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Game Recruiting Guru Gives Advice at GameCareerGuide.com

Tuesday, May 22, 2007---Fort Lauderdale, FL---GameRecruiter.com announced today that Marc Mencher of GameRecruiter.com is currently appearing as an online guest advisor for GameCareerGuide.com.

Gamasutra's game education sister site GameCareerGuide.com has launched new forums to facilitate the discussion of topics related to getting into the game industry, game career paths, game education, and game studies.  Readers are encouraged to create accounts, customize their profiles with avatars, and start up conversations.

As a part of the new forum kickoff, game career specialist Marc Mencher of GameRecruiter.com is appearing as a guest poster to answer questions from forum users.  A steady stream of enthusiastic users have posted a variety of questions to Mencher, resulting in resounding waves of career tips and tricks that everyone can utilize in their career development efforts in the game industry.

Mencher, CEO and co-founder of GameRecruiter.com, is a specialist in game industry careers who previously worked for such game companies as Spectrum Holobyte, Microprose, and 3DO, and is the author of “Get In The Game!,” an instructional book on careers in the video games industry.  He has been an Executive Producer on several games, and is also a curriculum advisor to colleges offering game development degrees.

To register and jump into a discussion, interested parties can visit the new Game Career Guide Forums area at www.gamecareerguide.com/forums, forum topic “Getting Started.”  Please note that the forums currently require a new user login, separate from existing Gamasutra/Gamasutra Jobs registration. 

Marc Mencher offers, “I’m continually impressed and amazed by the quality of young, new talent that is emerging and entering the game industry.  As college programs geared toward game development become more sophisticated and advanced in their curriculum, students with excellent skills and strong potential are being brought to the attention of the industry.  It’s apparent from their questions and concerns that they represent a new, fresh generation of capable and eager job candidates.”

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Jane Pinckard, Product Manager for Game Career Guide, adds, “Marc's seasoned insights and deep industry knowledge will help aspiring game developers navigate the job landscape for games, refine their skills and experience, and position their educational background in a positive light for game recruiters. We are very happy to have him advising our robust and enthusiastic community."

Watch out for Mencher's article in the upcoming print version of the Game Career Guide, entitled “Myth of the Mailroom: Can QA testers really work their way up the ladder?”  Mencher will explore the realities, benefits and pitfalls of entry level QA positions and whether or not they are truly the golden path to game development jobs.  Game Career Guide will be available on newsstands in early July.

About GameRecruiter
www.gamerecruiter.com 

GameRecruiter.com is comprised of a multitude of professionals who know the industry players and understand the hiring process.  GameRecruiter.com offers unparalleled experience and professionalism for both candidates looking for a job opportunity and employers seeking the industry’s leading talent.  GameRecruiter.com develops long-term relationships with key industry players and represents top industry talent with integrity and respect.  With a 2-decades-long history of recruitment focused exclusively in games, GameRecruiter.com has formed the most extensive contact network of top-notch talent and serves all the major industry players.

About GameCareerGuide
www.GameCareerGuide.com
The Game Career Guide website was founded by the CMP Game Group in August 2006 as the leading website specifically for students and educators in the game industry. The site has expanded from the already successful education coverage on sister website Gamasutra, is run as a complement to the Game Developer magazine's annual Game Career Guide issue, and now publishes daily news and twice-weekly feature coverage on the cutting edge of game industry education. You can contact the site's editors via our Contact Us page.

About the CMP Game Group
www.cmpgame.com
A core provider of essential information to the professional game industry, the CMP Game Group offers market-defining content, and drives community through the Game Developers Conference, GDC Europe, GDC London and London Games Summit, the Serious Games Summit D.C. and GDC, GDC Mobile, Game Developer magazine, Gamasutra.com, the Independent Games Festival, GDCTV, GDCRadio, and the Game Developers Choice Awards.

For more details regarding GameRecruiter.com, contact Fiona Cherbak at press@gamerecruiter.com, or visit www.gamerecruiter.com for more information.

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