Virtual Job Candy opens its first virtual office in Second Life and kicks off open house during Virtual Worlds Expo September 3 – 4

Posted by admin on August 21st, 2008

First job board and career site dedicated to real jobs in virtual world development,
animation, and 3D design offers special promotions at Expo and in-world

Virtual Job Candy Second Life Location consists of a fairy tale beanstalk and enourmous flower power interview room.

(Virtual Job Candy’s Second Life Location consists of a fairy tale beanstalk and enormous flower power interview room.)

Los Angeles, Calif.; August 21, 2008 – Employers and job-seekers working in virtual world development, 3D design and related industries now have a dedicated resource for finding highly specialized candidates and career opportunities: Virtual Job Candy (www.VirtualJobCandy.com). Starting September 3, they’ll also have a virtual place to meet, hold virtual job fairs (http://www.virtualjobcandy.com/virtual-job-services), or train and prepare for virtual interviews when Virtual Job Candy opens its first office on Human Resource Island in Second Life (http://slurl.com/secondlife/HumanResource%20Island/63/123/27).

Virtual Job Candy's Location in Second Life offers Virtual World Employers Virtual interview rooms and online discounts.

(Virtual Job Candy’s Location in Second Life offers Virtual World Employers Virtual interview rooms and online discounts.)

The grand opening of the Virtual Job Candy office starts during the Virtual Worlds Expo in Los Angeles and will feature real-world and in-world promotions for attendees. Virtual Job Candy co-founder, Brian Regan (Printer Brian Dowd in Second Life), will be in booth #112 at the Expo and co-founder Lisa Peyton (Avarie Parker in Second Life) will be in-world to meet with open-house attendees and show them around the inviting ginger-bread inspired office, which includes an interview room atop a tall beanstalk. In-world visitors will also be treated to virtual swag and special discounts.

As part of the open-house promotions, job-seekers can enter to win a Wii and employers can get six months of job listings for the price of three through September 8. These offers will be available on site at the Expo, at the Virtual Job Candy office in Second Life, and at VirtualJobCandy.com.

Launched in June, 2008, Virtual Job Candy allows job-seekers to register and upload their resumes and qualifications for free. They can view jobs posted by employers from around the world for free and get training to prepare for virtual world interviews. Employers can post job openings for a fraction of what they’d pay for large, non-specific job boards. They can research candidates with targeted expertise in virtual worlds, 3D design, animation and related business careers. Job postings are syndicated to social networks and related blogs, increasing their exposure exponentially.

Virtual Job Candy founders, Lisa Peyton and Brian Regan meet in one VJC's virtual interview room.

(Virtual Job Candy founders, Lisa Peyton and Brian Regan meet in one VJC’s virtual interview rooms.)

“One of the biggest advantages of Virtual Job Candy is that we live and breathe in virtual worlds, so we understand the culture and know what employers and employees want from virtual career services,” noted co-founder Peyton. She has been active in Second Life for over two years and is the publisher of Slentrepreneur Magazine (www.slentre.com), which focuses on news about and from virtual worlds. Regan has been in Second Life for five years and built Human Resource Island. He is also the owner of Semper, International (www.semperllc.com), the largest staffing agency in the print, copy and digital industries.

Job categories at VirtualJobCandy.com include 3D design, marketing and business development, engineering and programming, flash, graphic design, interactive media and project management. Virtual Job Candy also provides an RSS feed of new job postings and all the latest virtual world news on its blog. Job-seekers can receive updated job postings at Twitter.com/VirtualJobCandy and virtual world news updates are available at Twitter.com/VJCNews.

Employers posting on Virtual Job Candy include veterans of virtual worlds such as The Electric Sheep Co., Vivaty and Kaneva. Start-ups such as Viximo and Metaverse Mod Squad are also finding highly specialized experts via Virtual Job Candy.

Carri Bugbee
Big Deal PR, Inc.

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