Part of what I did at Mary-Margaret Network was review resumes and work with candidates. In general, most people follow the basic guidelines of good resume writing. Many job-seekers I dealt with were polite, professional, and passionate about what they did for a living. However, there is a common trap that many game developers [More...]
One Minute Job Search Insights is a series of short, easy-to-read articles designed to give job searchers little nuggets of information that can be read and digested in about one minute. In interviews many job seekers spend a lot of time preparing for all the questions they are going to get. They think about the [More...]
Getting laid off can be a traumatic experience. You’ll go through several levels of emotion – first shock, anger and then fear of where you go from here. For some people fear of the unknown can be unbearable. Allow yourself to go through these emotions. Take time to grieve for a few days – it is [More...]
This previously published post is the first in a series Sheri wrote about surviving a game industry layoff with aplomb. Layoffs happen. In the video game industry they happen a lot. Generally, there’s no way to prevent a layoff as an employee and there’s really no “safe” company (as last year showed). There are three [More...]
This previously published article is the third in a series by Sheri Rubin about the “Three important things to know about layoffs.” Although video games are often considered a “recession resistant” industry, the last few years have proven that anything goes. You can talk to any veteran in the industry and they’ll gladly tell you [More...]
Champlain College seeks Game Design Faculty If you think being a game designer isn’t quite enough of a challenge, you should consider the challenge of bringing up the next generation of game designers at Champlain College in Burlington, Vermont. Students in the studio-style cohort of interdisciplinary majors can tell if the professor is a poseur — [More...]
Why? What’s your Motivation? Most people do not change jobs just for the sake of changing jobs. They are typically seeking a change because there are certain things missing in their current position that they believe can be satisfied by a carefully selected new opportunity. Before you look at any job openings, you must think [More...]
