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Should you grow your games company? Four questions to help you decide
Pipeworks CEO Lindsay Gupton explores the considerations you must take into account before expanding your business
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How to get a job in the games industry
The GamesIndustry.biz Academy guides to finding games industry jobs in all sectors, from game design to journalism to games PR and more
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How to get a job as a game programmer
The GamesIndustry.biz Academy explores the routes into one of the business' core competencies: game programming
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How to become a video game sound designer
The GamesIndustry.biz Academy finds out what it takes to make a living creating soundscapes for virtual worlds
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An introduction to game worker cooperatives
At Game Devs of Color Expo, a panel shared their experience working in games as part of a worker cooperative, and why you should consider this business model
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How to make the games industry more sustainable
As part of the GamesIndustry.biz Best Places To Work Awards, we've invited panellists to talk about actionable steps against climate change
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Listening to your employees: Key lessons from the pandemic
Behaviour Interactive's Rémi Racine explores ways to address the micro-level impact of COVID and better support staff going forwards
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Creating a diverse future for the games industry
As part of our Best Places To Work week, Amiqus' Liz Prince sat down with three panellists to talk about how diversity and inclusion can lead to a better future
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How to support your staff's mental health
As part of Gamesindustry.biz's Best Places to Work Awards, we've talked to three panellists about the best practices to champion mental health support at your company
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What to do if you are harassed in the workplace
We look back at advice given by Cinzia Musio and Anisa Sanusi during the GamesIndustry.biz podcast on handling toxicity
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An introduction to games user research
The GamesIndustry.biz Academy talks to veteran user researcher Steve Bromley about what the job entails and what you can do to become one
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Resources for victims of sexual harassment in the workplace
The GamesIndustry.biz Academy compiles materials to give employees tools to get mental health support, and options to seek action from an impartial body
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Tips from the Games and Online Harassment Hotline on stamping out toxicity in the workplace
Hotline director Jae Lin reflects on the initiative's first year, and share advice on how games professionals on any level can help stop discrimination and harassment
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Lessons learnt from launching a studio while at university
Waving Bear Studio's co-founders talk about the challenges of transitioning from student to becoming your own boss
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Get a Job in Games month: The full guide to finding your place in the industry
Everything we published as part of the GamesIndustry.biz Academy event in one place
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The GamesIndustry.biz Academy Jobscast: Recruitment and diversity
Final episode of our four-part series now available, discusses how to improve your hiring process and appeal to a broader range of applicants
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How to get a job in game design
The GamesIndustry.biz Academy looks into how to get a job as a game designer
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Best practices to hire and retain diverse talent | GDC 2021
Unity's Movell Dash, Niantic's Trinidad Hermida, and PlayStation's Davina Mackey sat down with IGDA Foundation's Nika Nour to discuss ways to improve diversity in games
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How do you make hitting something fun?
A panel of experts answered this burning question at Devcom, and gave advice on the skills you need to become a combat designer
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How to patch out implicit bias from your hiring process
Speaking at Ludicious X, Celia Hodent suggests avoiding discrimination when recruiting is much like improving a video game
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How to get a job as a diversity and inclusion officer
The GamesIndustry.biz Academy explores the role and impact of a D&I officer
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How to get a job as a community manager in games
As communities keep growing and companies look to engage with them more genuinely, the GamesIndustry.biz Academy looks into how to get a job in community management
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How to not ruin your job interview
The games industry share their stories of job interview fails (and not-so-fails)
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How to get a job in the games press
The GamesIndustry.biz Academy looks into how to get a job as a games journalist
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Get A Job In Games: Meet OPM
Sponsored article: The recruitment agency shares its expertise on the state of hiring in the video games industry