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| 18/03/2008 | |
| The ethicalcareers.org provides advice on how to prepare for a virtual interview. In short, they advise ethical job seekers to prepare for a virtual interview as much as, if not more than they would for a real life face to face one. Based on the experiences of a recent recruitment fair on virtual web community Second Life, it seems likely that an increasing number of organisations could hold job interviews online. That’s the conclusion made by Laura-Jane Filotrani, content manager at Guardian Jobs, in a blog entry reflecting on the implications of a successful three-day recruitment fair held in Second Life, a 3D online world populated by users' digital alter egos. It took place in last autumn when more than 90 candidates' 'avatars' were interviewed for jobs at accounting firm KPMG, directories business Yell and the Royal Bank of Scotland. Virtual interviews provide the perfect solution to the nerve-wracking first meeting and also mean no travel costs, no time lost, and no commitment other than the time to answer the questions, writes Filotrani. However, there are implications for careers advisers if virtual interviews do take off, as advice about how to make a good first impression face-to-face will not be relevant in a virtual world. |
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