Comments on: Should you be making a video CV? http://blog.onlymarketingjobs.com/should-you-be-making-a-video-cv/ ...it pays to know people Thu, 26 Jan 2012 20:45:07 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: charl hoffman http://blog.onlymarketingjobs.com/should-you-be-making-a-video-cv/comment-page-1/#comment-867 charl hoffman Mon, 28 Feb 2011 10:11:50 +0000 http://blog.onlymarketingjobs.com/should-you-be-making-a-video-cv/#comment-867 I see pro's and con's in both sides to the argument. Personally I would prefer the video but then only in times when it will save me time to whittle out the no's! But saying that from a clients point of view when we have drummed it down to the select few it can and will work! Alas not received one yet, looking forward to it! charl
I see pro’s and con’s in both sides to the argument. Personally I would prefer the video but then only in times when it will save me time to whittle out the no’s!

But saying that from a clients point of view when we have drummed it down to the select few it can and will work!

Alas not received one yet, looking forward to it!

charl

]]> By: Andrew Wicks http://blog.onlymarketingjobs.com/should-you-be-making-a-video-cv/comment-page-1/#comment-866 Andrew Wicks Mon, 28 Feb 2011 10:07:14 +0000 http://blog.onlymarketingjobs.com/should-you-be-making-a-video-cv/#comment-866 Recently saw this article on the BBC and yes it makes a lot of good points. But I think it depends on the industry you are dealing with in terms of suitability. For highly competitive areas by all means but for call centre jobs... not sure. As we (foreign language placements) operate from Cape Town South Africa and we recruit multilingual and Bilingual candidates we require a constant flow of people to our clients and just do not see our clients spending hours looking at videos for such a basic job. Andrew
Recently saw this article on the BBC and yes it makes a lot of good points. But I think it depends on the industry you are dealing with in terms of suitability. For highly competitive areas by all means but for call centre jobs… not sure.

As we (foreign language placements) operate from Cape Town South Africa and we recruit multilingual and Bilingual candidates we require a constant flow of people to our clients and just do not see our clients spending hours looking at videos for such a basic job.

Andrew

]]> By: Justin Hillier http://blog.onlymarketingjobs.com/should-you-be-making-a-video-cv/comment-page-1/#comment-462 Justin Hillier Fri, 30 Apr 2010 07:35:42 +0000 http://blog.onlymarketingjobs.com/should-you-be-making-a-video-cv/#comment-462 Ah I love this argument, there is not one person that does not have an opinion however the usual negative view are based on opinion and no actual hard evidence. I have written on this in the past myself and in short I think there needs to be expectation and education set on both sides of the ledger in terms of what the employer wants to see and hear and what the candidate wants to get out of it. Here is the article in more detail - http://socialrecruiting360.com/2009/11/13/video-resumes-expectation-not-discrimination/
Ah I love this argument, there is not one person that does not have an opinion however the usual negative view are based on opinion and no actual hard evidence. I have written on this in the past myself and in short I think there needs to be expectation and education set on both sides of the ledger in terms of what the employer wants to see and hear and what the candidate wants to get out of it.

Here is the article in more detail – http://socialrecruiting360.com/2009/11/13/video-resumes-expectation-not-discrimination/

]]> By: Miranda Reid http://blog.onlymarketingjobs.com/should-you-be-making-a-video-cv/comment-page-1/#comment-202 Miranda Reid Wed, 10 Feb 2010 10:19:32 +0000 http://blog.onlymarketingjobs.com/should-you-be-making-a-video-cv/#comment-202 I have just come across this article and I would say in the language market, video CV's are useful. At multilingualvacancies.com, we encourage jobseekers to upload a short video CV (along with a standard Word CV) in order to showcase their language skills - this is a great tool for potential employers who are able to assess fluency levels prior to contacting the person. The discrimination issue is certainly a concern, but who's to say that recruiters don't discriminate via the content of a CV, or at interview stage? The Word CV is still essential and I think the tips provided above are useful, particularly with regard to parsing, which I think a lot of jobseekers are unaware of. Keywords, skills etc are essential on a CV, detail your responsibilities as it could be one key word on your CV that enables an employer to find you.
I have just come across this article and I would say in the language market, video CV’s are useful. At multilingualvacancies.com, we encourage jobseekers to upload a short video CV (along with a standard Word CV) in order to showcase their language skills – this is a great tool for potential employers who are able to assess fluency levels prior to contacting the person. The discrimination issue is certainly a concern, but who’s to say that recruiters don’t discriminate via the content of a CV, or at interview stage? The Word CV is still essential and I think the tips provided above are useful, particularly with regard to parsing, which I think a lot of jobseekers are unaware of. Keywords, skills etc are essential on a CV, detail your responsibilities as it could be one key word on your CV that enables an employer to find you.

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