"I found a job thanks to the buzz I created online"
Some job-hunters will to anything for their CV to stand out, like try to hype it up on the Internet. Two Observers decided to put try their luck using social networks and video sites like Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter or Daily motion to spread their video CVs far and wide. So did it work? Did employers return their calls and, ultimately, hire them?
“I turned down two job offers”
Stivostin - Je Veux Travailler
envoyé par lolaken. - Clip, interview et concert.
I was hired last January by Microsoft, but I quickly realised the job didn't
really interest me. I decided to find a new job before the end of my trial
period, in May. And I knew I needed an original idea to do it.
On March 21 found my great idea: a music video. I composed the song, wrote the lyrics, and gave myself a month to put the clip together. I filmed myself with my digital camera and edited the footage on my computer, then posted the video on Daily Motion on April 20. I added the link on my Facebook profile and sent it to all my contacts on LinkedIn and Viadeo, etc.
The response was almost immediate. The clip made all my friends laugh. The buzz reached several media outlets who used my video to illustrate articles on job hunting. The economic magazine "Courrier Cadres" posted it on its website's homepage. The article was posted on several blogs, job search sites etc. The buzz spread in France (DailyMotion posted it on its site) but people even heard about it in Belgium, Spain, Poland... So I succeeded in my first challenge: creating a buzz in less than a month. Next came my second challenge: finding a job before May.
I was called for around 20 interviews and turned down two job offers. Today I work with Kewego, an online videos website. I had sent them my CV before, but it just ended up somewhere in the middle of the pile. The buzz around the video made my candidacy stand out. It's not what made me get the job, however: I still had to be convincing during the interview - that's where my previous experience came in.
Once I found a new job I made a second video, called "I found a job". DailyMotion put it on its website again. Lots of other job hunters who had contacted me after the first video participated in making this second one.
However, I would recommend all those seriously looking for a job to find another, original idea. Online buzzes only work once, when they're new. If I had set myself up for auction on ebay like one job hunter did a few months ago, it wouldn't have worked."
“I created a buzz but no one hired me”
Video CV: Un job pour Yu-Yan !
envoyé par Unjobpouryu. - Plus de vidéos fun.
I posted my video CV on the Internet last summer, and created a Facebook page
I also contacted several bloggers and got positive feedback. My page was posted on several entertainment websites, and became one of the first video CVs to create a buzz. That's what I wanted, to prove I was capable of creating a positive buzz around a project.I came up with the idea of an online video naturally; I am part of the Internet and video generation after all. I wrote the scenario and script, then got film director friends to help me with the project, it was all pretty do-it-yourself.
I'd had bad previous experiences looking for jobs, it's long, stressful and not always successful. So I decided that rather than knock on doors for nothing, I would let people interested in my profile come to me. So I tried to market myself the as well as possible. In the job market, we become products that need to be advertised and sold! But I didn't want to become a circus case.
Unfortunately, the only job offers I got were in sales and PR, not the kind of marketing jobs I was looking for. The experience actually helped me realise that maybe marketing wasn't for me! I made the video because I wanted to be hired by a company with a young and creative atmosphere, and I came to the conclusion that my profile was more creative than business-oriented. So I changed tracks, re-modelled my CV, put together a project book... In the end I was hired as an intern in a communications agency. I showed them my video CV, and they loved it!"
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FREEDOM OF PRESS WHO BELIEVE IN THAT?
Submitted by NATIONAL INDEPENDE COUNCIL FOR HUMAN RIGHTS IN CUBA (not verified) on Wed, 20/05/2009 - 22:14.20, Mayo 2009
AVISO A TODA LA DISIDENCIA Y A LOS MIEMBROS DEL PRC.
EL CONSEJO NACIONAL INDEPENDIENTE PARA LOS DERECHOS HUMANOS TIENE TODAS LAS VIA DE COMUNICACION ACCESIBLES TOMADAS POR HAKER CONTRARIOS A NUESTRAS SOLUCIONES.
LES RECOMENDAMOS PRUDENCIA Y MUCHA CALMA.
TRATAREMOS DE MANTENERNOS INFORMADOS E INFORMARLES EN LO POSIBLE.
ESTAS VIOLACIONES A LA PRIVACIDAD SON DE COMPLETO CONOCIMIENTO DE LAS AUTORIDADES.
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Cabron celui que ton pain nocomas, ne donne pas droit à orinarte
Submitted by Unregistered user (not verified) on Fri, 22/05/2009 - 23:09.May 22, 2009
WOW GLABALIZATION
Milk producers stage protests throughout France
Article published on the 2009-05-19 Latest update 2009-05-19 13:37 TU
French dairy farmers on Tuesday blocked streets with tractors and stampeded
their cows in towns throughout France in an effort to protest the 30 per cent
drop in wholesale milk prices after they dropped to their lowest level in April
of 205 euros for 1,000 litres. The French government responded to farmers pouring
milk out into the streets by saying they would appoint two officials to
negotiations on pricing.
Aurait été plus effectif faire don de lui à des Nations Unies pour mitiger la faim en Afrique, ou au Cuba, alors par la loi offre et demande ils mejorarian le prix. D'économie tu ne sais rien et d'humanisme moins
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