Top 5 Tips for Creating Impressive Video Resumes

In today’s highly competitive job market, creating the right video resume to accompany your traditional CV can make you stand out from the crowd. The wrong one, though, can make you a laughing stock.

Getting it right can be pretty tough. If you’re considering going down the video resume route, we’ve got some advice for you from pros in the know, as well as real-life examples of great attempts from clued-in job hunters.

Take a look at our five must-read tips for creating a video resume and please let us know which examples you like (as well as any tips you’d like to share) in the comments below.

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1. Make Sure It’s Appropriate

Problem Employees

People can become problem employees for a variety of reasons. Sometimes they, themselves, are responsible; other times the workplace environment is to blame. Of course a combination of the two is entirely possible. Let's take a look at ten contributing factors:

1. The employee has too much to do.

When employees are overburdened with tasks, projects, and other responsibilities for long periods of time, they may become resentful, fatigued, and stressed. All of this can lead to increased errors, deteriorating relationships, and job dissatisfaction. While these people previously may have functioned as A or B players, they now have slipped in status due to chronic overwork.

Hire Employees Who Like What You Do

I recently saw a job advertisement for a position in management of a union organization. What caught my eye was the requirement for the successful candidate to have values in alignment with trade unionism because it reminded me of hiring advice that I give to clients and colleagues:

Only hire people who like your products (or services) and can represent them well.

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