CVs - should you choose a video CV?
In the Sunday Times last week there was an article "Will video kill the old CV star?"
A number of companies are investing in the technology, and looking for companies to seek it and to have candidates creating vido CVs.
I wrote about this in November last year.
On the face of it, it sounds great – a chance to show your personality and to enhance the written word.
But, as I’ve done some short listing recently, I’m reminded of how quickly you can shortlist using paper CVs. It’s time consuming for companies, a CV can be read through quickly in about a minute but even a short video CV is likely to take 5 minutes and it’s going to be too consuming a task for a recruiter.
It’s also not going to be so easy a job to compare candidates against each other. I’m sure there are other problems – not everyone can afford this software and it contains info that can be seen as discriminatory including about sex and race.
Reminds me of when people send me photos - I paid to have a professional shot done of me, but so many people rely on a photo produced by a family member. If you are the president of a professional body, or chair of a local society, wouldn’t it be worth investing a little bit of money to get it done well?
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June 19th, 2008 at 5:11 am
[…] CVs - should you opt for a longer CV? The Telegraph on Friday had an article on how CVs are growing in length - no longer a one or two page summary they are becoming more akin to a thesis. I understand why this is happening we want to stand out from the rest and I’ve previously written about video CVs. […]