Missouri Education Office Recruits IT Staff from Second Life

Paul G. Wright is IT director for the Missouri Dept. of Elementary and Secondary Education Office of Administration-ITSD. He chairs a committee that is taking on IT recruiting for the state. Along with more traditional methods of recruiting, the department is also constructing a Web site that will centralize state IT job postings and related information. So far so good, a state organization going about its business.

Then, said Wright, he read some stories about companies going to Second Life to conduct job fairs. Second Life (SL) is a 3-D virtual world entirely built and owned by its residents, according to the Web site. It opened in 2003 and now has about 10 million residents who live in a sort of video game, exchange dollars for the local currency to clothe their avatars, buy and sell virtual property, create music and art, etc.

By Wayne Hanson

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$1 Billion Invested In Virtual World Companies This Year

Research by Virtual Worlds Management reveals 33 Companies Raise $196.8 Million, Two Companies Acquired for $810 Million

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