Why you should choose a video resume?

A Video resume or a CV Video is gaining in popularity! But there must be a reason why we should skip our old-school traditional methods of recruitment to switch into something new, cool & GenZ.
From quickly screening candidates to flaunting your soft-skills, video resumes have their own pros & cons. From a preview of the candidate to their privacy concern, video resume stands as a controversial matter in the job market which is too cool to adopt by many!

Not only a video resume stands out from a pile of word, pdfs, it draws the attention of the recruiter.
From Elle sending her “video essay” for Harvard to Graeme Anthony’s “best job application ever” mentioned in a Forbes article.

It was in 2000s that this trend was recognised, now is the time we normalise it!

Here’s my top 5 reasons you should choose a video resume.

Something different

With a video resume/ a video CV, you’re always considered as “something different”.

Absolutely! You can never go wrong while showing some uniqueness. In the 2023 HR statisticsby Glassdoor, Zety mentiones that typically 250 resumes are received per corporate vaccancies!
How do you possibly think of standing out & being something different? It’s your chance to seize the deal with a video resume!

Flaunt your creativity

Since they don’t stick job vacancies on billboard, you too should stop sending your resumes in paperbacks or even carry any paperbacks! If you think adding colours ro your resume makes it bright & beautiful, sure it does but minimalism in preferred over all. As addressed on colors in a resume, easy resume mentions “using the right balance of color on your resume to highlight the important parts can help the viewer notice your experience and skills more”.

With a video timeline like Graeme Anthony, you can add a little bit of shine to your resumé.

Pro tip: Try adding captions to your video resume or video CV.

Personalise it

Create a video according to the job you’re applying for. Your video resume definitely doesn’t have to be as boring and dull as you sitting in front of a camera & bragging about your expertise. Try Mark Leruste’s video resume which is still one of the best of all time & liked by multiple people!

He’s serious as well as humorous, it’s fun watching it and at the same time it gives all the details required. But do not risk it if you’re outside the creative industry!

Skip A Step!

Skip the “introduction call” & replace it with the “introduction video”. When you’ve already got that 30 minutes call into a 2 minutes video, why not save some time & make interviews efficient?

Your Risk Taking Abilities

As hosco.com mentiones “Doing anything new is necessarily taking a risk. Show off you’re willingness to take risks by sharing your video CV with the hiring manager–it may be the choice that lands you the job”.

Well you cannot be Elle exactly in your video resume but you can definitely give this new buzz a shot!

If this doesn’t solve most of the recruitment problems, there’s more reasons we have to prove the superiority!

Until next time, visit https://jobsgram.io. Try creating your first introduction video or your own “video resume”.