Look at this email i was just sent:

I have no idea why ive been sent this. My memory is a little on the shoddy side, and I have vague memories of possibly signing up for something like this. It seems legit; they provided a telephone number and everything, and if it is spam, then they have done a remarkablely specific campaign, what are the odds they would get someone in my area?
Then again, how could they have got this info about me? I have been handing out my CV to people, but i seriously doubt that they would have forwarded it on.
Problem is, im not sure i fit the characteristics, i dont play computer games all that much, though this may provide the impetus for changing that "Mum/ Dad, i can't get off the game, its an assignment that i have to hand in tommorrow for work"

So the question is... should I go for it, or possibly hand it off to one of my more... gamer-type friends?

[NB: i edited out the contact details in case someone came across it and thought it would be funny to sign these people up for something]

 

I have just been informed by my mother that she signed me up for this. The question still remains though!

 

Looks like your mom is trying to tell you to go to work http://forums.majorgeeks.com/images/smilies/eek.gifhttp://forums.majorgeeks.com/images/smilies/wink.gif.

Get paid to play video games, go for it.

The sites look legit.

 

Run with it until someone asks you for money...

Then look twice.

 

Wow wish I'd got that!!!!

 

Not all gift horses are trojan.

 

i'd <3 to know how much it pays... i'm not a huge gamer but i would jump on that in an instant.... just think about how fast your day will go by, playing video games... you literally won't have time to look at the clock... and if you get into a game you really like, well you're really going to enjoy it... find out how much you get paid and convert it to U.S. dollars so i can get an idea of how cool this might be =]

 

What the heck is a CV? Is that like a resume?

 

I always heard my mom say....it's easier to get a job, when you alreadty have one!!!! And believe me...I experienced exactly what she was saying and it is the gods honest truth!!

 

Fancier name....

http://jobsearch.about.com/od/curriculumvitae/

 

It's a Curriculum Vitae, basically resume Works the same, you give it to prospective employees so they can see your qualifications and experience in whatever field you're trying to get into.

EDIT: Darn, I got beat to it

 

Geez...wasn't resume a good enough word?

I was thinking of all sorts of things...
CardioVascular
CurrentVulnerabilities
CappuccinoValue



Thanks.

 

LOL. I agree.

Steve

 

damn, that'd be an ideal job....go for it, many people will envy you...me included

 

Have much fun and get paid for it at the same time? Wow! I would at least look into it.

 

CV is primarily useful in Medicine, for doctors to list all their degrees, awards won, and positions held, as well as published papers. Basically more BS.

 

In the USA perhaps, but over here its standard practice to give a CV for any job you're going for. Most people want to have more information than a resume would give you when shopping for employees, especially when its a specific skilled job. But if you were applying for a job at the local ASDA (WalMart), you'd probably give them a resume, because they probably wouldn't care about how you worked backstage for a rock and roll tour in Scandinavia one year (plus photocopies of passes) and your certificate for your 1 day cheese making course, and that 2 paragraph column you had in your school newspaper for a term ... or whatever.

 

Yep, a C.V., or Curriculum Vitae is standard practice in Australia too. Just about every high school graduate would know what it means, at least they do here. If you look in the paper/advertising etc., here they more often than not say “send full C.V. and References", even for fairly menial vacancies.

All it means, is one of those Latin terms for "course of one's life", or short Biography. Okay, so it's Latin, but no weirder than résumé, which is of French origin.

 

I guess I'll never understand. Those things are included in a typical resume, at least any I've ever had to do or see.

 

Even two pages is too many. A single-page resume should be enough to get you an interview, they can ask questions later.

Twenty-nine pages. What'd he do, list everything he's ever done, from boy scouts to singing in the school variety program in 3rd grade?

And yes, back on track (my apologies for sidetracking this one, but I just do NOT get it)...If your mom submitted your info to them, apparently she wants you to play video games for a living. Go for it!

 

Btw, getting back on topic, did u guys hear about the South Korean guy who died of a heart attack after playing Starcraft straight for 50 hours!??

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6448213/did/8888579

 

Looks good if true! lol. I'd do it. I don't spend that much time on video games a week, but I could be talked into spending more . . .

 

Well the thing is, with the Résumé or C.V. thing. You don't send them the 'Full Monty' straight up. I just used to send them a two to four page thing to start with - 'cause most of the time it goes no further, anyway.

If it looks serious, then you do the full C.V., and of course, it's not much good without the wad of photocopies of References and qualifications.
But yeah, the length does vary a lot, depending on what it is.

Now I own the company, so it's a non-issue.

 

Everything you ever wanted to know about a CV.

http://tinyurl.com/bwv3t