How Amir Satvat finds jobs for thousands of game industry people | The DeanBeat
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Amir Satvat has been finding game industry job seekers jobs for more than 10 years, first as an individual, and later through his job board and community, DeanBeat.
The mass layoffs that began in 2022 created a need for resources beyond just listing job openings, he says, such as coaching, CV reviews, and more.
DeanBeat has grown to offer a wide breadth of services, and Satvat claims the highest quality and most comprehensive listings of game industry jobs in the world.
He adds that newer tracks like mobile gaming, esports, and blockchain have brought a lot of jobs and are often overlooked as bastions of opportunity.
The game industry needs to do more to help people find jobs, he argues, such as being more transparent about how many people they’re laying off and what types of jobs they’re hiring for.
There are more jobs than people realize due to Adjacent Industries like enterprise, education, healthcare, and fintech all hiring for game-related roles, he says.
Even with all the layoffs in recent years, the overall number of jobs in the industry keeps ticking upward, though it may take years to refill all the positions that were lost.