🤣 15 Hilariously Bad Video Conference Fails

Video conference gone wrong? Zoom meeting fails? You're not alone. Not in the least!

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Near the beginning of COVID-19, I began co-hosting a group video call series with other job search experts for job seekers to get quick answers to their burning questions.

I call these ‘JOSH chats', short for ‘JobMob job search online hangouts', and you can find them in the JobMob Job Search Events Calendar.

Some of these group video calls have been over Zoom but I've also begun streaming directly to YouTube Live, where the recording is immediately available for you after the chat is over.

The calls had all gone well until yesterday, when this happened:

It gives me a headache just to watch it.

Looks like I have an old 56K internet connection from the '90s! Maybe if you like Impressionism, but even then it's pretty bad.

Still, it could have been worse.

As so many people have flocked to video chats due to the pandemic, so many have had Zoom meetings gone wrong.

Here are some of the funniest and cringiest video conference fails I could find.

Enjoy, and be warned. It could happen to you too!

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Join us for the next JOSH video chat with job search experts

Title: 2 Weeks, 7 Interviews, 3 Job Offers: Ben O'Hanlon, Expert Community Builder [JOSH #10]

Time: Tuesday, September 29th, at 8:00 PM Israel Standard Time (click here to check your local time)

Full event details in the JobMob Job Search Calendar

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Video conference and Zoom call fails that will make you cringe

1) Distraction fail

2) Pet fail

3) Frozen screen fail

4) Mute fail

Sometimes the opposite is the problem…

5) Mic fail

6) Bystander fail

7) Texting fail

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Parody: A Conference Call in Real Life

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8) Beer fail

9) Pyjama fail

10) Funny mom fail

11) Yogurt fail

12) Cereal fail

13) Kid fail

14) Hair fail

15) Bathroom fail

“Woman's video chat blunder while working from home goes viral (Funny) #zoomvideo epicfail”

Thankfully, things sometimes turn out for the best:

Question of the article

What's the funniest thing you've done by accident in a Zoom call or video conference? Tell us in the comments.

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🏆 Comment Contest: Win 1 of 5 Copies of Forever Employable

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Title: 2 Weeks, 7 Interviews, 3 Job Offers: Ben O'Hanlon, Expert Community Builder [JOSH #9]

Time: Wednesday, September 23rd, at 9:00 PM Israel Standard Time (click here to check your local time)

Full event details in the JobMob Job Search Calendar

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🔀 10 Tips To Help You Decide On Changing Careers

Considering a career change? It's a tempting way to shake up your job search, but is it the right thing to do?

Photo by Photo by Martin Sanchez

This is a guest post by Nisa Chitakasem.

Career changes can be overwhelming, challenging, exciting, scary, fun or frustrating-and that’s just when it comes to deciding whether to change careers in the first place.

Whether or not to change careers is a major life decision to take, so it’s important to be sure that you’re making the right decision for you.

Should you change careers?

1. Is there really a problem with your career?

In order to answer the big question, ask yourself several other questions to help decide whether you’re ready to leave your current career:

• Is my career making me happy?
• Am I fulfilled in my career?
• Is this my career because I enjoy it or because of the praise/ money/peer pressure /etc.?
• Is my career stopping me from doing things I enjoy outside of work?
• What’s my personal definition of future success in this career?
• Am I confident of achieving my definition of future success in this career?

2. You might need new skills

Consider whether or not you’re willing to learn new skills. Chances are if you commit to changing careers you will need to learn new skills appropriate to your career choice.

3. Can you afford it?

It’d be nice if we didn’t have to consider money when thinking about work options, but unfortunately some of us do!

Take into account where you stand financially when considering a career change, but don’t stay with your current career just for the money if the work itself is making you unhappy. No amount of money equates to happiness.

4. Maybe your job search skills just need help

If you’re currently out of work, don’t jump to the conclusion that you need a career change just because you’re not finding any work within your current field. Re-assess your job search instead:

• Review your CV to see if it’s relevant enough to the roles you’re applying for
• Practice your interview technique with a friend
• Connect with your network to find out about unadvertised jobs

5. Take an honest look back

Of course, being out of work may be just the motivation you need to make a career change, if it genuinely would be the right move for you. Even if you don’t currently have a job you can still assess how happy you are in your current career area by asking yourself the above questions about your previous positions.

Cartoon by Salvatore Iovene

Which career should you change to?

6. Follow your talent and passion

Think about what career you’d like to change to by considering what you’re good at and what you’re passionate about.

7. What about you impresses others

How do you define your talents and passions?

Start right back from your childhood. What did people praise you for? What did you end up spending most of your spare time doing?

Make a list and continue recalling your strengths and hobbies alaoubl the way through to the present day.

8. Full-time?

Consider not only the content of your ideal career but also the structure of it e.g. work out if you’d like to switch from full-time to part-time, or vice-versa.

9. Know your redlines

Get clear not only on what you want to do, but also on what you don’t want to do. What are you willing to negotiate over and what are you not?

10. Focus on one new direction only

By the way, if you think trying to pursue several career options at once is a good idea, it isn’t. The scattergun approach will probably result in missing all the targets.

If you focus on one career, one target- you’re more likely to get what you want.

Question of the article

What made you consider a career change now? Tell us in the comments.

About the author

Nisa Chitakasem is the founder of Position Ignition – a careers company dedicated to taking you to the next step in your career. For free advice, guidance and information on careers visit the Position Ignition Career Blog or find Nisa on Twitter @PosIgnition or Facebook.

Bonus: How to find and do work you love

READ NEXT: Success Story: How A Headhunter Changed My Career (and My Life).

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