One thing is being a girl. Seriously, the esports industry has a lack of females employees and in the pursuit of creating diversity at the workplace, being a female gives you an edge. According to Hitmarket, females make up only 18% of the worker base in esports in 2019.

Also, having a formal education or certification definitely helps. Typically, you want education related to your interested field, such as a marketing background for a digital marketing job. For tournament organizers or people associated in business, it’s a bit harder, although with the growth of the Esports Entrepreneurship and Administration programs in North America, it may be doable. Regardless, any bachelors also help increase your credibility and some employers require you to have a bachelors of some form to hire you.

Another thing is that you may want to expand your brand beyond what I listed previously. For example, this blog has landed me a lot of emails and traffic from different people interested in different things. Not only does this give me the opportunity to share my experiences and help people (building a connection), but its also having opportunities knock on my door. You aren’t limited to creating a blog, it could be a podcast, a YouTube channel, even a Twitch stream works.

Regardless of what you do, as long as you are doing something, that’s always better than doing nothing and you are already beating 80% of the competition. Stay faithful and keep on working towards your goals.

Leave in the comments what job are you trying to obtain in the esports industry!