Comments on: Video resumes can work for you http://EmploymentDigest.net/2008/09/video-resumes-can-work-for-you/ News, Tips and Hints for those in Career Transistion Wed, 08 Feb 2012 06:39:59 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.1 By: Darryn Severyn - InterActive Applicant http://EmploymentDigest.net/2008/09/video-resumes-can-work-for-you/comment-page-1/#comment-29756 Darryn Severyn - InterActive Applicant Mon, 22 Sep 2008 21:39:25 +0000 http://www.employmentdigest.net/2008/09/video-resumes-can-work-for-you/#comment-29756 I have to agree that the wandering dialogues which are seen in video resumes are not a good use of anyone’s time – the applicant’s or the employers. We, at InterActive Applicant (www.interactiveapplicant.com), follow the philosophy of: make the video responses job-specific, succinct and valuable to the employer. Allowing applicants only 1 minute or less to record their answers to job-specific questions is the best way to go. The video interview process must be time effective for both the applicant and the screening manager – just enough to allow the employer to answer “Is it a good spend of my time to spend an hour interviewing this applicant for this position?” The discrimination issues which you refer to really depend on which video interview system you are using. A video resume is very non-specific - not specific to the position being applied for, not specific to the company and way too general to allow for any type of protection from discrimination issues which can arise. However, companies like InterActive Applicant (www.interactiveapplicant.com) have done much research in this area with HR professionals. We have built a system which helps to protect employers as well as give the applicants the best chance to represent themselves for the specific position they are applying for. Job-specificity and built-in functions will allow the entire recruitment process to work much for efficiently for both applicants and employers. Online video in recruitment will become industry standard in the next few years, and those companies and applicant who jump on board today will benefit the most. Darryn Severyn, MBA, B.Sc. CEO/Founder, InterActive Applicant www.interactiveapplicant.com I have to agree that the wandering dialogues which are seen in video resumes are not a good use of anyone’s time – the applicant’s or the employers.

We, at InterActive Applicant (www.interactiveapplicant.com), follow the philosophy of: make the video responses job-specific, succinct and valuable to the employer. Allowing applicants only 1 minute or less to record their answers to job-specific questions is the best way to go. The video interview process must be time effective for both the applicant and the screening manager – just enough to allow the employer to answer “Is it a good spend of my time to spend an hour interviewing this applicant for this position?”

The discrimination issues which you refer to really depend on which video interview system you are using. A video resume is very non-specific – not specific to the position being applied for, not specific to the company and way too general to allow for any type of protection from discrimination issues which can arise.

However, companies like InterActive Applicant (www.interactiveapplicant.com) have done much research in this area with HR professionals. We have built a system which helps to protect employers as well as give the applicants the best chance to represent themselves for the specific position they are applying for. Job-specificity and built-in functions will allow the entire recruitment process to work much for efficiently for both applicants and employers.

Online video in recruitment will become industry standard in the next few years, and those companies and applicant who jump on board today will benefit the most.

Darryn Severyn, MBA, B.Sc.
CEO/Founder, InterActive Applicant
http://www.interactiveapplicant.com

]]> By: Darryn Severyn - InterActive A http://EmploymentDigest.net/2008/09/video-resumes-can-work-for-you/comment-page-1/#comment-32579 Darryn Severyn - InterActive A Mon, 22 Sep 2008 21:39:00 +0000 http://www.employmentdigest.net/2008/09/video-resumes-can-work-for-you/#comment-32579 I have to agree that the wandering dialogues which are seen in video resumes are not a good use of anyone’s time – the applicant’s or the employers. We, at InterActive Applicant (www.interactiveapplicant.com), follow the philosophy of: make the video responses job-specific, succinct and valuable to the employer. Allowing applicants only 1 minute or less to record their answers to job-specific questions is the best way to go. The video interview process must be time effective for both the applicant and the screening manager – just enough to allow the employer to answer “Is it a good spend of my time to spend an hour interviewing this applicant for this position?” The discrimination issues which you refer to really depend on which video interview system you are using. A video resume is very non-specific - not specific to the position being applied for, not specific to the company and way too general to allow for any type of protection from discrimination issues which can arise. However, companies like InterActive Applicant (www.interactiveapplicant.com) have done much research in this area with HR professionals. We have built a system which helps to protect employers as well as give the applicants the best chance to represent themselves for the specific position they are applying for. Job-specificity and built-in functions will allow the entire recruitment process to work much for efficiently for both applicants and employers. Online video in recruitment will become industry standard in the next few years, and those companies and applicant who jump on board today will benefit the most. Darryn Severyn, MBA, B.Sc. CEO/Founder, InterActive Applicant www.interactiveapplicant.com I have to agree that the wandering dialogues which are seen in video resumes are not a good use of anyone’s time – the applicant’s or the employers.

We, at InterActive Applicant (www.interactiveapplicant.com), follow the philosophy of: make the video responses job-specific, succinct and valuable to the employer. Allowing applicants only 1 minute or less to record their answers to job-specific questions is the best way to go. The video interview process must be time effective for both the applicant and the screening manager – just enough to allow the employer to answer “Is it a good spend of my time to spend an hour interviewing this applicant for this position?”

The discrimination issues which you refer to really depend on which video interview system you are using. A video resume is very non-specific – not specific to the position being applied for, not specific to the company and way too general to allow for any type of protection from discrimination issues which can arise.

However, companies like InterActive Applicant (www.interactiveapplicant.com) have done much research in this area with HR professionals. We have built a system which helps to protect employers as well as give the applicants the best chance to represent themselves for the specific position they are applying for. Job-specificity and built-in functions will allow the entire recruitment process to work much for efficiently for both applicants and employers.

Online video in recruitment will become industry standard in the next few years, and those companies and applicant who jump on board today will benefit the most.

Darryn Severyn, MBA, B.Sc.
CEO/Founder, InterActive Applicant
http://www.interactiveapplicant.com

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