Stand Out with a Video Resume! | Kelly Olin Coaching and Training, LLC

Posted by Kelly on July 27th, 2011

In this competitive job market we are all looking for a way to connect with employers and make our resume leap off the page. Thus, a great new tool to help you bring some personality to your application is a video resume.

A video resume, also known as a video profile or video cover letter, is a 1 minute video ?commercial? about you and why you would be an excellent employee. It is not a laundry list of your accomplishments or work history like a traditional resume, but rather it touches on your most notable professional achievements and gives the employer a sample of your personality and communication skills. Although I believe video resumes are helpful for professionals in all functions, they are especially effective when communication skills are sought out in a candidate, such as in sales, public relations, and customer service positions.

There are two ways to create a video resume. Of course you could hire a video production company and pay upwards of $300 to have them shoot and edit your video. However if you are the ?do it yourself? type you can always download some free video editing software and record it with your own camera. If you don?t know where to start, HiredMYWay.com has a great video tutorial on how to do this. They also have examples you can watch in order to get ideas for developing your own.

Finally, once you have your video resume complete, make sure you upload it to a website like YouTube or a job board so you have a public link you can direct employers to. Include this web link on your paper resume, cover letter, email signature, LinkedIn profile and business cards. Get it out there for everyone to see!

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