New career site does Monster one better by giving free videos to employers or allowing them to post their own. And it has a Facebook widget for jobseekers.
NORFOLK, Va. – (Feb. 11, 2008) – VideoJobShop.com gives employers and jobseekers a new, low-cost way to connect, using the fastest growing segment of the Internet — video. Employers may select from a library of pre-recorded videos in English and Spanish, or they can post their own custom video.
The site is a spin-off of RealPeopleRealStuff.com, a video ad site that topped the list of 2007’s most popular sites by users of startup-tracking Springwise.com
VideoJobShop brings many firsts to the Internet:
A first for jobseekers: With the VideoJobShop-Facebook widget, users can integrate their video resumés on VideoJobShop with Facebook to get feedback from their Facebook friends.
A first for employers: With the VideoJobShop library, employers can create a recruitment ad without the need to produce their own video. And unlike other video services and employment sites, posting at VideoJobShop starts at a remarkably low $25 in some cities, and it’s free elsewhere.
For advertisers: Videojobshop sets a new standard for online advertising with superLeaderboards™ (910×250) that are three times the size of standard leaderboards (728×90). These supersized ads dominate each page and guarantee that advertisers’ messages will be seen. With superLeaderboards™, advertisers finally get what they’ve never had online, but always had in print: the impact of a full-page ad.
Alan Jacobson, a managing partner at VideoJobShop and the designer of the site, called for this bold approach to improve the effectiveness of online advertising in this story at brasstacksdesign.com/ads.htm
According to Jacobson, Google Adsense will generate revenue for the site until the superLeaderboards™ catch on. And like everything else at the site, even the use of Adsense is unique — with three 300×250 ganged together for maximum impact.
With its video library, Facebook widget and superLeaderboards™, VideoJobShop will change not only how people search for jobs and qualified candidates, but also how advertisers them.