John Sumser Presents The Recruiting Roadshow » Second Life http://www.recruitingroadshow.com Bringing Physical Community to Online Social Networks Tue, 19 May 2009 22:35:24 +0000 en hourly 1 Do You Want My Resume? How About a Beer? http://www.recruitingroadshow.com/2007/10/06/do-you-want-my-resume-how-about-a-beer/ http://www.recruitingroadshow.com/2007/10/06/do-you-want-my-resume-how-about-a-beer/#comments Sat, 06 Oct 2007 15:10:49 +0000 johnsumser http://recruitingroadshow.wordpress.com/2007/10/06/do-you-want-my-resume-how-about-a-beer/ In his Atlanta keynote on the pros and cons of using social networks for recruiting Steven Rothberg closed with a few observations about recruiting in virtual worlds like Second Life.

Illustrating some of the potential problems for recruiters Steven referenced an instance where instead of pulling his resume from out of his pocket a candidate pulled out a beer instead.

Virtual job interviews? Digital job fairs? It is confusing I know but perhaps this is the stuff that urban legends are made of…

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FDRr4MoX8f8]

…it’s just so hard to tell!

Posted by: Amitai Givertz

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