Second Life Job Fair

Hello all,
I went to the second day of workshops hosted by CIT (Ed tech Fair). One of the workshops was on Second Life.


"Second Life: It's an Educational Tool, Not a Game" This workshop was very interesting like all the the other I attended...Good Job Andrea and CIT by the way. All the workshops I attended were interesting. There is nothing worse than a boring workshop.

After the CIT workshop I read an article about how a Las Vegas Chef attended a job fair in Second Life...he was interviewed and ultimately got a job using Second Life.


The article goes on to explain how the chef---who was not a confident interviewee(not sure about that spelling)---was able to be relaxed and confident in the interview. He did not have to worry about his lack of face-to-face poise getting in the way. Instead he could project the confident person on the inside with his avatar.

From the article: "A few major companies have begun experimenting with this virtual world as an additional tool to find employees. In May TMP Worldwide, a recruiting firm, hosted its first virtual job fair called Network in World on Second Life.

“To date, more than 1,800 candidates have either registered for a NiW job fair and then applied for open positions, or have expressed interest in a position and then left their contact details for employers,” says Russell Miyaki, a vice president of the recruiting firm, adding that about 214 interviews have taken place and about four people have gotten jobs as a result.

Companies that have interviewed candidates at the virtual job fairs included Sodexho, the food management company that hired Giordano, as well as Microsoft and Verizon, among others."


Is this the wave of the future or a flash in the pan??? What do you think?

The article I am referring: How fantasy life can get you a real job
Online community Second Life becomes venue for recruiting, interviewing to.