i26 Staff Recruitment Drive

[MPUK News]

Due to several high-profile, big-money tournaments at i26 we are looking to take on a good number more staff for network support and tournament admins.

Our experienced staff will be team leading and overseeing the tournaments, but we would like to recruit a good number of other staff to provide support for them and to ensure we don't overwork our current volunteers - otherwise we'd end up with lots of tired staff and obviously this isn't a good thing!

So we need people to join our i-Series team for this, and future events in the yellow shirt role and red shirt role (network and tournament staff respectively).

Staffing an i-Series is an entirely different experience. Joining "Team Multiplay" is not only one of the most rewarding feelings, but it looks great on a CV and we are more than happy to give references. Staff enjoy certain benefits at the event - not least of all a bed and showers so it's well worth doing for that alone!

To apply e-mail ASAP to <a href="mailto:jobs@multiplay.co.uk"><b>jobs@multiplay.co.uk</b></a> and attach any references or your CV where necessary and tell us a little about yourself.

<p align=center><b>For more information about what is involved in staffing i26, click <a href="http://www.multiplay.co.uk/infoshow.asp?id=227">here</a>.</b></p>


Posted By: Elbonio

[Freelance]

can you post a bit more detail as to what responibilities each role has please

[kandy]

need any graveyard shift network/server admins for when everything breaks @ 2am and everyones in bed...? :p

[Guigsy]

i would guess if something serious breaks and most of the blue team are in bed they would be woken up regardless :)

I have been considering applying for a long long time but never got around to it. Now i have just started a new job so if i am still being trained they wont want me taking time off. i'll have to see
Other than that i'll have to find out
I might phone tomorow and find out.

[kandy]

I would love to see a video of someone banging on alipuk's door at 4am......

"Quick get up, the CS players can't auth on steam!"

do I hear an ambulance? :p

[oxy]

rofl!

now that i would like to see :P

TBH all of the [doa] regulars should be staff neway :P

we shout so much and tell everybody what to do already all we need is the shirts :F

[Zenith]

If it wasn't for work being a pain, I'd be staffing at i26. As it is, I'm a punter who will be turning up on Friday later evening.

[Tsung]

It might be wise to explain the level of commitment is expect/required for the positions. It would save a lot of time in the "recruitment process" if people know what is expect especially timewise. Eg.

What days would you expect people to be availble from/to?. This allows people to get time off work/college or arrange cover for these periods.

How many 'shifts' and what times will these shifts run from/to?

What is involved with being a "red" / "yellow" shirt?

I know that a hell of a lot more work goes into running these events than is ever visible to the "punters". It certainly doesnt start 9am friday then finish 6pm Sunday evening for the staff. (wouldn't that be nice!). Information is the key to getting good/reliable people :)

[SiliconSnake]

Can we have some more details?

I have experience and would be interested, but it depends on what is required and how easy it would be to get time off work at short notice..

[Elbonio]

<p align=center><b>For more information about what is involved in staffing i26, click <a href="http://www.multiplay.co.uk/infoshow.asp?id=227">here</a>.</b></p>


:)

[Minidisk]

hmmm ;p

[Switch`]

there are no female Yellow Shirts afaik. well. yet. they may in time be some.

[Elbonio]

there has been in the past.

[TimmyNoShoes]

Yeah i distinctly remember one who didnt "Go down" all that well.
If memory serves she was kinda banned from the community aswell :P

[Murray-Mint]

Don't underestimate the effect working for Multiplay as volunteer staff can have on your CV. I used Wizzo as a reference and my Multiplay work on my CV and it's got me my first paid job in IT - and it's quite a cushy job too - one I was VERY lucky to get, but the experience gained throug hsomething like this is exactly what employers are looking for!

It's a valuable opportunity however, the work can be hard at times - when you're working to move 150 tables to the first floor, it can be very hard work, but there's something nice about seeing an entire floor, complete with power, network and chairs and thinking "That's my work".

