There’s not much you can’t do on Second Life these days—“residents” buy and trade stocks, build houses, make friends and even conduct extra-marital affairs. But what about getting a job?

Some job-seekers love the idea of suiting up their avatars and sending them off to interviews.

But do recruiters love it too? In an interview with the Wall Street Journal, Karen Calo, IBM's vice president for global talent, says no.

"I'm not sure Second Life and other new technologies will ever totally replace traditional recruiting," Ms. Calo says. "You can only see students' intellectual curiosity, excitement and body language in a face-to-face situation."

In May, Sodexho, Verizon, Microsoft and Hewlett-Packard became the first companies to host a virtual career fair on SL. It didn’t exactly come off without a hitch. Users new to SL had trouble controlling their avatars and dressing them correctly (some “interviewee” avatars showed up naked)—and so did the execs conducting the interviews. Reportedly, one job-seeker, intending to hand over his resume, offered up a beer instead.

Which brings me to the question: is virtual interviewing really a good thing for the job-seeker or the recruiter? Leave us a comment to let us know what you think.

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