Finding a job in the (Dutch) games industry
Most of us have probably noticed that the games industry is in somewhat rough waters at the moment. Studios are closing worldwide and new rounds of lay-offs are announced on almost a daily basis. Also, financing for new games or venture capital for company growth is much more difficult to attract these days.
In such turbulent times of fluctuating industry trends, searching for a job in the games industry can therefore be even more challenging than in normal circumstances.
If you’re looking for a job in the Dutch games industry, you probably already search through jobsites and LinkedIn. But in addition to those, we suggest you also check out some of the following channels or events:
- Control-online / GameJobs: https://gamejobs.eu/
- The Dutch jobs channel @ Slack – #jobs. Request to join the Dutch Game Industry Slack channel via this form.
- Many Dutch games studios are still looking for talent, check out their websites on our DGA members page: https://dutchgamesassociation.nl/members/
- Visit our Roundtables, Talks and other networking events organized by the DGA: https://dutchgamesassociation.nl/events/
- Game jobs in Belgium: https://gamejobs.be
- Overview of national job boards in Europe: https://www.egdf.eu/join-the-european-games-industry/
- The LinkedIn community and jobs resources from Amir Satvat: https://amirsatvat.com/
- International jobs at Gamesindustry.biz: https://jobs.gamesindustry.biz/
- International jobs from Game Developer: https://jobs.gamedeveloper.com/
- Dutch game events organised by other parties can be found at https://dutchgameindustry.directory/?page=calendar
- The Dutch Game Garden hosts a monthly networking lunch: https://www.dutchgamegarden.nl/network-lunch/
- Also you can check out the physical job boards at game conferences, such as Pocket Gamer Connects (London), Nordic Game (Malmö) or Devcom (Cologne)
- This page published by the Serbian game industry association provides a nice overview of various professions in the games industry: https://en.shift2games.com
All the best with your search!! 🙏🍀