The launch of CareerTV, the first and only global interactive TV and video website designed to help college students and young professionals develop careers in top companies, is a strong indicator that the use of online video resume is set to grow in the coming years.

Stephen Viscusi, best-selling author and career/workplace expert, believes online video resume will help bring out the personality compared with the traditional written resume.

According to Dr. John Sullivan, Professor of Management in the College of Business at San Francisco State University, online videos are an effective tool for companies wanting to market themselves towards professionals, “Videos have that ‘wow’ factor that regular ads don’t have, and unlike print ads, online viewer-ship can be tracked.”

Recently, famous rapper Sean Combs a.k.a. Diddy has been gathering online video resumes in YouTube to find the best person to work as his personal assistant.

Will it replace the traditional resume? I don’t think so. This is just a good add-on to support the applicant’s credentials.

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