Many job applicants feel that if they could just get past the initial screening process and land a face-to-face interview with a hiring manager, they’d have their chance to shine. Getting that toe in the door has gotten harder than ever in today’s market. Matthew Epstein, a 2008 graduate of the University of Central Florida, created …
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More Reasons Why Interactive Portfolios Rock
From reader Jennifer Gerlach:
1. No more paper cuts
2. Hard to convey charisma in 12 point Times Roman
3. Two pages not long enough for both valedictory speech and Who’s Who entry
4. No need to spell-check portfolio videos
5. Digital portfolio pictures could save many a rain forest
6. You might actually land a job because a resume
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And the Video Resume Oscar Goes to…
In a story about video résumés I wrote in this week’s TIME (paper version), I mentioned online job board Vault.com’s video res contest. It appears they’ve picked a winner. Or five. (Watch them here.)
When I talked to Vault.com CEO Mark Oldman (“spelled like old man,” he says, the card), he had some clear ideas about how the video …
Why Recruiters Hate the Video Resume
…or vidumé, as my pal Gerry would coin it. (I would have thought of that, if I were good with words.) During my research for this article on the rise of vidumés (okay, Ger, it’s mine now), I came across some fiery blog postings on the subject. Mostly they argued against ‘em. Here’s one on MagicPotofJobs, a blog written by Tiffany …
