HotSchedules "My Life, My Schedule." Video Contest

Remember the time you checked HotSchedules from your iPhone and avoided a no call/no show for the shift you had forgotten you picked up the night before?

Or the time HotSchedules helped you get 4 shifts picked up in time for you to make it to the family reunion you’d forgotten to request off for?

What about all the times you were able to sleep in after finding out via text message that your manager approved your schedule change request?

Tell us all about one or more of your life-saving (ok, maybe not quite life-saving) experiences with HotSchedules in a video for a chance to win one of three prizes!

The theme of each submitted YouTube video must be about how HotSchedules has saved you time, increased your earnings, lengthened vacation time, or more importantly saved your job.

1st place: $500 cash
2nd place: Best Buy/Amazon gift card for $250
3rd place: Best Buy/Amazon gift card for $100

Videos will be judged based on:

  • How unique, interesting, or significant your HotSchedules experience(s) was/were
  • How well you convey the message
  • Quality of the video (you don’t need to be a professional, but make sure we can see/hear you!)
  • Level of entertainment and creativity (don’t shy away from cool visuals or music)
  • Your compliance with the official rules of the contest

    • EXTENDED DEADLINE: All entries must be received by 11:59pm CT on October 30, 2009.

    Winners will be notified and announced on September 28. Winners and additional selected videos will be shown at HotSchedules360, our 2nd annual user's conference, September 29-30 in Austin, Texas.

    The Fine Print: Official Contest Rules for the HotSchedules "My Life, My Schedule" YouTube Contest
    1. Submissions and users must fully comply with YouTube’s terms of service, which can be found at http://www.youtube.com/t/terms. Violating submissions will be automatically disqualified.
    2. All entrants must be employed by locations that currently use HotSchedules.
    3. Submissions must not include derogatory statements about the entrant’s employer, former employer, or industry competition. Any entry with a reference to another restaurant or company will be disqualified.
    4. All entrants must be 18 years of age or older.
    5. Videos should be 1-5 minutes in length.
    6. The theme of your video should align with the description of the contest as listed above and should incorporate the following information:
       a. Your name
       b. Your location
       c. Your unique experience with HotSchedules.
    7. All videos must be uploaded to YouTube and emailed to videos@hotschedules.com with “HotSchedules YouTube Contest” in the subject line and a link to the video in the body of the email. Entries must be received by 11:59 P.M, Central Time on September 25, 2009.
    8. Winners will be notified around September 28, 2009, and prizes (to show appreciation for top video entrants’ genuine and creative efforts) will include :
       a. First place (1 prize awarded): Check in the amount of $500
       b. Second place (2 prizes awarded): Best Buy or Amazon gift card for $250
       c. Third place: Best Buy or Amazon gift card for $100