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Hey everyone!

As the title indicates, I would love to work for any tabletop company based out of Colorado (particularly in the Denver area, but I am open to moving). I hope this does not constitute spam - I genuinely want to contribute to tabletop gaming through a job opportunity.

I just graduated from Colorado College and am on the job hunt. I have always loved tabletop games - I began playing Pokemon, Magic, Mage Knight and Yugioh, before switching to Warhammer 40k, and recently began playing Warhammer Fantasy.

My degree is in Behavioral Economics, with a focus in Marketing, so I could definitely help implement marketing strategies for any stores and help plan events. I am versed with film skills and am very good at editing videos with Final Cut Pro. Honestly, I would take any available position, so let me know if there is anywhere that I could help, and I'm sure I can contribute!

If anyone on this forum knows of opportunities in Colorado, please respond or send me a message. Thank you so much!

Bests,
Brian Hersh

While I wouldn't consider your post spam, an online hobby forum really isn't the place to look for a job. I'm assuming that since you have graduated, you have a resume. If you don't, google a resume template and get one done ASAP. Don't make it more than a page. Also, when you apply to each job, tailor the resume to that job. As long as you don't outright lie, there is nothing wrong with presenting your portfolio of skills in such a way that each individual employer finds them more appealing. Use online sites that advertise openings and apply for every single position that you might be even remotely qualified for. If it is an entry level position but still says it requires x years experience, apply anyway.

If you don't have a dress outfit, get one as soon as possible. Suits are like $10 at the Salvation Army or Goodwill. Get a decent one that can be cleaned, pressed, and altered by a professional tailor. You just got a $400 for less than $100.

If you are on your own and are legitimately looking for a job but still struggling to make ends meet, don't be afraid to apply for public assistance. If you stay on it for your entire life, I will find you and kill you.

Go into every single interview like it is the most important job in the world. I don't care if you don't want it. I don't like playing my electricity or gas bills, but life really sucks if I don't.

When in the interview, do not act cocky. That is almost an automatic denial. Be confident, but respect the hierarchy of the company and the fact that you are not even on the most bottom rung yet.

Take the first job that comes up that can provide enough income to support yourself. Been waiting a month to hear from that dream employeer? They probably forgot about you the minute you walked out of the interview. Wait too long and the only offer you got will be gone.

Never be a nark or attempt to draw out drama in the workplace. These fools always get caught up in something a fired eventually.

Do your best to not piss your supervisor off. They can bury you.

Do not act cocky in the workplace. A four year degree with no work experience means that you spent 4 years sitting in classrooms and writing papers. You do not yet have the experience necessary to handle the complex relationships that develop in the workplace.

Possibly most importantly- Learn when to shut your mouth. Most people don't care when you have something to say anyway. Be that person whose words are valued by others by the manner in which you present them. Blabbermouths are a sign of cockiness.

Be prepared to work some pretty crappy jobs. I was at a bridal store for a bit, then Home Depot, then and outdoor pool at a trailer park. These jobs usually suck, but if you have a cocky attitude, they are a great remedy to be more humble.

Goodluck!

Check out Become Legendary, GW's "not-GW" careers connection.

"While I wouldn't consider your post spam, an online hobby forum really isn't the place to look for a job. I'm assuming that since you have graduated, you have a resume. If you don't, google a resume template and get one done ASAP..."

Thanks for the all advice - I will take your recommendations to heart. I have a pretty solid resume for my age, and feel prepared. Nevertheless, I want to find a job that I really like! So, again, sorry for posting this in a hobby forum. Since I would like to work for a hobby store, I think the hobby community would have the best (or a very good) idea of where to start, and this is why I posted. I am simultaneously looking into the local shops, but won't be able to visit every store in the state of Colorado.

"Check out Become Legendary, GW's "not-GW" careers connection."

Thank you! I will most definitely do so!

With a college degree and experience in the industry from the position of consumer, you really shouldn't be looking at local shops. The best you will find will be a part time position in a store with no benefits and probably pretty crappy pay. That is great that you have video editing skills as well as a degree focusing on business management, but like I said, you need to cater your resume to each open position. If you are applying for a management position in a company with absolutely no experience, you wont get it. If you are applying and pushing your video editing skills, you probably won't get it. You need to properly define your goals for yourself, so you can effectively express them to your prospective employer.

