Post by Morreion on Aug 26, 2014 18:37:39 GMT -5
Can 'World of Warcraft' Game Skills Help Land a Job? (Wall Street Journal)
Some Job Seekers Add Experiences on Role-Playing Platform to Résumés, LinkedIn
Dmitri Williams, an associate professor of communications at the University of Southern California, said accomplished players of massively multiplayer online games such as "Dungeons and Dragons Online" and "League of Legends," demonstrate exceptional skills in strategy and team-building.
Most gamers use those traits both in and outside the game environment, according to Prof. Williams's research, which focuses on the social and economic impacts of videogames. Many of the prominent gamers he has interviewed are leaders in virtual and real life, such as a young player whose raid-leading experience helped him understand how to succeed in college and the workplace and another gamer who led a guild and went on to manage a game-design studio, later founding one of his own.
"There's this misconception that when someone goes in the game that they act like someone else," he said. "The research shows that the game world tends to magnify what's there already."
Some Job Seekers Add Experiences on Role-Playing Platform to Résumés, LinkedIn
Dmitri Williams, an associate professor of communications at the University of Southern California, said accomplished players of massively multiplayer online games such as "Dungeons and Dragons Online" and "League of Legends," demonstrate exceptional skills in strategy and team-building.
Most gamers use those traits both in and outside the game environment, according to Prof. Williams's research, which focuses on the social and economic impacts of videogames. Many of the prominent gamers he has interviewed are leaders in virtual and real life, such as a young player whose raid-leading experience helped him understand how to succeed in college and the workplace and another gamer who led a guild and went on to manage a game-design studio, later founding one of his own.
"There's this misconception that when someone goes in the game that they act like someone else," he said. "The research shows that the game world tends to magnify what's there already."
