Recruiters Avoiding Gamers?
Kotaku has a post about a job recruiter (or possibly several) who was asked to avoid hiring online gamers.
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.
I don’t know how I feel on this one. My own gaming doesn’t interfere with my job at all — it seems as silly as avoiding sports fans, because they might want to skip work to watch a game. But I do know some people who let their online life get in the way of their offline life.
What do you think?
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