Sales Jobs In The Age of Video Resumes

Unless you have a career network that keeps on giving, it’s likely that sooner or later you will find your next sales job online.

Most of us are familiar with online resume boards like Monster, CareerBuilder, HotJobs but with the flight that video has taken online, employers, recruiters and job applicants are taking it one step further with video resumes.

The introduction of video into the recruiting process offers significant benefits for employers as well as job seekers. Hiring sales managers can save thousands of dollars on travel expenses and efficiency improvements throughout the sales interview process by being able to „see and hear you” before deciding to fly across country for a face-to-face meeting.

At the same time, salespeople looking for a new position can use video as a way to make their resume come to life, to make it stand out from the thousands of other candidates, to show aspects of their personality and to emphasize (communication) skills that really don’t come across too well on paper.

Now, here’s a visual. Think about yourself in a business suit, in front of your computer webcam, talking to prospective employers while providing a guided tour through your resume and answering sales interview questions.

Scary thought? Perhaps at first. But it’s something that we predict will become a standard part of the interview process for professional sales positions sooner rather than later. And with that being the case, new products and services are popping up that will help you present yourself to potential employers while enabling your new bosses to save time and money on finding the perfect candidate.

SalesTeamTools had a closer look at a number of powerful and extensive tools that you can use to promote yourself to potential employers or that you’ll be exposed to as part of a 21st century interview process. We’ll reveal our findings over the next few weeks.

Stay tuned.