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Contracting vs. Permanent Roles—What Game Studios Need to Know Industry News - Gaming

Contracting vs. Permanent Roles—What Game Studios Need to Know

In the fast-paced world of games and interactive industries, crafting the perfect team is both an art and a science. Studios are often faced with the critical decision of whether to hire contractors or invest in permanent employees. Each approach has its advantages, and understanding these nuances is essential to building a team that’s ready to take on the challenges of modern game development.

Develop:Brighton 2024 Highlights Industry News - Gaming

Develop:Brighton 2024 Highlights

Did you miss the electrifying Develop 2024? Don't fret! We have the standout moments from last month's blockbuster event. Let’s dive into the whirlwind of creativity and innovation that took over Brighton’s sunny shores!

Games Industry Guide To: Redundancies Industry News - Gaming

Games Industry Guide To: Redundancies

As games industry recruiters, we're very conscious of the redundancies and layoffs of the past year and how difficult it has been for employees and studios. For this reason, we wanted to delve into who these redundancies affected and the most common reasons for them...

Changes In the 2024 Games Industry Industry News - Gaming

Changes In the 2024 Games Industry

We're less than 2 months into the year but we're already seeing exciting advancements in the game industry. Let's look at the industry trends, new game releases and tech advancements we're seeing in 2024 for so far!

Games Industry Guide To: Getting Into Games Industry News - Gaming

Games Industry Guide To: Getting Into Games

As games industry recruiters, we’re very conscious of how difficult it is for new talent to break into the games and interactive industries. It’s very rare that games studios ask us to find individuals to fill junior positions, so unfortunately we often find that we have to turn away junior and graduate talent. For this reason, we’re on a mission to offer help and advice to graduate and junior level talent, in order to help them break into the industry.

Games Industry Guide To: Gender Pay Gap Industry News - Gaming

Games Industry Guide To: Gender Pay Gap

Unfortunately, in 2023, the gender pay gap is still alive and kicking in the Games and Interactive industries. Our 2023 Games & Interactive Salary and Satisfaction Survey offers a depiction of the current gender pay gap landscape in the industry.

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Sarah Regalado, Producer
Electric Square

Being in touch with Ash throughout the hiring process has been a super-smooth experience. He was a reliable point of contact, making sure that everyone was aligned each step of the way. Cutting away the unnecessary stuff, he's clearly very knowledgeable in his field!
Viktor Israelsson, Technical VO Designer
Hazelight

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Rachelle Banaria
De Novo Solutions

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Stuart Entwistle
Global Payroll Project Manager

The team at Skillsearch always link us up with the best people. When time is of the essence their process and procedures allow for tight turnarounds whether we’re in need of CVs or even to get people on site ASAP.
Guy De Rosa, Head of Talent
Studio Gobo & Electric Square

Over the last 12 months Skillsearch have been exceptional in their support helping us to hire several key and tricky positions across the disciplines at Jagex. The team constantly goes above and beyond to ensure the calibre of the individuals they provide is excellent, relevant and a great fit fo …
Peter Lovell, Director of Talent Acquisition
Jagex

Eleanor has a dedication that is rarely seen in talent acquisition industry, the communication and dedication from her side were at the next level, always being available and making time for clarifications that arise when starting discussions with a new company. Thank you, Eleanor!
Alberto Florea, Senior 3D Environment Artist
Playfusion

We've loved having Jane work with us at Playmint! She is experienced, helpful and has a great network. She went to great lengths to understand what's interesting about the work we do and articulate that to candidates. We're definitely keen to work with her again in future!
Luke Gibson, COO
Playmint

After over 2 decades of career in video games it has been rare the occasion when someone in the talent acquisition business has helped me find my way into new and exciting challenges. Jake is a remarkable example of professionality, transparency and dedication. I truly thank him for how smooth th …
Raul Ovejero Saiz, Art Director
Avalanche Studios

I have worked with Giles for several years and have found him to be an outstanding recruiter, both in terms of the quality of candidates he provides and the professional way he conducts business. Skillsearch have been invaluable in growing our company and will continue to be my first choice when …
Vicky Smalley, CTO
FundamentalVR