This is the year of online videos. With the success of YouTube and their contemporaries, many companies are looking for ways to enhance traditional services with moving images. The recently launched Gigged Up is a job site that is betting on the video phenomenon to change how employers and candidates interact.

Gigged Up allows employers to upload a video along with their job posting. Candidates will be able to get a more personal feel for the company that cannot be conveyed using text. They may also be more apt to view a video, especially if they are on the fence about whether they like a particular job posting.

On the flip side, candidates can also upload their own video for employers to watch. Gigged Up suggests that the video be treated like a first interview, and that the candidate should delineate their background information and goals.

Overall, Gigged Up is an interesting twist to the traditional job site, allowing candidates and employers to interact via online video. However, I am a bit skeptical that many candidates would trust themselves to put up a video interview.

Currently, I don’t see any real videos on the site. The only video is an example clip made by the people of Gigged Up, and the video itself is pretty bad quality. Even more foreboding is the clunky nature of their flash player. They should really consider using the same player as blip, which is simple and fast.

We should all check back when employers start uploading videos. It will be interesting to see if they make fresh and creative videos that draw candidates in more successfully than a plaintext job posting.