Making my video resume - Video production - Part4

A rule of 3

Each scene of a tonic video should not exceed a pitch of 3 sentences.

Transition
You must consider two aspects:

              1- Vision

Our eyes are used to quick changes. For the comfort of your viewer, you should insert:

- A smooth screen transition effect between scenes. The ones I use most often are cross dissolve and fade to black/white.

- A common object or word between successive scenes.

For example, in my video resume, I finish the coffee scene by mentioning the Virgin Group before talking about Sir Richard Branson.

Another example: in the "Why social recruiting?" section, notice the symmetry between the shootage of "on one hand" and "on the other hand," made with:

                - black/white background colour

                - same layouts

                - number on the door

               2 - Hearing

Our ears are much more sensitive and less tolerant.

Among the comments from friends watching the beta version of my video resume, one of the harshest was, "The voice sync is Horrible…it is constantly throwing me off."

Please make sure to have high-quality audio. People are likely to tolerate poor image quality, but they will not show mercy to painful audio. I highly recommend:

- Renting a directional mic

- turning your iPhone + head set into a micro.

The length of your video

Hiring managers spend an average of 2 minutes watching the top candidates’ videos.

I got that statistic by compiling results using the:

- RecruitLoop platform, which records videos of candidates giving online interviews with pre-set questions. 

After logging into the RecruitLoop platform, candidates answer a list of questions we have pre-entered into the system. Their responses have a time limit. They have one chance to answer each question. Remote interviews offer flexibility for both parties, solving the time difference complexity of international recruitment.

- The excellent book, "Job searching with social media for dummies" - Joshua Waldman

- My own video resume’s YouTube Analytics after 215 views

Please share your thoughts in the comment section below.

Author - Kevin Simonnet