In trying to decide whether to upload a video profile, some Freelancers have expressed a concern that the videos will enable Employers to discriminate against Freelancers. The purpose of video profiles is not to encourage discriminatory practices, but to enhance the selection process. Your profile contains many tools to help you market your wares, such as your Resume page, Work Samples, even your proposals, say a lot about you and helps an Employer decide whether you are a good fit for them and their project. The video profiles are yet another aid to make that fit even more perfect!
Video profiles can help make the selection process more efficient and successful. Employers take in to consideration a variety of tools to choose which one of you will be awarded their project, but regardless of which tool they employ, it is still a leap of faith with mixed results. Adding another way for Employers to get to know you and your work before awarding a project enables the Employer to make a more informed decision, likely resulting in higher success rates for projects and fewer disputes.
The video profiles are not just a tool for Employers to improve the selection process but for you the Freelancers as well. The videos provide an alternative way for you to market your talents to Employers and increase your chances of getting noticed and getting hired. If an Employer was not impressed with your resume, he or she may be blown away by your video and add you to the Favorites queue. You also have the opportunity to tailor your video to the type of Employer you would like to work with, further optimizing the selection process.
We are a global marketplace with a multitude of Freelancers; you each bring your own unique talent and skill level to sell to Employers. Whether on paper or on video you will never all look the same to Employers. You are each offering different services-even if you and another Freelancer design logos, you are not creating the same work, the same way, with the same outcome or experience.
Some of you feel this video won't work for you, and in that case it won't. The video should make sense for you as a marketing tool, personally and professionally. But those who feel they can utilize this tool to better exemplify their talents and works start those cameras rolling! View a sample Freelancer video or sample Vendor video for your motivation.
Our marketplace is expansive and requires ever-expanding market options. And yet they remain simply that, options. To each their own, and success to you all!
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