made me lol

Mercury · Post by **Mercury** » Thu Dec 18, 2008 9:41 am

http://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/e ... ft-players

Fatalist · Post by **Fatalist** » Thu Dec 18, 2008 10:34 pm

my mate was telling me recently how he was applying for a team leader position at his place and on his application he gave WoW guild leadership as an example of leadership skills/experience.

he didn't get the job.

Lady Redname · Post by **Lady Redname** » Fri Dec 19, 2008 9:32 am

if i was a manager looking for someone who was going to fit into a team and i saw 'wow player' they would get binned no matter what else their cv said.

Just because they think its something to be proud of.

Nixon · Post by **Nixon** » Fri Dec 19, 2008 10:03 am

Can see both sides of the arguement to be honest. I don't see why it shouldn't be used as an example of leadership skills etc. If people can use sports teams, why not online games where you have to use similar skills/man mangement etc? Essentially its discrimination, especially in Slamers example.

That said I wouldn't put WoW on my CV.

Post by **Benn** » Fri Dec 19, 2008 11:25 am

Nixon wrote:its discrimination

lol

I'd question someone's judgement if they put WoW as an example of management and people skills.

Mercury · Post by **Mercury** » Fri Dec 19, 2008 3:08 pm

its like iv made 100,000$~ playing poker but id never put it on my CV, too many people dont understand it. very similar to wow;

OMGZ GAMBLERZ
OMGZ MAD GAMER 24/7

Padaxus · Post by **Padaxus** » Fri Dec 19, 2008 8:26 pm

easy being a leader behind a PC screen, in reality a lot of "leaders" in wow are probably too shy to say boo to a goose!

Zim Zum · Post by **Zim Zum** » Fri Dec 19, 2008 8:59 pm

I don't see how it can be discrimination. The only job a professed heavy interest in WoW sets you up for is Chinese gold farmer. And if you're not Chinese you can forget that too.

Sonez · Post by **Sonez** » Fri Dec 19, 2008 11:08 pm

I think the real question is that who is so far removed from reality that they think playing World of Warcraft makes them more desirable to employ? Not that it's necessarily a bad thing but how is it relevant?

Nixon · Post by **Nixon** » Sat Dec 20, 2008 1:10 am

Sonez wrote:I think the real question is that who is so far removed from reality that they think playing World of Warcraft makes them more desirable to employ? Not that it's necessarily a bad thing but how is it relevant?

How does half the bs people say in relation to hobbies have any relevance to jobs they apply for though? Most the time people say what the employers want to hear rather than what is necessarily true.

Ingo · Post by **Ingo** » Sat Dec 20, 2008 2:58 am

I wouldn't hire someone who's people management skills were from being captain of a football team either! I think the only acceptable non industry example I would take would be military (not CoH!)

zole · Post by **zole** » Sat Dec 20, 2008 4:24 am

If you read the article thing, the point is that they think a wow player spends too much time playing wow.

Which to be fair, is probably correct. Although you could say "don't send me any smokers, they will die more quickly".

In terms of management skills etc, tbh it does take some skill. But yeah sadly those skills don't always convert into rl.

Mercury · Post by **Mercury** » Sat Dec 20, 2008 5:19 am

personally i do mention sport on my cv, but only breifly, if they do bring it up in interview, it becomes about the time iv worked with kids (LOLZ KIDS TOUCHING BOIS) and coaching badges iv earnt, even thou iv captained to a very sucessful level @ cricket, i would only give this a breif mention.

in terms of "captain of the football team" employers understand sport, as it is commonplace so can relate to captain. however they cant relate to, wow, poker, extreme sports? those kinda hobbies.

Post by **Calix** » Sat Dec 20, 2008 6:13 am

Shame you spell like Slamer's even-more-retarded brother

Mercury · Post by **Mercury** » Sat Dec 20, 2008 6:19 am

its an internet forum, i dont even look @ what i type most the time