Mega Metaverse Job Fair in Japan Draws Participation of 179 Companies
The metaverse has made inroads in job consulting and recruiting in Japan. It is reported that a mega metaverse job fair was organized on January 27 in Japan with the participation of 179 companies and more than 2,000 students. The students used avatars to communicate and preview the available jobs in different booths set up by several companies.
Metaverse Technology in Job Consulting and Recruiting
Metaverse
technology is beginning to change job consulting and recruiting in Japan. More
than 2,000 students attended a metaverse job fair that allowed them to use
digital avatars to communicate with recruiters and preview the jobs on offer.
Asahi
Shimbun reports that
anonymity in the metaverse encouraged the participants to ask questions on
several issues concerning the job offerings. A total of 179 companies
participated in the job fair, which was organized by Neo Career Co. While Neo
focused on job-related activities, X Inc. controlled metaverse-related tasks.
The
participating companies stated that this was likely one of the biggest events
of this kind in Japan and also reinforced the advantages that the metaverse
offers to the recruiting sector. Taiki Nishino of Neo Career stated:
"The
metaverse allows for both taking advantage of online meetings in which students
from distant areas can take part as well as maintaining the spontaneity of
meeting and conversing that occurs in face-to-face job fairs."
Impact of Metaverse Tools on Digital Presence
While
many are pessimistic about the use of metaverse tools in meetings, others have
indicated in favor of the impact that the technology might have on the sector.
Satya Nadella, CEO of Microsoft, has praised the technology in these
initiatives. In a recent meeting with Klaus Schwab, chairman of the World
Economic Forum (WEF), he explained how the sense of presence that metaverse
apps brought to the table was "game-changing."
The company has been working with the WEF to build an initiative called the Global Collaboration Village to make the Davos meetings a permanent event using metaverse technology for leaders to communicate throughout the year. The primary objective of the platform is to provide leaders from all over the world with a place to have constant conversations about policies and world issues.
Several
institutions in Japan are on the way to using metaverse technology and allowing
people to establish their digital presence. Toda City reported in October
that it was using metaverse tools to allow students to receive classes
from home as a way of combating school absenteeism. The University of
Tokyo announced in July 2022 that it would use metaverse tools to
offer engineering courses and educate students on the metaverse and its
functions.
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