Hire profile: Gamers
Use your gaming skills to get hired
Your hobbies tell a vivid story about your natural abilities. Keep reading for language to use in your resume or cover letter, plus get ideas for jobs you may love.
What you bring
- Objective-driven and goal-orented mindset
- Skills at recognizing patterns
- Focus and ability to handle repetitive tasks
- Situational awareness, adaptability and quick thinking
- Critical thinking and imagination
- Communication skills and proven success as a team player
- Tech-forward mindset and ability to quickly learn new technology
Wired differently
Surgeons who play video games made 37% fewer mistakes.
What matters to you
What do gamers want in a job (besides good pay)? We fielded a short survey to find out. We gave a group of 111 gamers a set list of job attributes and asked them to choose what matters most to them.
Ability to build a career
Gamers are goal-oriented, so they appreciate jobs that can help them reach the top.
I am a person who doesn't like to become stagnant. A structured path would give me an achievement like approach to a career
Flexible hours
Have you ever stayed up until 4am to beat a boss? If so, you can probably understand why a strict 9-5 doesn't necessarily appeal to gamers. It's more about the quality of the work, not punching a timecard.
[My dream job is] something remote in the IT field, that doesn't require me...That doesn't make it big deal or a hassle when I need to visit family...
Creative freedom
Sure, gamers report that they're great at repetitive tasks, but a huge element of beating video games is creative problem-solving. That may be why gamers value some independence in their thinking.
While I enjoy stability, I am wary of anything that becomes 'routine'
I like the challenge and feeling of accomplishment and leveling up.
HR Assistant, age 29, CA
Logistics
Many moving parts, multitasking
GIS Tech
Geographic Information System, analyzing spatial data
Pest control
Sensing patterns and small details
Data analytics
Tech-forward, task based
Product manager
Teamwork and communication
Building supervisor
Surveying a domain
Game tester
Do what you love
