Reading this article on Tower Consultants' developing a presence in SL made me want to see HumanResource Island, so I dropped in-world to check it out. However, the first thing I encountered was a ban line protecting one of the HR Island buildings. Okay, fly around it. Bam! Another one! And something cool over there ... squish! Another one! And this time, it's protecting a rooftop football field!

I don't want to sound like I don't understand the need for privacy, or even a RL company's wanting to protect itself from griefing, but I wish there were more sophisticated ways of doing that without the frustration of ban lines. Now, to be fair, I did find the Tower Consultants building, and it had this really neat working elevator, so it all turned out well. It was so neat, actually, that I'll be going back there to get screenshots soon. But for now, adieu, HumanResource Island! While you may be helping avatars get real jobs, your strict no-Akela policy left me wanting.

(Via businesswire.com)

As previously reported, TMP Worldwide Advertising & Communications is the recruitment company that held the first Network In World job fair, where RL companies took open interviews at TMP Island. By all accounts, the event was such a success that TMP is doing it again between August 21 - 23. Their website says that registrations have been closed, but I'd think that showing up anyway shows some sort of initiative, so try it anyway! What're they gonna do, fire you?

(Via http://home.businesswire.com)