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Every Monday Scott Andrews contributes Officers’ Quarters, a column about the ins and outs of guild leadership.

I’m not sure how, because I usually avoid the topic around “civilians,” but the subject of Warcraft came up a few weeks ago as I was speaking with a co-worker in my department. I don’t mean my glamorous position blogging for WoW Insider that has made me a globally recognized household name — in this case, I’m talking about my corporate, Clark Kent job. When you talk about the Lich King there, people think it’s some kind of organic fast-food restaurant.

During this conversation I started talking about my role as a guild leader. While I was explaining it, I realized just how much of this role I’ve applied to situations in my office life. Wouldn’t a company value this type of training? The author of this week’s e-mail asks just how to present your guild leadership experience to a potential employer.

It’s not easy to be the GM/officer/leader in a successful guild, regardless of how you define ‘successful.’ We work hard to keep drama at a minimum, create an environment where our members are comfortable and having fun, recruit new folks, ‘fire’ bad seeds among many other duties and obligations. All while developing our own toons, often to be on par with the best of the rest.

To me, that sounds like a great resume builder for the real world. Employers are looking for that kind of leadership, discipline, and knowledge.

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