Categories Posted inin Development Project Helping Hands helps the long-term unemployed in games Posted byby Dean Takahashi October 24, 2024 2 min Project Helping Hands is a new community-based initiative to help game industry job seekers who have been out of work or underemployed for more... Continue Reading 2 min
Categories Posted inin Business Game hiring is slowing down again | Amir Satvat Posted byby Dean Takahashi September 16, 2024 4 min Game hiring was starting to look like it was getting better in the second half of the year. But Amir Satvat, the job resource... Continue Reading 4 min
Categories Posted inin Business Game job seekers: Here’s updated data on where the 14,162 game jobs are open globally | Amir Satvat Posted byby Dean Takahashi August 19, 2024 4 min Amir Satvat, the game industry job resource quant, announced that he has created the most accurate geographic mapping of open video games jobs ever... Continue Reading 4 min
Categories Posted inin Development Amir Satvat forecasts 4,463 more game workers will be laid off in 2024, but rate is slowing Posted byby Dean Takahashi July 8, 2024 2 min Game job aggregator Amir Satvat estimated 4,463 additional people will be laid off in 2024, but he noted the rate of layoffs is slowing.... Continue Reading 2 min
Categories Posted inin Business Amir Satvat finds the smallest of tea leaves for the game job market: growth is returning Posted byby Dean Takahashi June 28, 2024 1 min The years long malaise in game job hiring might finally be ending. Amir Satvat, the game community job resource aggregator, said in a post... Continue Reading 1 min
Categories Posted inin Business Your odds of finding a job in games | Amir Satvat’s Project Flagpole Posted byby Dean Takahashi June 3, 2024 2 min The probability of any game industry applicant landing a job in the games industry is about 4% over a period of 12 months, according... Continue Reading 2 min
Categories Posted inin Development GamesBeat Summit 2024: How to foster community and grow your network Posted byby Giancarlo Valdes May 24, 2024 3 min The video game industry is a tough place to be in right now. But that just makes it more important than ever to connect... Continue Reading 3 min
Categories Posted inin Business Layoffs, gaming at the Web Summit and Project Flagpole — The DeanBeat Posted byby Dean Takahashi November 17, 2023 5 min The game world has been beset by layoffs in the past couple of months, as companies reset their expectations after a year of consumer... Continue Reading 5 min
Categories Posted inin Business How one man found game jobs for at least 450 people in the downturn | The DeanBeat Posted byby Dean Takahashi August 18, 2023 6 min Amir Satvat has long aspired to be trusted member of the video game community. It has happened, but not in the way that he... Continue Reading 6 min