Comments on: Video resumes? No thanks

By: McNair

McNair — Tue, 17 Jul 2007 08:17:23 +0000

What if the video resume was simply an attachment to the resume itself and not a replacement for it.

I agree with Adub. If you’re going to get sued, then you’re going to get sued.

By: Anonymous Attorney

Anonymous Attorney — Mon, 16 Jul 2007 11:30:27 +0000

I have the solution. Require all video applicants to wear a burkha.

By: Tomato

Tomato — Mon, 16 Jul 2007 10:49:22 +0000

Does this not sound absurd: “video resumes could also lead to the exclusion of people who are not tech-savvy, or minority applicants who may not have access to broadband-equipped computers or video cameras.”?

So it’s OK not to hire someone unfamiliar with computers but not OK to deduce from the lack of a video resume that they are unfamiliar with computers?

Huh??

By: Thufir

Thufir — Mon, 16 Jul 2007 09:51:57 +0000

“Brown’s main concern with video resumes is that they reveal information about a person’s race, sex, disability, age . . . .”

Except for disability, how is this information not already on the table with a traditional resume?

I can’t imagine viewing a video resume exept to ridicule it, and would never produce one for that same reason (The applicants are asking for what they get in that regard). But as an additional liailibty threat? If you’re going to get sued, you’re going to get sued. Video resumes don’t make a suit (or recovery) more likely.

By: Adub

Adub — Mon, 16 Jul 2007 09:20:10 +0000

It makes perfect sense. As it currently stands, you are only open to discrimination claims from those you interview and do not hire. If a company accepts video resumes, it will be open to such claims from everyone they receive a resume from.

By: John Rohan

John Rohan — Mon, 16 Jul 2007 03:40:15 +0000

This flat-out doesn’t make any sense. Unless the job is overseas or in some very remote location, 99.9% of the time the resume doesn’t get you the job. It only gets you the interview. You still have to show up for your interview, and then all the same information (race, sex, etc) is known.

But I wouldn’t recommend video resumes for another reason; You could be unnecessarily antagonizing your prospective employer. Who wants to sit and watch these things when they can scan a resume and size up a person in less than a minute?