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For those of you that are experienced in commercial game development I have a number of very high profile career opportunities.
I'm an experienced games recruiter working with North America's best studios. I have opportunities across the US and Canada and only those who already have commercial game development experience can apply. These are not entry-level positions nor ways into the industry.

These opportunities are open to anyone who has the relevant experience. For anyone not a US/Canadian citizen you must have a 4 year degree and the relevant commercial experience and be ready to relocate.

Sample roles available:

PS2 EMULATION ENGINEER

Working as part of a global team developing solutions for application software compatibility between different PlayStation® hardware revisions. You have exposure to next generation technologies and platforms. The tasks will focus on debugging applications running in the emulation environment.

Candidates must have 3+ years of commercial software development experience. minimum of 1 PS2 title published
C/C++ knowledge and experience.
Experience with debugging complex systems, MIPS assembly language programming, PlayStation®2 programming.
Experience with Unix environments is preferred
Must have excellent communication skills.

PS2 - 3D PROGRAMMER

Design of new out-of-the-ordinary special effects, with the technical lead and other platform specialists Programming of new special effects on PS2
Maintenance on the existing 3D PS2 code to support new functionality and gameplay,Dealing with artists on constraints imposed by the PS2 and effects on performance,VU code optimization,Debugging

3 + years C/C++ Programming
Object Oriented Design
PS2 Assembly
Direct X/Direct 3D or Open GL
3D Programming on PS2
Ideally have experience in debugging and optimization;at least 1 PS2 game currently available on the market.

These positions are looking for the best and the salary, benefits, bonus etc show this!

Moderator Note: Contact information temporarily removed pending further judgement and verification. Please read the rest of this thread for more info.

These are publicly posted jobs, earn your 'finders fee' elsewhere...

Thank you for pointing that out. As you will see these are used as 'sample' positions. Also just to clarify one point - nearly all positions are publicly posted - this happens when a company uses its website (you might have seen one or two) to promote their internal positions? Recent statistics show that almost 94% of all jobs are 'publically available'

The reason we use samples is to give potential candidates (many of whom respond from overseas) chance to review typical roles that they could encounter when working in North America.

If you dont need professional representation then don't respond. Many candidates find a recruiter to be a beneficial partner in their career search..we evaluate your needs from a professional and personal perspective, we then introduce opportunities that satisify them, we arrange and prepare you for all interviews and negotiate financial packages which meet or typically excceed expectations. All free to you the candidate. The client gets the candidate, the candidate get the perfect job - Wheres your problem?

Sample case: A UK based PS2 programmer placed this year earning $44k equiv in the UK, now being paid $110,000 in Cali. Hadn't even considered moving until I discussed some 'sample' opportunities with him!

Nuff said.

Raizor: Where are these posted? The best way to counter something like this is to take away his exclusiveness.

Gamerecruiter: This site isn't so much for recruiting people as it is for sharing information on the PS2 itself. I personally don't have a problem with it but this may bother some people here... Could you post a link to your website and maybe some references so we can establish your credibility? You haven't broken any rules but we haven't had to deal with this kind of thing before.

What does everyone else think? Is this something we want on these forums? Should we make a separate area for it? How about not allowing it at all? Speak up - we need to develop a policy on this.

As a disclaimer, I am currently looking for work. :)

http://www.gamedev.net/ - The first page has the jobs the guy pasted in his post. www.gamasutra.com is also a good place to find permanent jobs or contract gigs.

ooPo, if you're willing to move to Vegas, we might can help you with the job thing - my company's still hiring :P.

ooPo wrote:As a disclaimer, I am currently looking for work. :)

As a disclaimer, so am I. :)

While I don't directly have a problem with recruitment here, if it's going to be here it should have it's own place and should be subject to a rule or two. The main rule being that there has to be some sort of substance, such as a web page, simply putting an anonymous email address and quoting a job listed on a high profile website isn't good enough IMO. There are too many "recruiters" out there who go around screwing people over or posting fake jobs. TBH, it almost makes sense to have job offers screened before being posted, but maybe thats going too far.

If I seem to have a strong opinnion about this, it's because I know numerous people who have been bitten pretty badly because of false recruiters.

To the recruiters listening: If you only have an anonymous email address, and no website or anything else, the majority of your target audience (skilled people with experience) are not going to trust you and will avoid you. It's in your best interest to have a permanent email address and a website.

As the quicker-to-post mrbrown said, www.gamdev.net and www.gamasutra.com are some sites for finding jobs listings in the video game industry, the best I've found so far atleast.

mrbrown: Any chance you could help me out with an entry level job? ;) heh... figured not.

Vegas eh? I can't say I like the idea of living in the US, but I can't afford to be picky.

Then again, there's that whole xboxdev thing... :)

Thank you everyone for their posts. While I can understand the queries some of you had with my confidential introduction, I have reasons why I have to do this and feel its only right I should share these with you:

1) I do have a legitimate email and website. I have client references and people with whom I have helped find new positions. The reason I use a 'freebie' email is to protect myself. The game industry is a small community, the clients I work with are in the top tier - which is an even smaller community. My job is to recruit candidates for my clients openings-my normal method of introduction is to call the best candidates at other companies and provide them with information that might entice them to consider my clients roles. Do you think that these clients are happy when I pull out the best they have to work elsewhere? Is that a reputation you think I should publically broadcast to this small community?
Also what happens if a candidate employed by my client calls and wants me to work for them. I have ethics and so am careful never to work with candidates currently employed by my clients.
Once trust has been established through this confidential means of introduction both candidate and I can provide additional information to cement this relationship and move forward.

