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Bird's Eye View and Into Games Proudly Present...🥁🥁🥁 ✨The Entry Level Skills Hub✨ Our completely free, crowdsourced guide for those aspiring to join the gaming industry is finally here! Last year you saw us chasing hiring managers, leads and recently hired juniors, for their insights, this year you can see why! We won't say too much 👀, because you should check it for yourself, but here's a little spoiler of what you can expect:         💡 Detailed breakdowns of 12 crucial entry-level roles in gaming, outlining duties, required knowledge, skills, and behaviors.         💡 Real-life junior portfolios that have successfully opened doors for game developers across various gaming disciplines.         💡 Insights and interviews from juniors who have recently entered the industry, offering a realistic view of the journey ahead. Check it out and let us know what you think! ✨https://entrylevel.games/✨ --- For us at Bird's Eye View, this hub is a first step of many, and it reflects our commitment to diversity, inclusion, and the empowerment of new voices & backgrounds in the gaming sector. We're aware that breaking into the gaming industry with no prior experience is now tougher than ever, and this project is our response to these challenging times. We truly hope the #ELSH can make career planning easier and more guided for new entrants, because let's face it... Where would our industry be today if we didn't have all the new voices and backgrounds that entered 5 years ago? 🤔 Now we are counting on you! Please help us spread the word by: ➡️ Tagging your friends and colleagues! ➡️ Sharing this post or writing your own! ➡️ Adding the hub to industry resource lists! ➡️ Sending the hub to game specific course leaders! ✨https://entrylevel.games/✨ Ps.: You should find a correction form in the hub in case something isn't quite right, please help us do better! #EntryLevelSkillsHub #Resources #EntryLevel #GameDev

Into Games is running a FREE summer game dev camp with INFINITY27 for young people aged 13-17, taking place at Staffordshire University London in Olympic Park. Do you work with any youth groups in the East London area that might want to put young people forward? Let me know! Parents and carers can apply for the camp directly here, but we will be prioritising those from under-resourced backgrounds, and all applicants must be attending a non-fee paying school - https://lnkd.in/g8kFWwk9

This won't be appropriate for many who follow me, but please feel free to share with friends/family who may be looking to get into the games industry. Yogscast Games is looking for a Publishing Co-Ordinator to join our small but growing team. It's an entry level job, with a varied spec but absolutely ideal for anyone who wants to learn from the very best and begin a career in games. Details are over on the Yogscast Games website (https://lnkd.in/eStJNguU) - please do pass along to anyone you feel may be appropriate. #hiring

What's it like to go from not believing in yourself to landing your dream internship? Get inspired by Finnegan James Crouch's successful internship story in this instalment of Diary of a CA Intern, where you can get an inside look at their journey at the BBC Studios' Natural History Unit! 🐠 Finn dialled in from a tent in Dorset researching rare animal behaviour to chat about: 🦈 Experiencing and confronting imposter syndrome 🦋 Being a proud, creative ADHDer 🦜 What a typical day at BBC Studios is like 🐞 Challenges, highlights and career aspriations 🐝 Advice for people aspiring to be an intern 🔗 Read Finn's blog to discover how they made the most of their internship: https://lnkd.in/enNEDwB4 #CAintern #intern #DiaryofaCAIntern #entrylevel #bbc #springwatch #ADHD

Launching today! If you are from a low-income background and have trouble with travel costs to Develop:Brighton, we can help. Our partners, the ever-wonderful ustwo games, are supporting us this year in our travel bursary pot. If you are based in London or within 100 miles of London, you might be eligible to have your train, bus, or taxi fee paid for up to £80. You will need to; 👍 Be 18+ 👍 Be living in London or within 100 miles of London AND be able to confirm that one or more of these options describe you; 👍 Have parents or carers with a combined total annual income of under £30k* 👍 You are a care leaver 👍 You were eligible for free school meals at any point during your education *This does not include retired parents unless this was their income when they worked If you are not eligible, please click the form anyway, as there is an option to add your email to a list that will be activated if we can find further funding this year for a broader group of people (eg. other locations, universal credit, etc) --------------------------- In addition to the bursary, Into Games will invite you to a networking session on the beach and help you have at least one great conversation with a working sector professional. PLEASE SHARE THIS far and wide! Link in the description of this post...

