I'd have to agree that WoW players should be avoided in favor of more hardcore EQers or SLers.
When filling out your next job application, it might be wise to leave your level 80 Shaman off of your list of accomplishments, as some job recruiters are being told to avoid WoW players.
Forum poster Tale over on the f13 forums relates an experience with a recruiter in the online media industry, who reacted negatively to his conversational admission that he had spent too much time playing MMORPG games.
He replied that employers specifically instruct him not to send them World of Warcraft players. He said there is a belief that WoW players cannot give 100% because their focus is elsewhere, their sleeping patterns are often not great, etc. I mentioned that some people have written about MMOG leadership experience as a career positive or a way to learn project management skills, and he shook his head. He has been specifically asked to avoid WoW players.
Having been a major MMO player for the better part of the past 8 years, I can't help but agree with the prospective employers' concerns. I myself had a job I was frequently late for due to me spending all night playing the original Everquest, eventually quitting the job rather than show up late for the umpteenth time in a row.
Of course there are folks who can play MMORPG games in moderation, so we can't lump them all into a general category. Still, it's probably best if you left your MMO experience out of the job interview. Sure, it's a major thing in your life, but it shouldn't have bearing on your work performance...unless of course your work leaves you alone for long periods of time with a networked gaming PC. *whistles innocently*
When filling out your next job application, it might be wise to leave your level 80 Shaman off of your list of accomplishments
Do people really do that? I just can't imagine any reason to bring up my video game playing when applying for a job, unless that job were in the gaming industry, and even then it would really depend on the job. That's like putting "Reviewed 5000 movies on Netflix" or "Wikipedia contributer" down as an accomplishment.
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I have a friend who put that he owns and dresses up in Stormtrooper Armor on his resume. He's a member of the 501st whatever and regularly goes to their events. When someone at an interview actually told him that he might consider taking that off his resume, his rationale was that if that was a problem, then it obviously was not a place he'd like to work. He was hired at a place where the HR person said "that's awesome" when they saw it and loves his job.
Gzette wrote:I have a friend who put that he owns and dresses up in Stormtrooper Armor on his resume. He's a member of the 501st whatever and regularly goes to their events. When someone at an interview actually told him that he might consider taking that off his resume, his rationale was that if that was a problem, then it obviously was not a place he'd like to work. He was hired at a place where the HR person said "that's awesome" when they saw it and loves his job.
Well all you really need to work at McDonald's is a Smile.
It's one thing to bring it up if you are asked in an interview what your hobbies are, but to put them on your resume is never a good idea unless it is somehow directly relevant to the job you are applying for...like if he was applying to work as a Klingon at Quark's bar.
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The point I was making was that maybe it IS a good thing to do that. If a place won't hire you because of something as silly as that, maybe it wasn't a good place to work for in the first place.
