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So, not only has Amir Satvat volunteered his time to keep an active spreadsheet available for the Gaming industry...13,100 open roles today...his efforts have also provided us with detailed data on RTO, remote, and hybrid broken down by skills/fields. The file: https://lnkd.in/gNCpdBB7 TLDR: 100% remote in Gaming is back to pre-pandemic levels. Don't believe me, review the data. Remote has its highs and lows per skill set...but the overall trend is RTO with some hybrid. Please tailor your job search efforts accordingly.

Our next Recruit Right tip... Having clear long-term company goals is crucial, especially in the indie gaming world. Not only does it provide direction and purpose, but it also makes your studio more attractive to potential recruits. When talented individuals see a studio with a strong vision and roadmap, they're more likely to want to join and contribute to that journey. Clear goals demonstrate stability, ambition, and a commitment to growth, which can be incredibly appealing in an industry known for its passion-driven professionals. So, set those goals, share them, and watch your team—and your games—thrive! 🚀

As promised to my new friend Masao Kobayashi, Here's an accessible list of those affected by the recent layoffs at Cut to Bits. ❤️ While I cannot offer anyone an outright job, I can definitely at the very least recommend some amazing resources powered by our even more amazing community. 👏 First off: Amir Satvat: I will continue plugging my friend until the day I'm no longer able to!!! https://amirsatvat.com/ is the place to BE for everything Games' Community. 🤗 As someone who can confidently say they've landed their first ever role in Games while making use of them, it's definitely worth looking into. Secondly, self indulgent but... #OpenToNetwork!!! 😆 With over 500 friends willing to be contacted at any time, it's a wonderful spot to find any and all potential career leads. https://lnkd.in/eTq6esrf And Thirdly, DISCORD SERVER HUBS As someone who's always been told 'Network', if you're intimidated by the professional front of LinkedIn, it never hurts to get involved in your local Game Dev Communities. Here's some I personally frequent: Indie Game Academy: https://lnkd.in/eQgj_deT Amir Satvat's Public Community Discord Hub: https://lnkd.in/erKyXCym And The Global Game Jam (I lurk, hehe) https://lnkd.in/eMqgHBMw Here's to hopefully positive things to anyone and everyone who's impacted. 😀 Let's continue supporting one another!!!!!! >:D #GameIndustry #GameDev #Games #IndieDev #IndieRevolution #Layoffs #LayoffSupport #Community #Networking #ProjecrManager #Jobs #Support

𝗪𝗲𝗱𝗻𝗲𝘀𝗱𝗮𝘆 𝗚𝗮𝗺𝗲𝘀 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗱��𝗰𝗲𝗿 𝗝𝗼𝗯 𝗣𝗼𝘀𝘁 🌟 Today, we have Schell Games looking for an Associate Producer to work at their Pittsburgh, PA, office! 𝗢𝗽𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁𝘂𝗻𝗶𝘁𝘆: - In-Office (hybrid), need be in Pittsburgh, PA 𝗟𝗼𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀: - Pittsburgh, PA 𝗫𝗣 𝗡𝗲𝗲𝗱𝗲𝗱: - 2+ years of experience in production-related work - Jira knowledge is preferred for PM software 𝗣𝗮𝘆 𝗥𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗲: Failed to mention in the job post, reach out to a recruiter. 𝗟𝗶𝗻𝗸 𝘁𝗼 𝗝𝗼𝗯: https://lnkd.in/gKZVXdgJ 𝗛𝗲𝗮𝗱𝘀 𝗨𝗽 🖐 : Schell Games currently sits at a 3.8/5 rating with 39 employee reviews, and their current CEO sits at an 84% overall rating - one of the highest I've seen for a CEO in the games industry. 𝗦𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝗽𝗼𝘀𝗶𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝘁 Schell Games 𝗶𝗻𝗰𝗹𝘂𝗱𝗲: - People you work with are great, and projects are fun and interesting - Lots of autonomy to make choices and variety with projects - Progressive work culture 𝗦𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝗻𝗲𝗴𝗮𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝘁 Schell Games 𝗶𝗻𝗰𝗹𝘂𝗱𝗲: - As of 2024, low pay is the biggest complaint - Studio leadership is the creative directors with no embedded creative lead - Internal mixed with outsourcing can make team bonding hard Schell Games 𝗚𝗹𝗮𝘀𝘀𝗱𝗼𝗼𝗿: https://lnkd.in/g6Qx5S7T As always, please do your own research to make sure this job is right for you! 𝗙𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗹𝘆 𝗥𝗲𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿: Not affiliated with Schell Games, I'm just a producer helping other producers find their next venture in these hard times - be sure to share with your network!

