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WoW on your Résumé?
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Post by
dhampir1989
It is somethign you do with your free time right?
Some lower write down they speak some retarded foreign language, or read fail books, or climb hills in the rain like a dumbass when they could fly up in a helicopter. You play dumb computer games.
It's a matter of perspective.
The xenophobic ignorance shown in this post is astounding
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Post by
ChairmanKaga
For most employers, WoW has a stigmata of being a colossal productivity killer. I definitely would not print it on my resume. It's something I would only mention in an interview if I was 110% sure it would do more good than harm.
In general, it's best to keep work and play totally separate.
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Post by
Celdhyrean
You are truly an idiot, and this post makes me believe that you truly have no life because you put a damn gaming experience on your resume. Good luck with your janitor job.Idiot yourself. Skinning in WoW and skinning in real life has nothing in common whatsoever. Leading people in WoW and in the real world is much more similar than you might imagine (and i would know, i do both). There's much less stress and risk in Wow of course, but the basic set of skills (analysis, communication, motivating people, ...) is the same.
That being said, i wouldn't put it on my CV either because there's no real way to backup what you are saying, wether you actually did things well or just thought you did or are outright lying.
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Celdhyrean
Of course it'd be stupid to consider that a WoW gaming carreer is enough to make you a great manager and leader. That's not what was said anyway, what i said is that those 2 activities require a common set of skills (the set of tools being needed for RL being of course quite larger/stricter) and that as such a gaming experience could be used to illustrate them.
Have you even read the article linked in the thread before ?
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Post by
magik8ball
I think it's fair to say that there are many people who would see a video game on a resume and just think it's bad. It's stereotyping. I believe there are some legitimate things that can be learned through WoW. Remember, also, that flight simulators can be considered "just a video game." I'm sure people will call me out and tell me how "no a flight sim is different," but I just wanted to bring it up.
That being said, if your employer stereotypes in the same way, then don't do it. If they have a bit of perspective, then I would definitely consider it. Also consider the legitimate skills you may have gained from WoW; you don't have to lead a top guild to have skills, but you need to consider your experiences.
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StumpJumper
Only when applying to Blizz =)
Post by
NeoBlackheart
you fail and are not funny.
you fail and are not funny
But to the OP. One of my best friends stated he was a wow player and even quoted the guild he ran when applying for a Leadership job. Funny thing was the manager was a wow player he looked up the guild which is like number 4 on the server and when he found out instantly hired him.
But its situational.
Post by
pezz
Don't put it on your resume. Not that I don't agree with the article Miyari posted, but it's too risky. For every employer that understands the skills that can be garnered from playing wow are relevant to real life, there's probably 3 or 4 that don't (and 106% of statistics are made up on the spot, but you get my point).
Also, in the OP's post he didn't mention anything about having experience as a leader, handling responsibility, playing the Auction House, or anything like that. The debate as to whether having a having responsibilities and leadership roles in WoW can translate into useful skills for the job market is an interesting one (and, for the record, I think WoW responsibilities can develop useful skills along those lines), but I don't think anyone's arguing being a grunt in a moderatly successful, but not end-game PVE guild is very impressive to anyone.
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Post by
Numerol
I give technical interviews for my company (IT consulting), and if I saw a resume with WoW experience listed on it, I wouldn't even consider interviewing that person. That resume would go right in the trash. I wouldn't care if he/she had Harvard baccalaureates.
And yet,you play wow yourself,why don't you quit then?
edit: i mean quit your job.
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