The Internet has changed the way we search and apply for jobs. There have been new developments to the help the resume showcase one's work and work experience. Now, the next step for the digital resume is not more web links, but a way to make one's resume more personable, and to catch the eye of human resource departments. As good jobs are becoming increasingly hard to find, the way one presents their resume has also changed. One way to stand out from a stack of paper resumes is to create a video resume. At best, the videos share personal values and communication skills. At their worst (which hiring experts say is far too often), they offer up too much of the wrong information and come across as obnoxious. With the growth of the video resume comes their has been a surge in video resume companies. These companies offer not only better camera quality and more structure for the resume. This helps give the prospective hire a better edge compared to someone who shoots them self giving a 10 minute monologue. Not only are video resume companies helping to grow this new medium, Youtube and Facebook are also developing the format. There are already 1,590 entries listed under résumés on Youtube and Youtube is planning to launch its own video resume channel. Jobster is teaming up with Facebook to launch its own career site featuring online video resumes. I don't see the video resume as a fad. I think it will take time for it to grow into a structured standard resume. Let's face it, it is not an audition for The Real World. It is applying for a job. - Lain Ewing
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