You know, you might not be able to believe everything you read, hear, or see via the Internet…but that doesn’t mean nobody will believe it. Just as job applicants are finding that embarassing photos and claims posted to MySpace and Facebook profiles can interfere with their job prospects, a British motorcycle enthusiast has drawn a 12-week jail term for posting a video of himself driving illegally around Banbury, Oxfordshire.
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Second Life Job Fair Brings Real Work
Second Life might be a world of avatars, but it’s also a place that seems more and more to be an analogue for the real world, with gambling, commerce,and even job fairs. Yes, real world companies are trawling for employees on Second Life. TMP Worldwide Advertising & Communications has already hosted twojob fairs in the virtual world, and companies like Accenture, GE Money and U.S.Cellular attended, interviewing literally hundreds of avatars for jobs.
That’s doesn’t mean it’s been wildly successful yet. To date there’s been one confirmed hire: hire: food and services management company Sodexho found a new executive chef at the May job fair.
Yahoo! HotJobs to Offer Wider Net Listings
Proving there is sometimes strength in numbers, Yahoo! today announced they were upgrading the search engine functionality of their HotJobs job search site. This new upgrade, powered by the company’s Internet search technology, will crawl other employer and job-related Websites to collect and display listings for job seekers.
The new listings, according to a release from Yahoo!, will be displayed in addition to the HotJobs postings. The online portal is doing this, they say, to provide the most comprehensive job search experience online. They are currently testing implementation of these new listings to ensure optimal results for both seekers and recruiters.
Olympus to Cut 4,000 Camera Jobs
“Olympus, which on Monday recorded its first ever consolidated net loss after struggling with intense price competition in the digital camera market, said most of the job losses would be at two camera factories in China.
It expects the job cuts to save 3 billion yen ($28.38 million) in the business year to next March.
It also aims to lower production costs by 5 billion yen and shave selling and general administrative expenses by 5 billion yen, for a total restructuring benefit of 13 billion yen, or less than 2 percent of group revenues of 814 billion yen. ”
Security Firm Warns Against Using Windows
Noting that personal firewalls did a good job of thwarting worms like MS Blast, Gartner vice president Richard Stiennon told the E-Commerce Times that Gartner is recommending firewalls for all computers, including desktops.
Grand Theft Auto Creators In Court
Mark Gallagher, who applied for a job at the developer now known as Rockstar North in 1993, claims that an example of his own work was used as the eventual basis for Grand Theft Auto.
Gallagher claims to have developed a game called “Crime Inc.” over a period of two years before he applied for the job with DMA, which at the time was a respected Amiga and PC developer after the successful release of Lemmings in 1990. A demonstration version of the game, he says, which featured a similar criminal milieu, was part of the materials he submitted when applying for a position at DMA.