2) The reason I use sample job descriptions is to prevent my openings becoming public knowldege - so ooPo 'the way to deal with someone like this(whatever thats meant to mean) is to take his exclusivity away' is not really something you can do. Also it protects the confidentiality of my clients and their hiring needs for the future.

3)Why do I post samples from Gamasutra/Gamedev its because most people know of the sites and therefore its safe to use these as general examples without giving up my openings.

4) Also dont use one persons previous experience with a recruiter to tarnish all of us. There is good and bad in every profession, even game programmers :lol: If you have a good reputation as a recruiter, you understand that you dont do things that will bite you in the ass in the future(SMALL COMMUNITY REMEMBER) Reputation is everything and something I never compromise. Also many candidates I work with come as referrals from others I have helped, why risk that ?

I do hope this provides you with sensible reasons why I introduce myself in the way I do, hopefully some of you will respond so I can gain further credibility with your community.

That IS boring...

When did ps2dev's forum turned from a development oriented forum to a job-oriented forum? I think I got lost a bit here...

I am not a job-recruit specialist, but, this thread really doesn't sound serious at all. It is sooooo unusual...


Well, that's only my opinion.

From the start of ps2dev.org, there has been one over-riding aim in building the commnity and web site and everything that goes on it. Make sure its open and above board. The community is about sharing information publicly and opennly.

In the same way, I am happy to have job advertisements placed in forums. On the condition that they represent a real specific job, with full contact details of the company, or the company attempting to recruit.

Please don't post recruitment messages unless you feel you can release information about the specific jobs you are attempting to recruit for, or direct links to your company website or email address.

I have worked in the IT industry long enough to know that multiple recruitment companies often have the same job. They also often re-advertise jobs advertised by real companies without being asked. They also advertise jobs just to catch candidates into their database when no real job is available. This leads to issues of trust and secrecy which only gives IT recuitment a worse name. I recognise that your advertising tactics are built on this stack of lies and deceipt of the industry. However, as a closed community we have the benefit of not having to accept this as normal behaviour. So, to reiterate:

Job Advertising is fine when a real job is being described with contact details of a company, including web site and email address are provided.

Oobles.

pixel wrote:That IS boring...

When did ps2dev's forum turned from a development oriented forum to a job-oriented forum? I think I got lost a bit here...

Heh, since the main discussion went away, and I wanted to take a break
from spamming the forums with my steady stream of postings, I figure
now its time for my two cents. :)

On this issue you raise, about a development related forum vs.
job-oriented forum, my feeling is that this current where this is
taking place is "Off Topic Discussion". Maybe it didn't begin there,
but my understanding is that "anything goes" as long as it is still
abiding by the rules of the PS2DEV forums, the law(s), and civilized
discourse (the latter two I believe are still covered in the rules, but
I didn't want anyone to argue I left those out by implication).

Having said that, I think it was perfectly alright for him to post here
on that topic, at least until the rules of the forums were suitably
adjusted in response.

Yes, I too felt uneasy about the manner in which the posting was made.
Aside from the obvious "recruiting ethics", I was disappointed by the
exclusivity of the pitch.

I.e. "Professionals only need apply, for those who happen to be in
this community; anyone else with promise, skill, and motivation -
but no industry experience, is worthless to me".

Clearly, this type of posting was not made for the benefit of the
general members of the community. Of course, this is common and
may be necessary restrictivness in most recruiting forums. However,
this is not a recruiting forum.

So if someone does not gear their
recruiting messages towards the audience here (and follow the
new forum guidelines), so that any competent and motivated member
without game industry experience has a crack at that job (no, I am not
interested in game industry jobs myself), then that recruiter in question
should seriously consider how he/she might obtain the skills to become
a more conscientious, effective, and skilled recruiter.

Gorim

I actually do not mind if people start posting recruitements at ps2dev's forum. What I just ask is a little bit of credibility.

We all agree this "gamerecruiter" guy has ZERO credibility. That could be his problem if it was not involving (a bit) this forum itself. Remember ps2dev's staff is responsible for what is posted there. If somebody serious enough comes over there, and see this thread, he will run away, fleeing a bunch of morons who dare posting so unserious things.

Maybe the creation of a "job oriented" section could be a good thing, if it is seriously managed, and that normal and non-virtual offers are done, even if I am not really sure it would be full of offers at all.


Now, even if I sound a bit serious here, I do not care that much. I am just feeling a bit hicky, that's all.

Oobles wrote:From the start of ps2dev.org, there has been one over-riding aim in building the commnity and web site and everything that goes on it. Make sure its open and above board. The community is about sharing information publicly and opennly.

In the same way, I am happy to have job advertisements placed in forums. On the condition that they represent a real specific job, with full contact details of the company, or the company attempting to recruit.

Please don't post recruitment messages unless you feel you can release information about the specific jobs you are attempting to recruit for, or direct links to your company website or email address.

I have worked in the IT industry long enough to know that multiple recruitment companies often have the same job. They also often re-advertise jobs advertised by real companies without being asked. They also advertise jobs just to catch candidates into their database when no real job is available. This leads to issues of trust and secrecy which only gives IT recuitment a worse name. I recognise that your advertising tactics are built on this stack of lies and deceipt of the industry. However, as a closed community we have the benefit of not having to accept this as normal behaviour. So, to reiterate:

Job Advertising is fine when a real job is being described with contact details of a company, including web site and email address are provided.

Oobles.

It's dawned on me that some people here might not know this... But Oobles is Da Man! What he has said is now the official policy of all of ps2dev.org, including these forums.

I'd like to add that if I see any Job Advertisement posts outside of the designated area (which is currently the Off Topic forum) it will not only be moved but may very well disappear completely.