I’m counting the days to Develop:Brighton Are you attending? Let’s compare schedules! I have high expectations this year because: 1- I’m now living in Brighton and I’ll have time to decompress at home 😅 2- I really need a morale boost after the past weeks 🔋 3- Surely it will feel like summer by then? 🥹 My schedule is BUSY! But you can catch me at the events below: ❣️Unity Developer Day ❣️Charitea: Uplifting the Industry Mixer with Safe In Our World ❣️Game Dev Heroes ❣️YRS TRULY Develop Party ❣️Refreshments with Into Games ❣️The Games HR / Ops Network ❣️Women in Games Fizz & Cake ❣️Play@Develop 2024 by Skillsearch & Glowmade ❣️Spill the Tea by the Sea with Out Making Games ❣️Brilliant Indie Treasures ❣️Develop Star Awards ❣️GamesIndustry.Biz Summer Party ❣️ADHD In Games Lunch ➡️ Will I see you there? What are you looking forward to? --- 📣 Follow #RethinkRecruitment and ring the 🔔 to read about: ⏩ https://entrylevel.games/ 🌟 Opinions are very much my own™️

We need to talk about AI in recruitment ❗📢 But we need to start being honest. I've receive lots and lots of messages from job hunters incredibly worried about AI software and how it affects their chances. I think we all need to sit down, candidates and companies, to really look at AI for what it is. ➡️ I've wrote the article below which hopefully answers way more questions than it raises, but in case it doesn't, feel free to comment below! But if you can't live without a Too Long Didn't Read, here you go: •AI is only used for tasks like resume parsing, candidate matching, candidate sourcing, automated communication, interview scheduling, data enrichment and workflow automation, but most providers don't offer them all. •Most companies don't use the above features as it requires very clean and populated CRM data to actually produce anything usable. •If a company does use the features above, formatting your CV appropriately isn't any different from what the best practice says the format should be anyway. •Companies, you don't need AI features, you need a fully equipped, well paid and motivated recruiter (or recruitment team) to do the most important part of your business: building your workforce. Contents: ➡️ How is AI currently being used within recruitment software's and platforms. ➡️ Why companies should move away from AI in recruitment. ➡️ Real Best Practices for every CV, weather or not it gets parsed by AI. --- 📣 Follow #RethinkRecruitment and ring the 🔔 to read about: 📙 #GameDev Recruitment Best Practices 🔎 #JobHunting, #CareerAdvice & #RecruiterTips 👁️ Bird's Eye View & the #ELSH ⏩ https://entrylevel.games/ 🌟 Opinions are very much my own™️

There's only 4 weeks left to register for the PlayStation Career Pathways Program, a non-residential summer school for year 12 students from Black, Asian & Minority Ethnic backgrounds🎮 Don't miss this exciting opportunity to get a taste for creative subjects at university, build confidence, gain new creative skills and learn from industry experts in the specialist facilities at SODA. The event will include hands on taster sessions in relevant areas such as games, animation and filmmaking. Find out more🔗 https://lnkd.in/grUEg_eM

