Leadership skills and Strategy prowess in WoW...

[alg7_munif]

We brought this idea up with a vice president at IBM, and to our surprise, she enthusiastically confirmed what people haven been whispering for awhile. The leadership skills and strategy prowess it takes to flourish in World of Warcraft are just the kinds of qualities Fortune 500 companies are seeking in their employees.

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/digitalnation/blog/2009/11/is-wow-on-your-resume.html

 

[ivandurago]

 

[PoisonedPawn45]

LOL Win!

 

[evilsofa]

If the word "Warcraft" is in your resume, the automatic keyword scanners will throw it out before human eyes ever see it.

 

[mr_zen256]

Ha, that reminds me of a CV we got for a guy applying for a warehouse position. Quote:

"I play CS but I am not a terrorist! "

He put this in his CV smiley included, I shit you not. I had to explain to my boss what the hell CS was. I tried to convince the boss to bring him in for an interview but he wouldn't bite.

 

[syn3rgyz]

^ i wouldnt either

 

[TheCommander]

That must be some kind of joke. I'd throw out the resume if I saw someone have "Warcraft" or any game on it.

 

[SCSI-Terminator]

Yea, I wouldn't put in on my resume either.

But I would say I have strong leadership skills, and if they asked about it in the interview, talk about leading 25man raids.

 

[sbtim]

you'd be surprised how much is involved in running a successful WoW raiding guild.

Managing 24+ other people to get something done isn't easy. They call WoW a second job for a reason...

which is one of the reasons I dont play anymore, lulz

 

[RexPokinghorn]

If you match that with someone who isn't socially inept and/or a recluse, you get a successful employee!

 

[SixtyWattMan]

you'd be surprised how much is involved in running a successful WoW raiding guild.

Managing 24+ other people to get something done isn't easy. They call WoW a second job for a reason...

which is one of the reasons I dont play anymore, lulz

No the only hard part is finding 24 other competent players on your server.

 

[Krenum]

If you match that with someone who isn't socially inept and/or a recluse, you get a successful employee!

Yeah successful employee. Total waste of flesh of a human being.

 

[RexPokinghorn]

Yeah successful employee. Total waste of flesh of a human being.

What do you mean?

I was talking about someone who had leadership skills without running a WoW guild... AKA people who have jobs already

 

[SCSI-Terminator]

No the only hard part is finding 24 other competent players on your server.

That's part of management, just like real life.

 

[SpoonMaN-EQ]

its so funny but its sorta true, i know a few guys who got hired becuase they play EVE or EQ with thier boss. mind you they are very good at thier jobs but still.

 

[SixtyWattMan]

That's part of management, just like real life.

wat

 

[makmatsu]

No the only hard part is finding 24 other competent players on your server.

you guys must have not played in the early days trying to manage 40 people for an MC run.. let alone UBRS...

 

[SixtyWattMan]

you guys must have not played in the early days trying to manage 40 people for an MC run.. let alone UBRS...

Actually I did.

 

[alg7_munif]

So when I write my resume, should I just write down WoW or should I also list down the character's level, weapons, armors and etc?