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Electrician Video Resume: Show a Foreman You Know the Work

By David Welsh, Seenly · Updated October 7, 2026

When an electrical foreman or contractor looks at a new hire, the questions are short. Do you know the work? Will you work safe around live gear? Can you read a print? Will you show up every day? A PDF can list “5 years residential.” It can’t show how you explain a job or whether you sound like you’ve actually done it. A 60–90 second video can.

I’ve managed construction for about 15 years. This guide is what I’d want to hear from an electrician before I picked up the phone.

What electrical contractors listen for

Your level. Apprentice (and what year), journeyman, or master. Say it in the first sentence.
Your license, if you have one. In Florida, the state (DBPR) doesn’t issue journeyman licenses; counties and cities do. By law, other Florida counties and cities have to recognize a journeyman electrical license issued by one of them.^[1][2] Say which county or city issued yours. Outside Florida, say your state or local license.
The kind of work you’ve done. Residential new construction, service and remodel, commercial build-outs, industrial, low voltage. These are different jobs. Be specific.
What you can do without someone over your shoulder. Rough-in, trim-out, service changes, panel work, pulling and terminating, bending conduit, troubleshooting.
Safety. If you have an OSHA 10 or OSHA 30 card, say so.^[3] Mention lockout/tagout if it’s part of how you work. One calm line about safety tells a foreman a lot.
The practical stuff. Your own hand tools, a valid driver’s license, reliable transportation, and whether you’ll travel.

The five prompts, written for electricians

Seenly gives you five prompts. They’re a script for one video, not five videos. About 15 seconds each.

1. Tell me about yourself

Apprentice: “I’m [name], a second-year electrical apprentice in [city]. I’ve been doing rough-in and trim-out on residential new construction for about [X] months.”

Journeyman: “I’m [name], a licensed journeyman electrician out of [county]. [X] years in the trade, mostly commercial tenant build-outs.”

2. Why do you want this kind of work?

“I like troubleshooting. Tracking down the one bad connection nobody else could find is the best part of my day.”

Or: “I like that the work has to be right. It either passes or it doesn’t.”

3. Why should we hire you?

Give proof, not adjectives. “I can lay out and rough a house from the prints without someone standing over me.” “I’ve run service changes on my own for the last two years.” “I have my OSHA 30 and I’ve been the lead on jobs with two apprentices.” Only say what’s true. A foreman will find out on day one.

4. What are you strongest at, and what are you working on?

“I’m strongest at conduit. My offsets and saddles come out clean. I’m working on commercial prints and load calcs.”

Naming something you’re working on doesn’t make you look weak. It makes you sound honest.

5. Where do you see yourself in five years?

Apprentice: “Licensed journeyman, running my own service calls.”

Journeyman: “Leading a crew on commercial work and studying for my contractor’s license.”

Close: what you want, where, and when you can start. “I’m looking for commercial work around [area]. I have my own tools and I can start [date].”

For the general version of these prompts, see what to say in a video resume.

Filming tips for electricians

Record in the truck or at home, not in an electrical room. A parked truck with the engine off is quiet and lit through the windshield.
Get away from noise. Generators, saws, and compressors drown out a phone mic. Before start time or at lunch works.
Work clothes are fine. A clean work shirt and hi-vis says who you are. Leave off another company’s logo if they don’t know you’re looking.
Prop the phone upright at eye level. Seenly shows video in a tall, phone-shaped frame.
Want to show your work? Do it with a still photo in your PDF, taken when it was safe and with the owner’s or GC’s okay. Keep the video on your face and your voice.

More setup help: how to make a video resume on your phone. General job-site advice: construction video resume.

What not to show

Energized work without proper PPE, or anything that looks like skipping lockout/tagout. Any foreman watching will stop right there.
Customer information. House numbers, addresses, alarm panels, gate codes, the inside of someone’s home.
Prints, panel schedules, or plans with a project or client name on them.
Other workers who haven’t said it’s okay.
Your license card up close. It has personal details. Say the license type and who issued it instead.

After you go live on Seenly you get one link, like seenly.live/u/your-name. You can see a real one at David’s profile.

Text it to a foreman or contractor right after you talk.
Paste it into the “website” or “portfolio” box on online applications.
Put it at the top of your PDF resume, next to your phone number.
Send it with any application to an apprenticeship program or contractor that accepts links.

Does a video actually help?

A field experiment in Québec sent 2,021 applications to private firms. Applications that included a link to a video resume got about 10 percentage points more callbacks (Bellemare et al., CIRANO, 2020). That study tested secretary-receptionist jobs, not the trades, and it measured callbacks, not job offers. Nobody can promise you a job. But the callback is the step you need, and the rest is on you and your work.

How it works on Seenly

Sign up with Google or email.
Build your draft: photo, name, city, the job titles you want, and the five prompts.
Add one video. Record it right on the page or upload it from Photos (.mp4 or .mov). Aim for 60–90 seconds; the limit is 2 minutes.
Go live when you’re ready. Seenly Pro is $7.99/month with a 7-day free trial. Going live gives you a public link like seenly.live/u/your-name, share buttons, and a pin on the talent map. Until then your draft stays free and unlisted, and no card is needed.

Sources

Florida DBPR, Electrical Contractors FAQ: DBPR “does not license or regulate the journeyman’s license”; contact the local county licensing office. www2.myfloridalicense.com/electrical-contractors/faqs
Florida Statutes 489.5335(2): counties and municipalities must recognize a journeyman electrical license issued by another Florida county or municipality. flsenate.gov/Laws/Statutes/2024/0489.5335
OSHA Outreach Training Program FAQ (10- and 30-hour cards). osha.gov/training/outreach/faq

Sources checked October 7, 2026. Rules change, so confirm licensing details with the agency that issues them.

FAQ

Should I say my license number in the video?

No. Say the license type and the county, city, or state that issued it. Put the number on your application, where the employer can verify it.

I’m a first-year apprentice. What do I talk about?

Showing up, working safe, and what you’ve learned so far. Say what you’ve done (pulling wire, rough-in, helping on service calls), where you’re doing your schooling, and that you want to learn. Foremen hire attitude at that level.

Can I record it on the job site?

Yes, with permission and away from live gear and loud equipment. The truck with the engine off is usually the easiest spot.

How long should an electrician video resume be?

60 to 90 seconds. Seenly takes one video up to 2 minutes.

Is Seenly free?

Building your draft and recording your video is free, and the draft stays unlisted. To get a public link and a pin on the talent map, you go live with Seenly Pro: $7.99/month with a 7-day free trial. No card is needed until you go live.