Hotmail co-founder Sabeer Bhatia has launched a new social video app Showreel. Sabeer Bhatia started Hotmail, the first free web-based email service, in the year 1996. They now want to transform video content with their new social video app, Showreel. This app can be used to create more natural video resume for job application, i.e. this app will help youth to find jobs. A person applying for a job through a video resume will be able to speak in a better way. Apart from this, the app can also be used to pitch a startup idea or find a partner for yourself.
This is how the idea of Showreel came about
Sabeer Bhatia told that this idea came to his mind during the pandemic, when his eight-year-old daughter was making videos on Tiktok. He said, “Then I thought this is the future. Video is the future of all content creation. Can we do anything to help 1 billion unemployed people?” However, the first version of Showreel was not a huge success, as the videos in response to the text questions were not as natural. After this Bhatia decided to convert the questions into videos as well. In the app, the respondents answered the questions asked by Bhatia, which is like a normal conversation. Bhatia told in a conversation with indianexpress.com, “I have digitized myself. So, I ask the question and people can answer it.”
Here are the benefits of Showreel
- Bhatia says, “I am sure that in the next 10 years, instead of sending a resume to the employer, you would prefer to send a video or a QR code. The video can be accessed through QR code. Bhatia says that companies will also benefit from this. They will be helped in the selection of the right candidate for the job in less time. Bhatia has hired a team of engineers to install this product in a better way.
- Bhatia said, “Through the LinkedIn profile, you don’t know anything about the candidate. Only a few things are revealed from the picture, while through a video the whole thing can be said and understood. So it will prove to be better not only for employment, but also for business related conversations.
- Bhatia says that apart from recruitment, startup and marriage/partner finding, this app can also be used for survey. During the survey, there are times because of the text only.
- Bhatia is already in talks with top companies as well as Global University System to include it in their recruitment and placement process. This app is available on both iOS and Android.
- As far as the business model is concerned, Bhatia has clearly said that he is yet to think of one thing. But if he manages to connect the job seekers with the employer and make it an easy process, then monetization is not a big deal.
(Article: Nandagopal Rajan)
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