Your enthusiasm is great, but I work in management, and if you were to come to me and say "I want to work at your company because I use and love your products", I'd throw your application in the trash. I don't care how much you like my company or my products. I need someone who won't need me or the rest of my team to hold your hand while you follow directions and make me money. That is how business works. If you can't make a company money or expand its business prospects in some way, then they will quickly get rid of you.

I apologize if I sound cold, but this is the real world. In college, professors fall for sob stories all the time of why a job didn't get done. In my company, I don't care why the job didn't get done. If you have some catastrophic thing happen, I'll understand and take the necessary steps and give you a break, but if an employee develops a pattern of continually failing to meet expectations as the result of constant personal traumas, I will fire that person.

You need to make yourself marketable. Make your prospective employers feel like they need you. You just need to realize that limiting yourself to this niche industry right out of college when you have virtually no real world experience is probably just going to end up in failure. Decide which general direction you want to go (management, finance, business development, editing) and find a position in that industry. Get as much experience as possible and keep trying for the wargaming world. Making into such a niche industry right out of college when the reality is that these companies are looking for specialists who can perform a variety of roles is all but impossible.

Goodluck

I appreciate the feedback, and am simply looking into options. Since work will take up of 50% of my future waking hours, I just want to make sure that I enjoy the job. I'm not interested in working simply for the money.

Even GW needs individuals to help promote their products, and I do have a subset of skills that meets that demand, and am a quick learner. I believe it's better to take the initiative then just rule the possibility out entirely and take the first job that pays well. Perhaps it is a naive way of thinking. But perhaps not.

I don't want to limit myself to a cashier job at any local store (believe me, I am looking at a medley of options). But if I were to start there, I would work hard to exceed expectations. I would look to pick up some inventory and management skills so that I could one day open up my own business. Perhaps the owner would see my assets and allow me to contribute to marketing the store's brand name and allow me to work on side projects. Regardless, I don't think this is a terrible place to start.

Honestly - check out a local staffing agency and grind in a cubicle for 16-20$/hr at 40 hours a week as your get yourself settled for a few years with new car/apartment. Then branch out to what you want to actually do. Just slot yourself into something with medical/dental/regular income and gain experience in a general field you want to go into. Get into a small ad firm and do some side online blogging. Build your resume as you build your skills.

I know a great guy over at PP who started in the mail room. It scales up.

The guy I go to the gym with worked at my job in the lowly call center - jumped to audit, and then to some data security job as soon as he managed to get his bachelors’. He went from 12$/hr to triple that in two years – and is now in the field he originally wanted. Get a foothold and build from there.

Limit yourself to a cashier? Network up and get something that allows you to make some good money while you're young and building experiance.

 Auxellion wrote:
Honestly - check out a local staffing agency and grind in a cubicle for 16-20$/hr at 40 hours a week as your get yourself settled for a few years with new car/apartment. Then branch out to what you want to actually do. Just slot yourself into something with medical/dental/regular income and gain experience in a general field you want to go into. Get into a small ad firm and do some side online blogging. Build your resume as you build your skills.

I know a great guy over at PP who started in the mail room. It scales up.

The guy I go to the gym with worked at my job in the lowly call center - jumped to audit, and then to some data security job as soon as he managed to get his bachelors’. He went from 12$/hr to triple that in two years – and is now in the field he originally wanted. Get a foothold and build from there.

Limit yourself to a cashier? Network up and get something that allows you to make some good money while you're young and building experiance.

I agree with everything in this post. Wonderful advice. I am nearing the end of college myself and feeling completely burned out. I just got hired at $12/hr full time in the upper management track at Arby's. I'm going to take some time off to work and really figure out if I'm interested in business/management. I have almost no management experience, but I worked for an Arby's as a cashier for a summer after I graduated high school. The district manager remembered my manager there and we really hit it off. I really don't want to do this my entire life, but the reality is that no matter the job, even if you are shoveling crap off the street, there is always something to be learned.