With competition for jobs becoming increasingly fierce, graduates looking to land a career could get themselves ahead of the field with a web-based video resume. Informationweek.com said with the growing popularity of web-based video hosting sites such as YouTube, employers are looking for ways to harness the technology. A video resume could therefore be a good way to get noticed, while at the same time showcasing a candidate's high-tech capabilities. Michael Kirven, the founder of an IT specialist that helps professionals and executives in the field create their own video resumes, said they provide "video narratives of a career, including the highlights of the career". He added that the videos run for around one minute - the average amount of time an employer spends looking at a traditional resume. According to Time magazine, in February of last year there were 1,590 videos entered as "resumes" on YouTube, while a number of websites are now offering distribution services that send clips to potential employers for immediate viewing. For those with traditional resumes, free-resume-tips.com recommends tweaking resumes and cover letters to particular employers, identifying key words in job descriptions and using an eye-catching layout.  |