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21 Century, World of cheap and fast technology, Job seekers go on YouTube.

&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpcnt">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpa">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<span class&equals;"wpa-about">Advertisements<&sol;span>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"u top&lowbar;amp">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<amp-ad width&equals;"300" height&equals;"265"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; type&equals;"pubmine"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-siteid&equals;"173035871"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-section&equals;"1">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;amp-ad>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div><p><em>A video resume is a short video created that describes the individual’s skills and qualifications and is typically used to supplement a traditional resume&period;<&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>In technology fields&comma; the purpose of a resume is to get a phone screen&comma; the purpose of a phone screen is to get an interview&comma; and the purpose of an interview is to get a job offer&period; The vast majority of resumes &lpar;&gt&semi;95&percnt;&rpar; do not merit a phone screen&comma; and are simply binned&comma; usually with little more than a 20 second skim&period; While everyone knows what’s to be expected in a print resume&comma; online videos can vary from the over-the-top video to a very basic recording of a mock job interview&period; So people found another way to make employer actually have a look on their resumes<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>On YouTube&comma; there are already 236000 entries listed under video resume&period; Not all them are serious &lpar;&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Kelly’s Video Resume For TheBigTrip&period;com&excl; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;&rpar;&period; But most of them are interesting&comma; colorful and effective&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>There are unique advantages to video&period; The video provides something that would be impossible to convey in print&comma; over the phone&comma; or even in person&period; It gave not just a work experience and education history&comma; but a visual picture of the person at work&comma; his&sol;her attitude and ability to communicate&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Moreover&comma; according to career publisher Vault Inc&period;’s annual employer survey&colon;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;89&percnt; of employers revealed that they would watch a video resume if it were submitted to them&period; Although most employers have not yet used this new technology as an evaluative tool – only 17&percnt; have actually viewed a video resume – the vast majority are receptive to it&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;The primary reason why employers would value video resumes is the ability to assess a candidate’s professional presentation and demeanor &lpar;52&percnt;&rpar;&period;”<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Usually three minutes long&comma; video resumes allowing job seekers to highlight certain skills&comma; such as leadership&comma; presentation&comma; and creative abilities&period; Video resume can provide an advantage over a paper resume especially in moving forward a stalled phone interview&period; Actual time that hiring manager spending on a resume is 10 seconds&comma; a video resume is something different&comma; and therefore could hook a hirer’s attention&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&num;business &num;communication &num;Software &num;Job &num;technology &num;small &num;strategic &num;Support &num;video &num;management &num;pool &num;Web &num;Services<&sol;p>&NewLine;

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