Can 'World of Warcraft' Game Skills Help Land a Job?

A handful of job seekers are listing achievements in videogames such as the role-playing platform "World of Warcraft" on their résumés or LinkedIn profiles, betting that virtual-world accomplishments will impress hiring managers in real life. "World of Warcraft" players complete quests as warlocks, druids or other class of soldier and battle monsters in a fantasy world, recruiting other soldiers, training team members and developing strategies for missions. Prominent fans include Stephen Gillett, chief operating officer of Symantec Corp. and a former chief information officer at Starbucks Corp. In the "Leisure/Volunteer Activities" section of her résumé, Ms. Newman noted that she has managed guilds of as many as 500 people and organized large-scale raids of 25 to 40 players to complete tasks for several hours four to five days a week.



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