Virtual reality trainer gives on-the-job experience before the first interview

A Calgary entrepreneur says he’s devised a solution to the age old problem of, “You need experience to get a job, but you can’t get experience until you have a job.” Jose Azares created a virtual reality training system, dubbed NIDUM (Latin for nest), which allows prospective employees to train for a job before they head to their first interview with the company. The owner of the restaurant chain, ReGrub, Azares originally designed the software to make his business’