Before I go on to yet another post talking about twitter <insert readers' groans> Just a quick one about Virtual worlds, If you wondered how people get hired to work in the Virtual World field, here's a tidbit.
I attended an event in Second Life this morning at which Mitch Wagner of Information Week - Ziggy Figaro in Second Life and @ziggyfigaro on twitter - talked about the Virtual Career Fair Cisco is holding today with their partner companies.
Cisco has done amazing work using Second Life and other VWs for business, and this was a chance to get a feel for what the recruiting effort was about,
The guests were Christian Renaud the chief architect for networked virtual environments and Randy Sisk who is the Cisco's new markets and technologies scout.
(as an aside, we decided we all want to have "scout" in our titles)
Christian explained that
"Back in the spring when we had the Channel 2.0 event with VAR BUsiness magazine we were really overwhelmed at the quantity of our channel partners already in SL so this was a logical fit, they are here, we are here, smart folks are here that are looking for new jobs. Win.
Like the great interviewer that he is, Ziggy wanted to know if this meant there were companies present who were the right fit or were there individuals looking for jobs. Turns out the answer was both and in fact the event that Cisco had done in the Spring "drove some in as companies that had been lurking."
Ah - we knew there were lurking companies, sending avatars in to get a lay of the land and evaluate how they might use Second Life and other WVs for business purposes. I've long contended that attending meetings of all kind are the perfect excuse to make the leap.
If I had to bet, I'd suggest that this is just the beginning.
Attend other Grid Talk sessions by
- learning how to walk and talk in Second Life,
- put some clothes on and show up at Dr Dobbs Island (that link will transport you so you won't be forced to fly)
- be there any Tuesday morning at 8AM Second Life time (pacific).
Say Hi to Tynan Clary while you're there, It's really me.
Although I am unable to help you with the details of your appearance the day of any event, I'm glad to do so if you contact me at least 48 hours advance. Next Tuesday is just around the corner.
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Note: Learn more about what Cisco's doing in virtual worlds and in today's Cisco fair here. Today's fair was designed to provide a virtual forum for European engineers and the companies who are partnered with Cisco and who need to connect with candidates for IT jobs are: Dimension Data UK, Belgium, Germany, Luxemburg, NetDesign, Alliant Technologies, Affinity, Voice Tech, Touchbase, Telindus, and BBNED.
