Today, if your electronic resume passes muster with a company’s keyword search algorithm, you may find yourself trying to make a good impression not in person, but via Webcam from your living room. Even before the downturn, recruiters had started using online video interviews as a way to speed up and systematize the hiring process.
Using quotes from experts in customer-facing videos has worked well for us here.
(We’ll talk a bit more about permissions for this type of video at the end of the post.) There are a lot of great options for recording your Skype calls and Google Hangouts.
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First is the Logi Circle by Logitech, which you can buy on Amazon here.
Others use an online interview provider such as Hire Vue, which sends Webcams to candidates and provides a high-bandwidth video link through the companies’ Web sites.
“Cutting down on air and hotel expenses, as well as wasted team interviewing time, is a logical place to save money,” explains Colleen Aylward, CEO of Interview Studio, an online interview provider.
Snagit makes it easy to quickly record your screen.
(Even if you don’t have a copy of Snagit, you can download Snagit free for 15 days.) When you record a video call, you can choose whether or not to capture audio, screen activity, or even Power Point slides.
Setting up the connection is fully automated; you don’t need to do anything. It introduces autofocus and an on/off toggle for the flashlight.
Unfortunately Epoc Cam has a few negative reviews of late, and hasn’t received an update for a while.