Life might soon shift to the metaverse, in full speed, but hiring for the virtual world is still happening in the real world. Meta (formerly Facebook) has hired the largest number of people but other companies have also started offering careers related to the metaverse. It is called the next best thing by some experts as it is emerging as a community with its own economy.
Meta, formerly Facebook, has been at the forefront of developing the metaverse. The social media giant has said that it would hire 10,000 people in Europe to help build the metaverse. This would happen in the next five years.
Meta’s website has 13 job listings for the metaverse as of Wednesday. Now, other companies have also started listing metaverse specific jobs. In two weeks, Nike has already posted five jobs for the virtual world. The jobs are based in its headquarters in Beaverton, Oregon. Disney has also recently posted a job opening in business development in the virtual world.
Balenciaga, a luxury fashion brand, was looking for a meta business coordinator in December, while Gucci had listed for a “Web3 manager” to be based in Milan. Web3 is used to describe a version of the internet with blockchain technology. This technology powers some of the metaverse.
Even the NFL seems to be joining in as it is looking for a “senior manager, content partnerships.” The job description includes identifying opportunities in emerging technology sectors. These sectors include non fungible tokens NFTs, crypto projects and AR/VR strategy–Augmented Reality/Virtual Reality. These sectors are the building blocks of the metaverse.
The metaverse has seen huge investments as virtual real estate is being grabbed by a whole list of global companies who deal in entertainment, fast food, clothes, shoes, gaming and more.
