A few weeks ago, I talked about and linked to a ERE article on video resumes.  Last week, Raghav Singh, the author of the original article, was back on ERE revisiting his first remarks on the subject.  One point he raises, which he touched on in the first article and I reiterated over here, is that recruiting is a very traditional and structured process - and love video resumes or hate them - a recruiting organization's capability to accept, digest, and evaluate video resumes (or anything other than your standard paper resume) is limited.  "Recruiting" as practice and profession just isn't very tech savvy and quick to evolve.  I do think that we'll increasingly see company's recruiting departments adopting new technology and getting "hip" to their candidates ... eventually ... but it's a slow journey and I don't think certain elements of the recruiting process (like traditional resumes, in-person interviews, etc) will ever go away, no matter what new technologies pop up. 

So keep this in mind when you are figuring out how to impress your next employer.  It's ok to get creative, but also respect tradition and their tried and true processes.  When in doubt, do what's expected / required and then go the extra mile.

gretchen