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  • Interactive Selection opens new associate office in Shanghai, ROC

    Interactive Selection is pleased to announce that it has joined forces with a leading Chinese recruiter to offer additional opportunities within the Chinese video games market. The first tie up of its kind in the history of games recruitment, this opens up the Chinese video games market to international candidates from outside of China. “We [...]

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    Japanese industry needs new blood, says Square Enix President Yoicha Wada

    The Japanese videogames industry has become a victim of its own success, and needs to find ways to bring new blood and new ideas into the business in order to get out of the current slump it finds itself in.  Yoichi Wada told GamesIndustry.biz  that as the chairman of Japan’s trade body, CESA, he intends [...]

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    Fluffylogic in Bristol, UK seek a game programmer

    FluffyLogic is based in central Bristol in the South WEest of the UK. They work in film, digital media, Internet (and networked) content, video games and hand-held devices (such as PlayStation Portable). They seek a full time Games Programmer. C++ and games development experience are essential. Working knowledge of PSP advantageous. Salary negotiable. Send CV [...]

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    Recruiters make the Sunday Times Rich List

    There are a few successful recruiters who have made their money and kept it even in these recession ravaged times. Robbie Cowling, who set up internet recruitment service JobServe, is 510 in the list, together with his wife Cheryl, with a fortune of £105m.  Ronnie Frost, former chairman and large shareholder in multi-sector recruiter Hays [...]

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    CV howlers – check your CV carefully before sending it to Interactive Selection

    - My interests include cooking dogs and interesting people
    - I was responsible for dissatisfied customers
    - My role involved coaching and mentioning
    - I relieved the conference manager
    - I am a prooficient typist
    - Socially I like to dine out with different backgrounds
    - While working in this role, I had intercourse with a variety of people

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    Happy Saint Georges Day to all!

    Yes, England does have a patron saint and 23rd April is his day. Did you know that George held the rank of tribune in the Roman army and was beheaded by Diocletian for protesting against the Emperor’s persecution of Christians? George rapidly became venerated throughout Christendom as an example of bravery in defence of the [...]

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    Technology recruiters give high levels of satisfaction and dissatisfaction to employers.

    A brand new Technology Sector profile prepared by the REC’s Industry’s Research Unit in the UK sheds light on the strength and weaknesses of IT recruiters. Whilst nearly 1/4 of employers responding in the REC Tracking Survey 2008 thought that the service from recruitment agencies to Technology employers could not be improved, another 1/4 thought [...]

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    Media Molecule give away Little Big Planet production secrets at GDC

    Siobhan Reddy, Executive Producer, and Kareem Ettouney, Art Director of  Media Molecule took a crammed hall at GDC 2009 through the different methods they used to build a small team of talented people and fostered the idea of jamming in the creation of LITTLEBIGPLANET. It was all about keeping things small and on a human scale. [...]

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    Blitz Games in UK leads drive for Stereoscopic 3D Games.

    Recruiterblog attended a great GDC session given by Andrew Oliver, CTO, and Aaron Allport, R&D Manager entitled “Games in Stereoscopic 3D – The Next Dimension is Finally Here”.  Hollywood is investing hundreds of millions of dollars into 3D but videogames can lead the 3D revolution and bring it into the home and the British have a lead here. [...]

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    Wii Balance Board platform drives video games job growth

    Nintendo President, Satoru Iwata’s, keynote address Wednesday at the Game Developers Conference 2009 in San Francisco gave the latest details on the global installed base of the Balance Board comparing this with the installed base of the Next Gen platforms. Compared to the Wii, 360 and PS3,  the Balance Board, which is about to eclipse [...]

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