VisualCV Overview

Recruiting 2.0: Re-inventing the Resume Scott Herman VP, Product Management VisualCV.com http://www.visualcv.com/scottherman

What is Recruiting 2.0?
Recruiting 2.0 is applying the culture & technology of Web 2.0 :
User-generated & user-owned multimedia content
Persistent presence, portability, & privacy
Personal Branding
Importance of online social/professional networks
Social media - conversations, not transactions
Web-based highly interactive applications
User comfort & expectations of technology

Wave of startups with new Recruiting 2.0 tools
Recruiting 2.0 also influencing legacy ATS vendors & job boards

Re-inventing the Resume: What is a VisualCV?
Recruiting 1.0 (.doc, .pdf)
Resumes don’t stand out
Lack detailed qualifying information
Lack sample work products
Resumes and candidate status get stale
Time and cost of search & screen

More example VisualCVs

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And some final example VisualCVs

More about VisualCVs
Multimedia
Video, audio, images, Office docs, PDFs, hyperlinks
Multiple formats/styles/layouts
Company/Education “pop-ups” provide additional info from Princeton Review, Standard & Poors, Dow Jones
Multiple Versions tailored for roles/jobs
Online bio, job searching, specific openings
User-controlled Privacy
Determines who gets to see their VisualCV
Entire Internet, 1-to-few, 1-to-1
Detailed auditing of visitors – who’s checking me out?

How does it work?
No “web skillz” needed to build & maintain
Member uses a WYSIWYG editor (Word-lite) to cut/paste/create sections
Drag-n-drop to format layout and move sections around
Simple upload of multimedia items
Portfolio of multimedia items can be re-used within each new VisualCV

VisualCV as an online Bio In Email Signatures… On LinkedIn… On blogs and websites… On Facebook… Scott Herman VP, Product Management http://www.visualcv.com/scottherman On Business Cards…

Companies can have VisualCVs too…

The VisualCV Company Directory
Members can research potential employers
Members can “one-click” share their VisualCV

But I already have a job seeker website…
Why HR departments like being on VisualCV.com :
Higher quality candidates with deeper portfolios == better short-lists and less screening churn
Immediate changes to the candidate pitch (no corporate marketing or IT hurdles) – event schedules, promotions, etc. – HR Admin can run the site!
Happier hiring managers
Supplements existing job websites and ATS’s
HR gets to be cool! 

Who Pays?
No ads on VisualCVs
Free service to Members
Free to registered Companies
Marketplace offering services to job searchers
Resume VisualCV writing
Recruiting
Career Counseling
“ Private-Label” versions:
Job Boards, Professional Networks, Large Corporations, Associations
Internal Talent Management
Examples: Heidrick & Struggles, AESC Blue Steps, WashingtonPost.com, China Business Network

Who is VisualCV.com?
Born of frustration with the recruiting process
Founders & Investors from:
Heiden Group - boutique recruiting firm
Heidrick & Struggles – global executive placement agency
webMethods alumni – bleeding-edge technologists
Valhalla Partners – DC-area Venture Capital portfolio
Based in Reston, VA
VisualCV.com went live in Feb 2008
Already over 70,000+ VisualCVs created
Very popular overseas
Already 800+ companies registered
New features added weekly

People are Talking… VisualCV favorably covered or included in over 75 stories (in 85 outlets) since launch. Outlets include major dailies, business publications, blogs and the evening news.

Questions?

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