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Are video resumes a good idea?

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Mark Lucker reviewed the video resume site WorkBlast and found the concept to be highly flawed. You can read the review here. Phillip Thune, CEO of another video resume site, defends the video resume, and Mark responds.

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Dear Mark,

We read your review of WorkBlast on the Training Media Review site.

We disagree with your view of the video resume. The main purpose, in our view, is to help both the employer and candidate save time. How often have you determined in the first two minutes of an interview that that the candidate is not going to get the job? When that happens, you either have to be extremely rude and cut the interview short, or you have to waste another 20 minutes with a candidate that has no shot.

While a video resume (or a written resume, for that matter) is not enough to decide whether to hire someone, a video resume can help determine that the person is not qualified and that can save the recruiter a lot of time. I think the candidate would rather learn that she is not getting the job after submitting a video resume than have to get dressed up, travel to an employer's office, wait for the interview, go through the interview, travel home, follow up, and then find out.

We also don't think that a candidate needs to spend serious money on doing the video resume. On our site, registered users have access to all kinds of help on creating a video resume, including sample video resumes (both good and bad) and scripts. All of...

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