advice please, interesting question

[absentx]

Okay, so poker affiliating is still going okay for me, but a good opportunity has presented itself and I am going to take a shot at it.

I will be interviewing to be a DNR Game Warden next week. Obviously this is a law enforcement type position. I have a great love for the outdoors, so this would be a great job for me.

Anyways, how in the world do I include on my resume my last year of complete self employment through poker affiliation?

Leaving it off would be bad, cuz then they are going to wonder what I have done for the last year.

Thanks!

[haynesey]

I'd definitely mention it, i can't see why people self-employed would be looked at negatively.

[ResIpsa]

You ran your own online marketing business; why get into details about the specific types for products that your helped sell, unless you are asked directly (in which case I wouldn't lie)?

[addaminsane]

I would say that would probably be a more fullfilling job, go for it.

[RounderStaked]

I have thought about this too if I ever do enter the 9-5 world of business. I would definitely mention it, and I don't see it as a negative thing.

I've always thought of it as impressive. You've ran your own business, obviously successfully enough to live your life the way you want. It also shows a lot of skills many people lack such as discipline, leadership, initiative, etc...

You don't need to go into specifics about what industry you are in. If you are asked be honest. If you also work in other industries thats even better, tell them about it and just leave out the whole poker thing

[J S]

I would mention that you prospered in one of the most competitive affiliate markets online through hard work, self motivation, etc... provide examples and relate it to what you plan to do in the new position.

good luck, and watch out for the bears.

[PokerProp]

All i know about 9-5 is that it can book end a straight sometimes.

But as far as the resume goes I agree with just saying internet marketing.

When people in the real world (real as like people outside of gambling, like in church or in court etc) ask what I do for a living I tell them I invest in high risk markets and do some internet marketing.

It sounds better in these spots then saying I bet sports and promote gambling but at the same time I'm still telling the truth.

[Graham]

I would say online marketing on your resume and add things like SEO, Website Management, Link Building to describe it. In the interview they will probably ask you to elaborate on this, so you could say you ran a website around your hobby of playing poker. You could say you started it for fun, and eventually realized that you could make money from selling advertising space to poker sites. I would avoid saying that you were getting a percentage of what the players generated (if you do MGR). I don't think it will go much beyond that.