people that can develop those ideas into real products. The Illuminator concept was first tested at MacWorld 2007, where thousands of attendees were invited to submit their ideas for new iPod products and mophie developed the best ideas as voted upon by the community. The great success of that first Illuminator test encouraged Ben to continue to grow his open sourced community based product development process and to branch out from the iPod market.
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