Looking for a Gaming Job? Gaming Recruiting Firm Estimates $3-5B in Industry Growth
Gamification is changing the way companies are hiring. Zynga was recently valued at $5.5 Billion dollars and mobile gaming as an industry is expected to grow up to $10 Billion dollars by 2014. Digg lays off 37% of its workforce and San Francisco is wondering where is all the talent?
A San Francisco-based recruiting firm Vonchurch estimates social gaming revenues will increase $3-5B in the next 3-5 years with evidence suggesting this number might be exponentially higher. VonChurch, who specializes in placing engineers working in the gaming space, is seeing companies not only struggle to keep talent but find enough. Back-end development, design, and product management positions are in the highest demand while mobile steadily grows. “[The] biggest increase that we will see in terms of a specific position will be Wireless Developers as companies capitalize on the iPhone/iPad and Android.”
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