{"id":1248,"date":"2013-12-23T19:52:31","date_gmt":"2013-12-23T19:52:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.jobma.com\/?p=1248"},"modified":"2023-08-01T08:36:42","modified_gmt":"2023-08-01T08:36:42","slug":"creating-an-impressive-video-resume-its-all-in-the-details","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jobma.com\/blog\/creating-an-impressive-video-resume-its-all-in-the-details\/","title":{"rendered":"Creating an Impressive Video Resume: It\u2019s All in the Details"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Creating an Impressive Video Resume: It\u2019s All in the Details<\/h1>\n<p>Sure, we all probably have heard or just intuitively know the basic guidelines for creating a video resume: look professional, make sure the sound and lighting are decent, choose a tidy background, etc\u2026These are all pretty intuitive. But beyond these basic guidelines, what really separates a good video resume from the pack? Check out this list of things I\u2019ve noticed in my experience of watching some good quality video resumes:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-22969 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.jobma.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/A-Scary-Future-A-Promising-Tool-300x134.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"562\" height=\"251\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.jobma.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/A-Scary-Future-A-Promising-Tool-300x134.png 300w, https:\/\/www.jobma.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/A-Scary-Future-A-Promising-Tool-768x344.png 768w, https:\/\/www.jobma.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/A-Scary-Future-A-Promising-Tool.png 1023w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 562px) 100vw, 562px\" \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b><\/b><b>The job seekers are at eye-level with the video recorder.<br \/>\n<\/b>Video resumes in which the camera is looking down onto the job seeker or, conversely, looking up at the job seeker are quite awkward to watch. Neither of them are very flattering perspectives. If you\u2019re creating a video resume on your phone, make sure that you extend your arm out straight and hold the phone at eye-level. If you\u2019re creating your video resume on a laptop, make sure that you stack books underneath your laptop to bring it up to eye-level.<\/li>\n<li><b><\/b><b>The background is blank or very basic.<\/b><br \/>\nYes, you\u2019ve probably heard before that you need a neat and tidy background. But for a standard video resume, I argue further for a very minimalistic background. You don\u2019t want employers to be distracted as they\u2019re trying to make out the details of a painting on the wall or trying to read the titles of the book on your bookshelf. You want all the attention on you!<\/li>\n<li><b><\/b><b>The job seekers seem happy. But not too happy.<br \/>\n<\/b>While it\u2019s definitely a good idea to portray yourself as enthusiastic, likeable, and charismatic, don\u2019t go overboard with these characteristics. Video has the tendency to make people sound more dull and monotonous, so you will need to make an effort to overcome this, but definitely experiment around with finding the right level of enthusiasm. While it\u2019s not ideal to sound dull and boring, it\u2019s also not ideal to sound fake happy.<\/li>\n<li><b><\/b><b>The job seekers don\u2019t make gestures.<br \/>\n<\/b>Don\u2019t get me wrong. Appealing video resumes have a relaxed and conversational tone rather than a stiff and uptight one. However, this does not give you permission to gesture wildly. Although you may not be thinking about this as you\u2019re creating your video resume, it\u2019s actually very distracting to the employers. So keep those arms down!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>If you have any additional less-well-known video resume creation tips, feel free to comment below! This short list is only meant to serve as a starting point for you.<\/p>\n<p>And if you haven\u2019t had the chance to start your video resume creation yet, sign up for a free job seeker account on <a href=\"http:\/\/jobma.com\">Jobma<\/a> and get started today!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Creating an Impressive Video Resume: It\u2019s All in the Details Sure, we all probably have heard or just intuitively know the basic guidelines for creating a video resume: look professional, make sure the sound and lighting are decent, choose a tidy background, etc\u2026These are all pretty intuitive. But beyond these basic guidelines, what really separates [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":19656,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[21,41,12],"tags":[180,24,34],"class_list":["post-1248","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-jobs-2","category-resume-tips-2","category-video-resumes","tag-job-seeker","tag-video-resume","tag-video-resume-tips"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jobma.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1248","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jobma.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jobma.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jobma.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jobma.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1248"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/www.jobma.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1248\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27144,"href":"https:\/\/www.jobma.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1248\/revisions\/27144"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jobma.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19656"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jobma.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1248"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jobma.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1248"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jobma.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1248"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}