Shaking my fist in the air: “To be considered for this position, in addition to your resume, please create a 3-5 minute Loom video introducing yourself and showcasing your experience. I’d recommend - if possible - doing a screen share and showing some of your work as you talk about your experience. Send them to (email ID).”
Sorry, honey, not on the first date.
@estherschindler
large company? Can you get the email adress/number of the hiring person? Unless your interviewing for a media position, this is wild.
Def red flag.
@vo1de It turned out to be a low paying contract gig, which makes it even more of a nope nope nope
@estherschindler way around
Discrimination laws? I have no idea why a company would ask for something like that.
@vo1de I expect they imagine it's more "personal" to see what someone is like.
But if you won't give up 5 minutes for me to find out what it's like to work with YOU why should I give up MY time?!
@estherschindler Ive seen listings that are all like = " to prove you can make a website make this website for us. In this code using our companys content as your example " or " prove you can coppywrite by writing this coppy for our companies website with our companies information for us"
flat out unpaid labor as a job application requirement.
@estherschindler Don’t do it. We had a client insist we purchase this sort of setup. Leadership had an intake call. The reps said they keep the videos on their servers indefinitely and that video becomes theirs to do as they wish. When candidates select “agree” they’re agreeing to handing over their voice and moving image. (Said you can request removal in writing and they’ll review.) Leadership noped right out of that and told the client to suck it.
@estherschindler That’s insane. Red flag 🚩