Not really I say.
I get questions from people thinking about starting some kind of video resume site or ways to apply via video. But just adding some kind of video component to your job site wont really add much value to the seeker or employer.
Employer/recruiters are BUSY people. And I cant stress that enough. They dont have time to sift through multiple video applications.
Video resume sites never really took off, the main reason being most people suck at creating them. Most people dont want to be on camera.
But video in the recruitment process does make sense in one area. Interviewing a small group of candidates. Thats why companies like Hirevue and Taketheinterview.com are getting traction.
It works in this case because it saves peoples time from actually having to walk into a building to interview.
So if you are a job board just use video to do career advice stuff. 5 or 10 years from now perhaps more job boards will have a ‘video apply’ as an option but thats a long way off.
