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Job Postings
Recently, TL has seen a huge number of new registrations. As a result, we don't know every individual user as well as we did a year ago. While this is a bit saddening on a personal level, it's also a huge positive -- we now have a much larger pool of happy contributors to draw from. We try not to ask for help often, and you guys seem to recognize that and respond very well whenever we do. A few weeks ago we asked for guest passes to help out our TL Open events, and we received hundreds within just a few hours of the request going up.
As you know, TeamLiquid's staff currently has over 100 volunteers who do everything from coding to graphics to data entry. They are an extraordinary bunch. It's very difficult to expect and demand professionalism and consistency from volunteers who have never met each other face-to-face. But our staff has consistently demonstrated this, and they remind us every day when hundreds of events are added to the calendar, quality news articles are published, and every single professional game is added to our database.
We often are asked by many TL users how they can help contribute to TL We've always responded that TL doesn't accept donations and that right now the best thing you can do to help us out is to just be a good forum member. But if you want to do something more, we'd love to have you. We're happy to open a new section with job postings for open staff positions where we need help: TeamLiquid Jobs.
About TL Jobs
These job postings won't mean very much to the vast majority of you. That's fine -- don't feel guilty for not applying. As long as you get out of TL what you want and you're a kind, happy forum member, that's good enough for us. But for those of you who want to go the extra mile and help our community, this is where you can contribute.
The vast majority of these jobs are unpaid. However, that does not mean the jobs themselves are not rewarding. TL Staff do their jobs for many reasons. Some like building things, or writing, or drawing, or being creative. Some just like being part of a team, or helping out their fellow Starcraft fan. We understand that we're asking a lot from our staff when they have to give up their free time to do TL "work" but that's what this site was built on: the expectation that volunteers driven by passion can create something bigger and better than paid organizations. Maybe one day TL will be able to properly compensate the people that make this site great, but that's still far in the future. In the meantime, we'd be happy to write you a recommendation letter or pad your resume with ESPORTS credibility if you have to step down from your staff position.
Please consider these job postings seriously. We demand a level of professionalism and accountability from our staff members. You will not get a free pass for being a volunteer. You'll be expected to act and conduct yourself like a paid employee. Every job is important -- Chill might be one of our recognized casters, but it's the calendar and R&S guys that really make our site run smoothly. We're all a part of the same team here.
Of course, that does not mean we don't have fun. TeamLiquid's staff members are a diverse, unique group of people. We play games together, watch tournaments together, and happily party at live events. There's a lot of joking and camaraderie in the numerous staff forums. We've heard many stories about reds and blues and translators and writers becoming very good friends in real life from their experiences on our staff. It's a job, but it's also an opportunity to meet driven, like-minded people who share the love of something that for us has transcended video games.
We look forward to meeting you, and we hope you'll be joining us.
Good luck to future writers!
