Virtual Job Interviews - A Reality!

Do you want to attend your next interview right from the comfort of your home or office? With Second Life, it's now possible, and some major employers are using this medium to search for employees.

'Some employers are experimenting with Second Life, the online virtual community owned by San Francisco-based Linden Lab, to screen prospective hires. The program allows job seekers to create a computer-generated image to represent themselves -- known as an "avatar" -- and communicate with executives of prospective employers as though they were instant-messaging.
A number of big companies put the new medium to a test last month, when recruitment-advertising firm TMP Worldwide Advertising & Communications LLC hosted a virtual job fair with employers such as Hewlett-Packard Co., Microsoft Corp., Verizon Communications Inc. and Sodexho Alliance SA, a food and facilities-management services company. TMP says it will host another virtual job fair in August."

Read the full article: http://www.careerjournal.com/jobhunting/usingnet/20070621-athavaley.html?cjpos=home_whatsnew_major

Daisy Wright
Career Coach
The Wright Career Solution

Daisy Wright Quoted in Toronto Star

I was again quoted in the Toronto Star of June 2, 2007 by Career Columnist, Janis Foord Kirk. Her series deals with the challenges that internationally-educated professionals face during their transition to Canada.

As I said in the article, employers need to get on board in understanding what these highly-educated immigrants are bringing to the table. Conversely, internationally-educated professionals need to be flexible and open to change. Things are somewhat different from 'back home'.

Daisy Wright Recognized as 'Outstanding Canadian Career Leader'

At the recently held conference of Career Professionals of Canada, I was awarded the prestigious award "Outstanding Canadian Career Leader". Executive Director of the association, Sharon Graham said,

"Daisy Wright was nominated and awarded the prestigious Outstanding Canadian Career Leader Award for two very important reasons: She has proactively contributed to establishing Canadian résumé writing as a viable leader in a largely dominated US market. She has also significantly influenced the Canadian marketplace through numerous high-profile volunteer activities. Her supporting material outlined multiple significant achievements in 2006."

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Daisy Wright Interviewed on Business News Network (WorkopolisTV)

My book No Canadian Experience, eh? has been getting rave reviews from readers, interviewers and other career experts. The link below will take you to an interview I did with Bruce Sellery of BNN (Workopolis.tv) which was aired on May 15, 2007.

http://www.bnn.ca/servlet/HTMLTemplate/!robVideo/robtv0726.20070515.00051000-00051309-clip1/h/220asf/