Private firm launches video resume

A private company is introducing a paperless and quicker way to apply for jobs and to recruit people -- video resume. With the growing demand for online recruitment, the video resume will enable an employer-applicant match much faster than the conventional job interview. The idea is to lessen paperwork for jobseekers by uploading their video where they are given 30 seconds to introduce themselves to employers anywhere in the world. Video resumé will also allow applicants to highlight their personalities, skills, and talents that the regular curriculum vitae could not prove. “They need no longer go on time-consuming trips and the long queues that are the norm in the traditional job-hunting process. All they have to do is to upload their video resumé," said Florante Cruz, Vidres chief executive officer during the company’s press launch Monday. The popularity of job-search engines is a testimony that the technology is “ripe" for video resumé since it will also hasten the recruitment process of both local and foreign employers, he said. “Vidres will serve to expedite hiring procedures as it bypasses the lengthy preliminary screening process," said Cruz, adding that this new innovation could help in addressing the country’s unemployment rate. “On the macro level, we foresee the economy benefiting from the revolutionary effect of this development. It could lead to what economists term as a faster velocity of labor since it cuts down the turn-around time in moving between jobs," he noted. Applicants who wish to use Vidres technology would have to register at www.vidres .net. The posting of one’s resumé is free but an application with a video is charged for P100 and is renewable after three months, said Rossana Llenado, managing partner. Logging on to Vidres website is free, she said. Applicants can upload their video in three ways: by using their own computer with a webcam, through partner internet cafés, and by going to Vidres-stationed booths in job fairs and shopping malls. Before uploading one’s video, Vidres gives tips on grooming and script that are available in its website. A video resumé is screened first so that foul words and obscene acts will not be acknowledged by the system, added Llenado. Employers can easily search for applicants and their video resumé also through the Vidres website. “The simplicity and the economy of the Vidres system are its principal virtues. Its entry into the market could well signal a host of possibilities for improving the ways of doing business that start with finding the right man or woman for the job and finding the right job for every man or woman," said Cruz. - GMANews.TV