KENDALL PARK, N.J., June 27 (UPI) -- Job-seekers across the United States, trying to gain an advantage over competitors, are turning from quality paper stock to camcorders for their resumes.
More and more job hunters send videos to companies and recruiters and post them online, hoping to attract potential interviews and job offers, The Washington Times reported Wednesday. A search of "video resume" on YouTube.com pulled up more than 1,500 results. A search on Myspace.com yielded 16,000.
Recruiters said simply posting a video resume usually won't lead to an interview -- the video complements traditional resumes and recruiting tools. Even as the number of video resumes grow, only 17 percent of U.S. employers have seen one, career-networking Web site Vault Inc. said.
Human resource professional Gerry Crispin noted an increase in video resume popularity among job hunters during the past six months.
"It's become very popular for job seekers but I would seriously question whether you would see a lot of increased traffic in terms of employers," Crispin, a principal of Career XRoads, a staffing strategy company in Kendall Park, N.J., told the newspaper. "Recruiters just don't have time to spend hours and hours watching video resumes. It isn't happening."
