Use technology to transform your job hunt
Technology is streamlining the hiring process. Managers
use it to eliminate useless, and costly , interviews and pre-screen candidates
before bringing them in for in-person interviews. By using a Web-based video
interviewing system, hiring managers can view video clips of job candidates, any
time, any place, and share them with other decision makers. Employers can even
compare the responses of candidates to the same question, further levelling the
playing field.
And job hunters can use technology to distinguish themselves from the pack. By
using a video resume in conjunction with a paper resume, the candidate benefits
because on camera, personality, enthusiasm and passion come through, making the
case even more convincingly than words on the page of a standard resume. Virtual
resumes now resemble social networking profiles with photographs, active URL
links and videos, showing what a candidate can offer the employer.
"Web 2.0 has changed the way employers and job seekers locate, research, and
interview each other," says Marc Scoleri, director of career services at The Art
Institute of New York City. "The Internet has enabled job seekers to promote
themselves through web-based social networking sites. Social networking profiles
are comparable to paper resumes in the sense that they can list the job seeker's
employment information, but a social networking profile can show an image or
video, with live clickable links so it can be e-mailed to anyone in a split
second."
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