Hi all, I would like you to introduce you to the update of my third Video Game Career Resources posts, focusing on QA jobs. This is version 5, including over 400 jobs world-wide, sadly a 5% decrease since my previous post. 🎮 Games Resources - the primer: Probably your first and best stop on this journey is Amir Satvat's fantastic list of resources. It is updated and refined constantly. You can find these here: https://amirsatvat.com/ Next, Aïda Figuerola's Gaming Backstage series is wonderful with some fantastic guests, providing regular insights into the games industry, hiring, tips and more. Here is a list of her events: https://lnkd.in/ehbDBhyt Lastly, let us not forget Matt Hearnden's beautifully crafted series of newsletters all about How to Get a New Job. You can sign up here: https://lnkd.in/euMfZeCY 📽 Want to learn more about the QA craft and its impact in gaming? Horizon Zero Dawn: A QA Open World Case Study - https://lnkd.in/eJ33EcSA Bioware: Embedded QA - https://lnkd.in/e579TXyk A QA Perspective on Live Game Production - https://lnkd.in/eJkXtdry 🎮 QA job boards: LinkedIn's Game QA jobs: https://lnkd.in/eGaESWZg Crackle HQ Jobs: https://lnkd.in/eiY4xp5b Gamejobs.co jobs: https://lnkd.in/eTTjRJQr Glassdoor jobs: https://lnkd.in/esQw-NkC Hitmarker Jobs: https://lnkd.in/eBpjXMNh QARemote Jobs: https://qaremote.jobs/ Ten.gg Jobs: https://lnkd.in/eVUvNQK9 XP Game Jobs: https://lnkd.in/eq7Quf8d 🐣 Starting new? How about a few internship jobs: Gamejobs.co internships: https://lnkd.in/e8C8Rhnu Hitmarker internships: https://lnkd.in/eG-tUPP9 💡Useful interview questions to practice:  Glassdoor's Game QA interview questions from game studios: https://lnkd.in/e-HyCpZb TheQALead's Game QA questions: https://lnkd.in/eZ3jqsy3 🌟 Bonus: a few more resources for everyone: 🌍 Not sure what is around you? Try Game Dev Maps - a living map and catalogue of game development organizations https://gamedevmap.com/ 🆕 Starting out new in this industry? Try Entry Level Games: https://entrylevel.games/ and Bird's Eye View's #entrylevelskillshub resources https://lnkd.in/eeY7A54n 🏠 Remote jobs your thing: try Remote Game Jobs (https://lnkd.in/e-gds4He), Hitmarker | Gaming Jobs (https://lnkd.in/eUa9sjQa) and Games Jobs Direct (https://lnkd.in/eTRrdfyQ) 🕹 Interested in Indies? Try https://lnkd.in/eWgtyava and Eva Tucker's Indie jobs resources: https://lnkd.in/eRzQYbE8 Additionally, please check out (and follow) these amazing people posting jobs regularly: 👉 Alex Gombos 👉 Ash C. 👉 Caitlin Cooke 👉 Caroline White 👉 Hailey Rojas 👉 Jordan Mazer 👉 Kelly Bender 👉 Mayank Grover ❤️ A request to my community, please can I ask you to repost this post to your colleagues and friends, so that we can get as many into jobs as possible! And please comment with your favourite resources, let's grow this list! The world is yours for the taking - let 2024 be your year. 👊 #jobsingames #qa

🤯 So this happened? I WAS NOT ready to see my name along those brilliant people! I've been shortlisted for Diversity Star at the Develop:Brighton Star Awards! And I don't even know where to start??? ➡️ The industry has broken my heart more times than I can count in the past 6 months (year really), and I would be lying if I said this hasn't affected my mental health. Recruiters & Talent Acquisition are in the front line when it comes to layoffs and hiring. We hear people's stories, we connect, and then we have to inform them of decisions we have no power over. It hasn't been a fun job lately. ⚓ What has been giving me strength is all the little things I do to make this industry a tiny bit less gatekept to groups that have been HISTORICALLY under recognised. I live by Desmond Tutu quotes, (especially considering the state of the world atm) and this is the one that underlines all of my work: ✨Do your little bit of good where you are; it’s those little bits of good put together that overwhelm the world.✨ ✍️This is why I write content even if no one sees it 👥 This is why I worked my heart out during the kickstart scheme 📝This is why I put together a report reviewing hiring practices in game dev 🛠️This is why I created the Entry Level Skills Hub 🌍This is why I founded Bird's Eye View ➡️ I don't do it for the awards, but this one got me crying today. So if I may ask you for just one more thing, please check out the nominees and cast your vote! You have until the 31st of May. THANK YOU! Ps.: You must be registered to attend Develop Brighton this year, or have attended in the past 3 years to vote. Find a link on your inbox. For more information: https://lnkd.in/eyuqQjGM --- 📣 Follow #RethinkRecruitment and ring the 🔔 to read about: 📙 #GameDev Recruitment Best Practices 🔎 #JobHunting, #CareerAdvice & #RecruiterTips 👁️ Bird's Eye View & the #ELSH ⏩ https://entrylevel.games/ 🌟 Opinions are very much my own™️