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Welcome to Tech News Briefing.

It's Thursday, September 12th.

I'm Zoe Thomas for the Wall Street Journal.

Virtual reality headsets are not just for gamers.

Companies are turning to the immersive technology for employee training on everything from talking with clients to changing a truck battery.

We'll tell you more.

And then, for years, companies have been relying on software that automates various aspects of hiring.

Now candidates are flipping the script, using artificial intelligence to tailor their resumes and box to fire off applications in quick succession.

Our reporter Katie Binley will tell us what recruiters are doing to find the person with the right skills in a sea of applications.

But first, virtual reality was all the rage in tech circles a few years ago, partly because of excitement around the metaverse,

an immersive online world where people can interact as though they're in the same room.

The hype around it has fizzled, but for some companies, VR headsets have found a place as a tool

for employee training.

Here to tell us more is reporter Isabel Busquet from our

CIO journal. Isabelle, what kinds of training are companies using VR

for? You see a really broad range actually. You see some companies like Volvo and UPS and they're using them for these scenarios that are sometimes hard to replicate with an in-person training.

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