August 24, 2022<\/p>\n\n\n\n
By Anjali Kochhar<\/p>\n\n\n\n
New monthly job openings across all industries having the keyword \u201cmetaverse\u201d in the title declined 81% between April and June, according to new research conducted by Revelio Labs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A Bloomberg report noted that the dropoff coincides with a broader pullback across the tech sector, which has prompted layoffs and hiring freezes, leaving workers from the Bay Area to Bangalore increasingly rattled.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Meta Platforms Inc. had slowed hiring in May but said it was picked back up in recent months.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cAfter temporarily pausing hiring for certain roles at the company, we\u2019re excited to resume it again for some of our highest priority areas,\u201d spokeswoman Andrea Beasley told Bloomberg.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Google and Apple representatives did not respond immediately to a request to comment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
As employers recalibrate their hiring needs and labour budgets amid growing recession concerns, that hype might come face to face with a sobering reality.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Meta\u2019s CEO Mark Zuckerberg said on Meta\u2019s July 27 earnings call that he\u2019s \u201cslowing the pace of long-term investments due to the revenue shortfall.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Apple, an emerging rival of Meta\u2019s in the virtual-reality space, said July 28 that it would be \u201cmore deliberate\u201d in its recruitment. Alphabet has also slowed hiring.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
While full-time metaverse jobs have come down in numbers, the number of freelance gigs for metaverse-related services like avatar development and 3D design has more than quadrupled, as per freelance talent marketplace Fiverr International Ltd.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
About the author<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Anjali Kochhar covers cryptocurrency stories in India as well as globally. Having been in the field of media and journalism for over three years now, she has developed a sharp news sense and works hard to present information that goes beyond the obvious. She is an avid reader and loves writing on a wide range of subjects.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" August 24, 2022 By Anjali Kochhar New monthly job openings across all industries having the keyword \u201cmetaverse\u201d in the title declined 81% between April and June, according to new research […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1628,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nftmetta.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1627"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nftmetta.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nftmetta.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nftmetta.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nftmetta.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1627"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/nftmetta.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1627\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1629,"href":"https:\/\/nftmetta.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1627\/revisions\/1629"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nftmetta.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1628"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nftmetta.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1627"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nftmetta.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1627"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nftmetta.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1627"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}