Archive for the 'video' Category

indeed.com adds video to employer profiles

April 1st, 2008

We learned last night that Indeed.com has added video to many of its company profile pages. Checkout American Express and its subsequent video page.
The lion’s share of content is taken from Jobing, which, according to Rony Kahan, cofounder of Indeed, has “a lot of videos.” And with Jobing’s embed code, their videos are easily added. […]

careertv coming to a boob-tube near you

March 24th, 2008

More details have emerged about CareerTV’s monthly show. The first 30-minute show will launch in April and premier on stations at several colleges, such as Columbia, NYU, U. of Texas and U. of Chicago. The show will also be run on CareerTV.
They will be distributed on a mixture of broadcast, cable, video-on-demand, and closed-circuit television […]

craig on economy, craigslist spam and his ugly site

March 18th, 2008

Craigslist founder Craig Newmark sounds off to Yahoo! Tech Ticker, saying the economy’s not that bad, spam is a problem on Craigslist and the site (for the most part) is just fine the way it looks.

workblast cracks my sh*t up

March 14th, 2008

I first heard about Workblast - a site that does video resumes, I think - after reading a press release (and seeing their homepage) that they had signed near-goat NY Giants kicker Lawrence Tynes as their spokesman.
What, was Garo Yepremian not available?
Anyway, idiot kickers aside, I checked their site and found out they were […]

employmentguide.com redesign emphasizes video

February 27th, 2008

EmploymentGuide.com has redesigned their Web site.
Before (sorta, some of the elements were lost in the archive)

After

According to a company press release:
The redesigned homepage features clearly defined navigation buttons and enlarged ad space. The application process has streamlined, shrinking the average job seeker application time from 20 minutes to seven. The expanded video center will house […]

eeoc? no problem, says visualcv

February 25th, 2008

You’ve likely heard some of the inititial buzz on startup VisualCV.
The VisualCV reinvents the resume. Ultimately, it will reinvent the way the Internet is used for recruiting, to the benefit of professionals, employers and recruiters alike.
Reinvent the resume? Pretty lofty goal, huh? But we’ll get to that in a second. My knee-jerk reaction was to […]

wall street journal covers ‘recruiting 3.0′

February 12th, 2008

Yours truly is quoted in an article out today in The Journal entitled Recruiting 3.0: Web Advances Change the Landscape. It’s a great read.
Some of the highlights include video, podcasting, job board growth, assessments, and social networking.
Another example: Recruiters for Electronic Arts Inc. began perusing MySpace.com and Facebook.com a little over a year ago to […]

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