Creating a video resume

A video resume is a great modern way to showcase your skills and enhance your traditional CV especially if you aspire to build a career in a creative profession. It is an opportunity to demonstrate that you are a professional candidate with good verbal communication skills.

So, what do you need to consider when making a video resume?

1.Is it appropriate?

Only make a video if it is relevant-you would not want to make a generic video and send it out to employers without mentioning the specifics of the vacant position and industry.

2.Never read out your resume

For us this is simple; research has proven that watching a video can lead to learning faster and retaining more information than just reading books and articles.

Remember our post titled 'How to prepare for a presentation' https://www.recruit-drive.com/blogs/blog_detail/how-to-prepare-for-a-presentation

To reiterate the majority of our brain is devoted to processing visual information therefore we learn much faster from pictures than words. However when the two are combined it is a lot more effective; this is known as the Picture Superiority Effect, which states that we remember 65% of what we have learnt three days after, provided it is both a picture and a word shown together compared to 10% for just a word alone.

Why use video training?

Simpl..

Regardless of your current title or position in your company you may have to make a presentation. You must be well prepared to have impact and make a good impression.

You may have heard this before but it has to be said again and again…Do not read from a script and reply only on notes. When giving presentations it is about the audience and communicating with them.

We absorb information approximately in the following ways:

• 1% through taste


• 1 ½ % through touch


• 3 ½ % through smell


• 11% through hearing


• 83% through sight

Therefore we can presume the audience retain more when they hear and see it. When you take the role of a presenter you will need to spend time thinking about how to convey the right emo..