As reported in the national press and online, global executive search leader, Heidrick & Struggles, has recently made the strategic decision to move its global search platform toward an online video intro basis vs. resumes alone during the next 12 months. In doing so, H&S is backing VisualCV.com, and Kevin Kelly, CEO of H&S, has become directly involved. This advances to a new level the candidate video intro concept first originated by D. Christopher Jenkins, current CEO of Harrington & Reed, Inc., back in the 1990's.
Clint Heiden, CEO of VisualCV.com, has been involved in strategic discussions with Harrington & Reed's Mr. Jenkins to have the VisualCV.com innovative electronic resume product incorporate Harrington & Reed's NETVYOU candidate video intros.
Harrington & Reed is acknowledged to produce the finest executive candidate video intros in the country. In April, 2007, a NETVYOU video of management-level candidate Kevin Epps won the Vault.com "Video Resume Challenge", beating out video intro submissions from around the nation.
Mr. Jenkins is the clear leader of producing and directing these critically important candidate videos, and VisualCV.com and other progressive sites on the Internet will be the global vehicles through which they are shown to key employers represented by executive search firms and recruiters worldwide. As Mr. Jenkins likes to say, "You can't put yourself out there for the world to see in a homemade video, any more than you can interview in a homemade suit!"
Mr. Jenkins' background in producing and directing corporate image videos for CEO's of Fortune 500 firms, and his strong Citibank corporate banking experience dealing with industry leaders in that capacity, uniquely qualify him to produce this critically important new career tool of the Visual Information Age.
The image and voice a key candidate presents to the world must be of the highest order, and Mr. Jenkins clearly understands that. He has already produced over 350 such NETVYOU candidate intro videos, and over 100 of them are viewable at www.harringtonreed.com or by entering the keyword NETVYOU on Youtube.com. Harrington & Reed is synonomous with excellence in candidate video intro production.
As Mr. Jenkins is quoted as saying: "Companies hire people, not paper. It's about time we brought the person's visual and verbal presence into the online hiring picture. Resumes alone are not enough. We don't hire qualifications, we merely consider them. We hire what we see and hear."