As a Yellow Shirt, you would be assigned to one of the teams, normally with experienced people who can show you the ropes. For the previous few events it's been working from 9AM Monday to 9PM for all yellow shirts, then it's either morning or afternoon shifts (9AM - 3PM, 3PM - 9PM) on Saturday and Sunday (for a 4 day event). When you aren't on shift, you don't have to be in a yellow shirt and can pretty much do what you want. If you are on shift, you should wear your staff shirt, but again - you can sit at your PC and play games unless either the helpdesk needs you to go and fix a problem with a customer, or it's your turn for an hour on the helpdesk. This consists of telling people where they're sat, pointing them to the right people or grabbing a member of your team who is on duty to help them.

On the last day, in the morning you'll be on duty like normal, but in the afternoon you help security manning the exits and checking badges. Meanwhile anyone not checking badges starts to pack the LAN away. This involves packing down and stacking all tables, chairs and collecting switches, network cables and power cables then loading all of this onto the van. Once that's done, there's the chilling out at the end and then a good night's sleep before breakfast and home.

It might sound like a lot of work, but I wouldn't miss it for the world (well, I missed it once for a holiday, but still...), you'll make friendships with people that last a lifetime and will be given some great opportunities to get experience which employers in the IT industry really like.

It's also fun.

[Baz]

The question is

Would Craig HAVE me back as a yellow:rolleyes: :D

[her0n]

If he does, don't go and plug the switch into YOUR OWN 4-way this time.. ¬_¬

"what the fk where did half our game go?!"

...after some investigation...

"looks like baz went home and unplugged the switch.."

:(

[GeeDee]

So unlucky. ;)

[Guigsy]

http://www.geocities.jp/schocklm/Idiot.jpg

[Toptotty]

Being a red shirt (from my experience) requires you to:

Be pleasant, polite and friendly.
Be bubbly.
Have the ability to understand the game you are admining.
Work VERY hard on the tourney days - Saturday is a lonnnnnnnnnnnng day!
Be willing to go into your game server and get a game going when the tournies aren't on.
Feed prozac to your lead admin if things go wrong :D;)

If found having taken part in a CS tourney helped me understand the CS admin role from the other side (yes, I started out admining CS!)

Mandy

[Baz]

Originally posted by her0n
If he does, don't go and plug the switch into YOUR OWN 4-way this time.. ¬_¬

"what the fk where did half our game go?!"

...after some investigation...

"looks like baz went home and unplugged the switch.."

:(

me and switches just dont mix:)

You all secretly love my hi-jinx and tomfoolery anyways.

[CyberDrac]

I'm tempted by the idea ... but my adminning skills are non-existant ... if someone were prepared to have me as an apprentice for part of this event and show me the ropes then I may be in a position to assist in future events, but I suspect that I would just be a hindrance with my current level of knowledge. I pretty much up to speed on my networking, and would love to get some more experience with that. However the November event which overlaps my birthday is probably not a good one to start on... a distinct lack of sobriety on my part.

CD

[Karl0r]

/me waits for a reply to his email.

[Murray-Mint]

Just seen your signature, Datacentre Slave? Glad I'm not the only one.

[RocketKnight]

I was going to offer my help but I'm giving a presentation on strategic information management on the Friday morning so I can't go to the event. Grrrrr. :(

[GeeDee]

Originally posted by Karl0r
/me waits for a reply to his email.

We like to keep you waiting in eager anticipation Karl :p:

[Karl0r]

Originally posted by GeeDee
We like to keep you waiting in eager anticipation Karl :p:
Indeed you do you evil lot!, tho i had RTO slap me with further information in 'insert irc channel here' earlier.

[Manic]

Is there any update on when we will find out, as it is less than a week away now


and I am sure some of us will need to book ime off

[no friends]

Elbonio passed that he was going to sort something out last night in irc.

Watch this space