Resume No-No - Video Resume
21 October 2006This video resume has been kicking around the Internet of a guy who applied to investment banks using a video resume. It’s basically him lecturing about personal development with some scenes of him lifting weights (well, weights being lifted by him along with his personal trainers), dancing, and talking about how you should kick unsuccessful people out of your life. I know this worked in Legally Blonde, but in the real world it’s a really bad idea - even if you have a video that’s a little less weird than this one. You may not get made fun of and have it posted around the Internet. But you also probably aren’t going to get anyone to watch it. If they’re sifting through a stack of resumes, they don’t have more than a minute or so to look at each one - unless something catches their eye. A video is just going to get tossed by most people - it takes more than a minute to pop the thing into a VCR or DVD player, let alone to watch it. You catch people’s eyes by pointing out interesting things about yourself and by having good qualifications for the job, not by having resumes on a slightly different color or any of the other tricks. Honestly, there’s only so much you can do in terms of presentation. You need to have substance to your resume, which is developed outside the application process by learning, training, and getting experience. Don’t go for the gimmick approach.
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One Response to “Resume No-No - Video Resume”
October 26th, 2006 at 10:06 am
[...] Oh and the video resume thing. Now that’s interesting. I’ve been wondering why we don’t see more video resumes, haven’t you?. [...]