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By Liz Lightfoot

Published: October 13 2008 11:00 | Last updated: October 13 2008 11:00

If you think second life happens behind the pearly gates or “here comes the boss” is a signal to to get on with your work then you are probably a little behind the times for IBM.

The IT giant may date back to 1924 but it is so 21st century that career briefings are conducted on Second Life, the virtual economy on-line game. It has a presence on all the big social networking sites and posts videos on the herecomestheboss career site.

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