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Video Resumes

Video resumes work! Get the edge on your job competition. Submit your video resume to JobAnimal and see results!

• email your video resume to contacts and prosepective employers without sending a massive attachment
• let employers see who you really are before the interview
• stand out from the crowd. Make your video something to remember

Video Resumes in the news

It's a Wrap. You're Hired!
Video résumés have long tickled imaginations in Hollywood (can a blond legally apply to Harvard via VHS?) without making much of a dent in the real world. Enter Aleksey Vayner. The Yale student submitted his video résumé, titled Impossible Is Nothing, to investment bank UBS last fall. It became a YouTube classic, while its karate-chopping, tennis-acing, deep-thought-having star became the joke of Wall Street.

Job Hunters Seek Winning Edge in Video Resumes
Some job candidates hoping to stand out from the competition are posting video resumes online to boost their chances of being spotted -- and hired. Several companies are even trying to develop businesses around this budding phenomenon. But federal employment officials say companies should handle video resumes with care.

Video Resumes Are Taking Off
When Mona Lattouf's initial job-hunting efforts didn't pay off, the recent college grad got creative. Using a digital camera, the Orange County, Calif., resident created a two-minute "video resume" that included highlights from her paper resume and answers to common interview questions.

89% of Employers Open to Viewing Video Resumes: Vault Video Resume Survey
According to the just-released 2007 Video Resume Survey by career publisher Vault Inc. (www.vault.com), 89% of employers revealed that they would watch a video resume if it were submitted to them. Although most employers have not yet used this new technology as an evaluative tool -- only 17% have actually viewed a video resume - the vast majority are receptive to it.

           
Posting is easy. Convert to Flash Video Format and upload. That's it!

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