Wow. Such a Karen.
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Do you work in a position that directly considers applicants? I do. And I would certain pay more attention to a candidate who takes an atypical approach. They just have to be mindful not to make the novelty the centrepiece of their application.
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I’m pretty sure putting WoW player on your resume won’t have businesses knocking at your door to hire you.
although idk if u should put it in a resume i feel like leading 20 adults is a valuable skill (raid leading)
Not if it’s the only thing. And not if you don’t contextualize it in terms of the position being applied to. But there are certainly transferable skills at play, and atypical applications always stick with me.
No one cares about how you work great solo and as part of a team, have excellent organizational and computer skills, and so on. There are hundreds of those types. Stand out. Especially if you’re not getting interviews in you the first place.
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I can’t remember the last time I met someone new that gave a stuff, or even knew what WoW was.
For you to even think about asking such a question indicates it doesn’t matter what you put on your LinkedIn - there are plenty of other red flags that would let a prospective employer know to stay away from you.
Put it this way - if you actually land a job with that, there’s a good chance you’ll love your new boss.
Don’t forget to post your achievement score and rio. That really seals the deal.
No.
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Yes I do. It’s great that you do that, but I get enough atypical applications that a typical application is not.
I’m trying to sort through 100 people. Don’t make me read irrelevant things that waste my time and expect me to be happy about it.
Don’t put wow specificly but put something like, “helped organize team projects” or something like that.
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Do you have any tips on what make someone stand out? Or just any tips in general? Lol
Likewise - I’m sorting through hundreds of applicants, 90% of which “score” highly enough to warrant an interview, and I’m trying to narrow it down to a dozen or so. All things being equal, I just might give an interview to the candidate that somehow tied raid leading or cheese-making or whatever else into a job relevant skill.
I remember one applicant applying for a CNC programming position years ago that listed Eagle Scout on their resume. Although I was a little impressed, since I never went that high, it had zero bearing on the job they were applying for. They had next to no experience, and they didn’t get a call back because of that alone, atypical or not.
Also, anyone who’s resume includes internet shorthand instead of attempting to use real words, punctuation, and capitalization at the beginning of every single sentence gets a toss in the round bin or a simple delete button press.
So, no, I wouldn’t advise anyone to put a video game on their resume unless that’s the type of job they’re applying for.
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What if your new boss requires you to carry him to ksm every season as part of your job requirements?
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There’s the problem.
100%, especially if it’s a job that deals with trashy situations or trash people. You can talk about how you endured Shadowlands and overcame that.
Exactly. I had no time to train someone from the ground up. We needed someone who could actually do the job with minimal training to align them with our particular processes at the time.
my manager plays WoW. He was talking about it with the design engineer after a meeting.