Once you sign up for your free account, and you have detailed your location and credentials within your profile, you’ll be prompted to create your Video Profile. Using your webcam, simply click to start recording. Be sure to practice first and then record your video, save it, and send it to prospective employers.

Video resumes are an enhancement, not a replacement, to the traditional resume. They offer the chance to verbalize the skills you have to offer and demonstrate your personality, not just to recite what’s already on your resume. It gives you a better chance to get noticed by employers compared to traditional resumes.

Aside from finding out what skills and work you’ve accomplished, video resumes also reveal facets of your personality, a paper resume simply can’t communicate. Recruiters often use it as a pre-screening tool to evaluate your “fit” into their company, or if you’re aligned with their attitudes, values, and mission.