Happy Hump Day Gamers, We're just one week away from Develop:Brighton, well technically 6 days, but I'm not there Tuesday, so it doesn't exist in my mind 😐 This will be my first Develop conference as The Gaming Recruiter and having been on the nDreams stand last year, I know there will be more than a few Recruiters around pitching for business and telling you they're the best and it will get tiresome real quick. We don't normally do cold outreach, We have done pretty well on referrals and inbound requests since starting in October in '23, however for us to grow, help as many people as possible and be able to buy the latest games (for research purposes, obvisously), we need new partners. So here is our public commitment to all the Studio Heads, Hiring Managers and Talent Teams they may see this and believe we would be a great partner to work with. "We will not spam you with CV's for roles that are not open to us" - I used to hate this working with larger agencies and it NEVER worked....EVER!!! "We will not call you every other day, for a catch-up or anything less important than feedback on a candidate or interview" - We trust that as a partner you will call/email us as and when it is appropriate, we may recommend a sync call once a month, but we understand your time is precious. "We will not leave you or the candidates in the dark" - We recognise that by representing your studio, by extension our actions affect your reputation, equally our reputation is on the line with you and the wider #gamesindustry (people talk, it's why we've been so successful with referrals up to this point). So what WILL we do? "We will limit ourselves to just FIVE CV's per open role we work for you" - We don't want to make your job any harder than it already is, we will match people to the brief, pre-screen them and only send the very best matches direct to your inbox. "We will immerse ourselves into your projects, understand them deeply, who the audience is and become just as passionate about the outcome as you are" - Gaming is at the heart of who we are, even now we commit 10's of hours a week to playing the newest titles, understanding them and who makes them on deeply personal level. "We know what people want and how to attract them" - Working with a mass of data gained over 7 years of experience agency side and internally at some of the biggest studios in the world, we're in a great position to advise on everything from salary bandings, to benefits, perks and company culture. We are more than just a headhunter and CV finder, we're a talent attraction team and we could be your talent attraction team. To book in a brief 20 minute chat to see if we can help you, email darren@thegamingrecruiter.co.uk or my co-founder Sarah Sayers sarah@thegamingrecruiter.co.uk you can also find us on #meet2match for Develop.

Since joining HoYoverse, I have been receiving a larger-than-usual amount of cold emails about all sorts of services and products. Some make sense and could be useful because they promote products or services that are widely used in the video games industry. But many of these emails leave me confused and annoyed because they are useless, ignorant or both. What do you do about this 2nd type of emails and their writers? Do you ignore them (repeatedly) or do you respond and kindly correct their obvious "misconception"?

Day 6️⃣7️⃣ of posting till I get a community management/customer rep. job!!! Hello LinkedIn for Recruiters and Hiring Managers, I’m trusting you to connect me to my next role. Advanced Security Measures To further bolster the security of your Discord server, consider implementing the following advanced security measures: Protect your server’s vanity invite https://lnkd.in/d6GmyFGm. Keep your server boosts topped up and restrict the Manage Server permission to prevent compromised accounts from swapping your vanity URL to a fake phishing URL. Utilize regular expression (regex) filtering with native Automod features. Filter out specific types of spam and unwanted content while ensuring that genuine messages from the community are not affected using text pattern-matching. For example, this would allow you to keep excessive gms to a #gm channel only. Install tools like f1rewall to add another layer of security by implementing a CAPTCHA verification process before users can access the Discord invite to join your server. Cc: Boringsecurity #CommunityManagement #discordsecurity #discord #CommunityEngagement #remotejobs #remotework #remote #wfhjobs #hiringnow #hiring #talentacquisition #jobalerts #marketing #jobs #web3jobs #NFTjobs #cryptojobs #recruiter #opentowork

If all goes according to plan, this blog post will end up being one of the most important things I'll write in my career.