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Games Industry Job Conference
chris writes "Mobliss, Valve, Gas Powered Games, Sony Online Entertainment, Time Warner
Interactive, Monolith Productions, Mary-Margaret.com, Konami Digital
Entertainment - America, Zango Games, and Oberon-Media are just some of the game
companies participating in the Seattle
Video Game Industry Job Conference and Resume Workshop that takes place in
the Seattle suburb of Shoreline, Washington on February 12, 2005 at the
Shoreline Center. A number of companies are actively recruiting and looking for
new talent at the conference. The event is designed for artists, programmers, writers, musicians, designers
and others looking to get into the computer and video game business. Students
and professionals looking to get into the computer and video game business will
have the opportunity to speak with industry insiders, hiring managers and
participate in an engaging resume workshop."
Even though this sounds obvious, make sure you have plenty of copies of your resume if you go to one of these. Back when I was young and stupid, I made the mistake of not bringing copies of my resume along to the first job fair I went to, and all I heard all day was "Do you have a resume? No? Come back when you do." Time wasted, opportunities lost...
This is a job fair with a cover charge. $45 advance/$60 at the door, and they are not even offering a lunch.
This 'conference' comes down to 3 hours to cover the most basic industry information ("Industry Overview", "Getting in at the Ground Floor", "Applying Transferable Skill Sets"), then 90 minutes to find your own lunch, and 90 minutes of "Resume Workshop".
What a scam. If you want industry info, try http://www.sloperama.com/advice.html or http://www.gamedev.net/reference/start_here/.