Virtual Jobs Fair for Luxembourg

Interested in working in Luxembourg? A high standard of living, a pleasant climate and conveniently located in the heart of (old!) Europe? It sounds appealing, you have to admit. If you agree, then you'd better get your curriculum vitae up to snuff and your virtual suit pressed and ready, because tomorrow sees the latest virtual jobs fair for Luxembourg to be held in Second Life.

I actually mentioned this a couple of months ago, when looking at the Grand Ducale sim and its siblings. This morning, though, my Google mail decided to suggest I visit the Working Worlds website - scarily efficient those Google ads - so I went along and found the following:

Join us for the first virtual Job Fair for the Benelux and meet recruiters from prestigious companies. Start your new career in the Netherlands, Belgium or Luxembourg on Secondlife!

On May 29 the first virtual Job fair for the Benelux will take place on the Working-Worlds Islands.

You will be able, without moving from your seat, to have a first chat with potential employers, some of which are major actors on the Benelux job market. These companies are actively seeking international executives and qualified professionals. So have a go and let them convince YOU!

So there you go... jobs not only in Luxembourg, but the entire Benelux area. Good Luck!

Luxembourg Jobs Fairs

We've seen a number of examples of recruitment companies (mainly, but not exclusively, European) using Second Life as a place to attract potential job-seekers. My Sunday afternoon ramble among the highlands and islands led to the Grand Ducale sim, and as it looked interesting on the map and had a certain ring to it, I swooped in for a look. It is actually one of a trio of sims, the others being the rather more prosaically named Luxembourg Recrutement and Luxembourg Business.

The 3 sims, taken together, provide a large recruitment facility. The first event was actually held at the end of November, 2007, to recruit staff for GAX Technologies. I think this may have been something of a proof of concept, since GAX are (I think) the builders of the site. According to the Working Worlds website, the next fair is on the 28th March, 2008 - though the information on the island itself points towards a fair on 29th May.

I rather liked this place - it is built with a certain cartoon-y style and it manages to inject a degree of light-hearted whimsy into what could otherwise be a rather daunting and po-faced environment. There are one or two places where the prims are not properly aligned, leading to some "jitters" in the textures, but otherwise the build quality is high. There are plenty of teleports to get you around the site too.

I know, I should write more about it - but it's late, and having failed to secure a multi-million lottery win (again!) I need to get to bed so that I can get up and toddle into work tomorrow. Here is a set of pictures that should give you a bit more of the flavour --- I assume the bright orange bit is aimed at recruitment for the Netherlands: