[game_edu] Placement problems

[Andrew Greenberg]

As usual, Ian hits much of this right on the head. I would echo his call 
to get your students involved in events. We are putting on a portfolio 
show here in Atlanta April 18 for students from a wide range of colleges 
and universities, and as a result are attracting a lot more attention 
than any one of the schools would get on its own. Other schools might 
want to think about similar alliances.

Respectfully,
Andrew Greenberg
www.holistic-design.com
www.siegecon.net
www.ggda.org
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Date: Wed, 6 Mar 2013 09:05:28 -0800 (PST)
From: Ian Schreiber <ai864 at yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: [game_edu] Placement problems
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Obviously you can do everything possible to help your students find jobs. Try to figure out if you're having more trouble with the "it's what you know" or "it's who you know" side of the equation. In the game industry, that means making sure they've got solid skills, ability to work well in an interdisciplinary team, and ability to present themselves so that their resume and cover letter don't get auto-filtered; and then make sure they network, attend local game dev meetings but also larger conferences like GDC (on that note, if you have truly excellent student work to show, have you considered getting a booth at GDC in order to promote your students as good hires to the industry? If you're heading to GDC this year, I'd encourage you to take a walk around the expo hall and career area at some point, and just see the difference between the school booths that are primarily recruiting students, those that are recruiting faculty, and those that are just
  there to get industry visibility for their current students).
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