While you strive to stand apart from the croud of candidates, you may want to probe into the Video Resume trend. Although it is still in its early stages, several job sites and video hosting sites are exploring the possibilities of uploading a video profile versus a word document. Risky and absurd as it sounds, click here to find out what some people have to say about it.
During one of my random surfing sprees today, I came across an article on Interviews in Second Life. For the uninitiated, Second Life is an online virtual world, where you can have an avatar to represent yourself, meet and interact with people just as you would in real life. You can even buy property using Linden Dollars, which can be exchanged for US Dollars in a marketplace consisting of residents, Linden Lab and real life companies.
The article "Welcome to the virtual interview" talks about the corporate world diving into this virtual reality space for recruiment. Typically you would expect a gaming geek to live in such a world, date and build his social circle from his living room. However, the tides are slowly turning where people are flocking to embrace this technology in their stride. Interestingly, this 3D existance has attracted around 6,471,214 residents with $1,545,408 spent in the past 24 hours.
This being just a trial setup, recruiters are going to interview prospective avatars and ask them questions via IM. This initial screening is usually done via telephonic interviews, often followed with in-person interviews. Second Life is making this process more interactive, definitely hip and possibly fun, as candidates can also ask questions and access a variety of information on the company through videos.
So, what are you waiting for? Other than updating your resume, start working on your creative skills, make your Second Life avatar and practice walking, flying and shaking hands in this vast virtual parallel universe.
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