Thursday, December 07, 2006
Head-Hunting: The Next Generation
The Aleksey Vayner CV Video

One of the most watched YouTube videos out there was actually intended to be a serious job application video. Perhaps he came on a bit strong. But as it turns out, Aleksey Vayner is not the only person turning to video-technology to land a dream job.

According to an article in CareerJournal, many others are doing so, albeit with varied results. Baker Tee wound up with 4 job offers, while weatherman James Wieland has yet to pull in an offer. As they say: "different strokes for different folks."

But professionals are seeing a future for this 21st Century means of head-hunting. RecruitTV and JobBait.com are amongst the first sites to enable job-seekers to post video clips of themselves, with the L.A.-based Interactive Video Technologies appearing likely to jump on the bandwagon before the end of the year.

It'll be interesting to see what becomes of all of this in the near-future, but while we're waiting to see what happens, why not watch a little bit of Mr. Vayner?

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