Recruitment Party - Starz Animation

See the website www.starzanimation.ca for details or the facebook page http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=29631282192 and to RSVP. It looks like a great venue at CiRCA nightclub in the kidrobot room.

Starz is looking for animators, riggers, TDs, lighting artists, FX artists, modelers, project managers, coordinators,surfacing artists, layout artists and more. The event is aimed at the whole community from junior to veterans.

Producer, Video Game, needed.

I’m looking for a strong, experienced Video Game Producer. Ideally someone who has strong team and production management, not an external producer. If you have a strong understanding of C++ code and started in programming before moving into your producer role you might be the guy we are looking for.

You’ve launched several titles (preferably next-gen) and you have strong dedication to the final product and managing all milestones along the way.

If this is you or someone you know, contact me at LanceL’AT’pseudointeractive’dot’com.

Lighting and Effects Artist needed

I’m on the hunt for a great Lighting and Special Effects artist. Ideally someone with console gaming or PC gaming experience.

 The company is bristling with work and eager to locate one or two experienced pros to knock out a number of projects over the coming year (s).

 If anyone is interested and fits the bill kindly contact me via my hotmail address.

 Best,

LL

C++ Programmer, Toronto - Video Games

Do you love video games? Do you get an endorphin rush from building high performance code that brings video games to life? Your next great step in your career may be here in the the city of Toronto.

If you have worked with maintenance, modification and creation of event logic code and supported level design tools you might be the right person for the job. Here are a few other requirements needed: 3 years or more of professional C++ experience, 3D Math wiz, prior work on shipped game titles and/or visually strong demos produced, no stranger to multithreaded and networking code.

If this sounds like you and you want to look at a few good career opportunites fire up your resume and jet it over to me so we can start talking.

Medical Writer, Pharmaceutical Writer, Healthcare Writer needed

I’ve now got 2 searches going for medical writers! Seems these folks are the rarest of rare. I’ve found a few in the past and been able to place them but I’ve now got to repeat the magic. If anyone reading this has a friend, colleague or contact who has performed the act of copywriting for companies or agencies in this line of work shoot a quick note to Lance in Toronto.

Recruiter, Headhunter, Executive Search, Talent Acqusition Specialist

It wouldn’t be the first time we heard “What’s in a name?”

In Recruiting circles their are all sorts of distinctions between a “recruiter” a “headhunter” an “Executive Search Consultant” and a number of other related terms in the industry. I find clients and hiring managers don’t always know the differences and part of my role with a new client is to ascertain what their expectations are. Once this is nailed down I can tell if they are indeed looking for a recruiting shop or an executive search or even just a resume service.

Just as in any industry, a better client is the one who knows more about the product and service offering so spending a bit of time with the client to clarify this is valuable for both parties.

Getting a handle on how many resumes they expect to see, what time frame they are working within, whether they are onboard for an exclusive search, and many other variables need to be discussed also. Some recruiting firms don’t ask these questions — They get a job order for a certain person with a group of skills and go hunting before they’ve asked the right questions.