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Posted: May 12th 2008 11:43AM (Unverified) said

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As a Department head for a multinational company and an avid mmo player. If i received a resume with mmo experience listed in it, it would be the first one to be ignored.

People don't list paint ball team captain in their resumes, its a game, its played as a team, it requires certain skills, but in the end its just a game.

The article values and fantasizes about certain aspects of mmo gaming and players, when i see a hardcore raider, i don't see someone with good organizational skills, i see someone who has problems socializing, who prefers to spend their time indoors playing games instead of contacting with other people in social situations, i see someone that has the strong possibility of developing health problems due to a sedentary life style, and when i remember the tantrums mmorpg players tend to demonstrate when their character/loot/gameplay is messed with, i see people who have no tolerance for a demanding work environment.

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Posted: May 12th 2008 11:50AM (Unverified) said

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That's your take on it, and I'm not surprised. As I said, we're still a ways off from where you could take that sort of thing seriously. However, I don't consider it any worse than some of the other stuff you'd put on your resume when you're first starting out.

If you don't have a lot of actual work experience, you probably would put "Captain of the Paint Ball team" on your resume. There is a section for "other activities and organizations," after all. It's better than having a resume that's too short.

I'm not suggesting that you make application to your next job with your raid experience highlighted. I'm just saying that in the absence of other stuff, being able to work as part of a team and follow orders could be looked at in a positive light.
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Posted: May 12th 2008 12:04PM (Unverified) said

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I also find it a little bit irritating that you wouldn't consider someone for employment on the basis of their chosen hobby, other positive characteristics aside. You really wouldn't hire someone just because of your own preconceptions about what it means to be in a raiding guild, having never met the person and not knowing what they might have gotten from the experience?

I believe that all of your comments regarding an MMO player could also be applied to an avid reader, although I doubt highly that you would similarly criticize someone for putting themselves down as being a member of some sort of literature club at their school on their resume.
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