Unit 13 – Understanding
the Games Industry
Skills, action plan, CV’s and Selling yourself
Aims and Objectives
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All
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Understand their interests, strengths and personality traits ready
for creating job applications.
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Understand the different types of skills categories and transferable
skills
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Find a aspirational job in the games industry
Most
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Assess yourself against your chosen Job.
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Create a career action plan to gain the skills necessary to
successfully apply for the job
Some
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Will start creating CV’s relevant to their chosen job.
Starters
1. Tick
anything that you consider an interest
on the worksheet
2. Complete
and consider strengths
worksheet
3. Tick
anything that you consider a
personality trait on the worksheet
4. Using
the information gathered use the
worksheet provided to list your top 7
interests, strengths and personality traits
Skills
Functional:
Industry specific:
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Communication
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Technical Knowledge
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Numeracy skills
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Working Procedure and Practices
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Health and Safety Knowledge
Transferable Skills & Behaviours
Interpersonal Skills
Problem Solving Time Management Team Working
Determined
Flexible
Independent
Honest
Leadership
Team Player
Creativity
Dependable
Finding Jobs
Games Industry:
Game Developers:
 jobs.gamesindustry.biz
 dsdambuster.com
 jobs.gamasutra.com
 rare.co.uk
 gamesjobsdirect.com
 codemasters.com
 mcvuk.com/jobs
 fullfat.com
1. Spend
some time looking at the jobs
available.
2. Choose
one that interests you.
Assessing yourself and action plan
1. Assess
yourself against your chosen job using
the handout provided.
 Include:
 Skills,
qualification and experience needed for this job.
 My
own skills, qualifications, further/higher
qualification and experience.
 Skills,
qualifications, further/higher education I need
to develop.
2. Fill
in and complete the Career Action Plan
Why do you need
a CV?
CV stands for curriculum vitae, which is Latin for ‘course of life’.
You’ve got 30 seconds to make an impact
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Your CV advertises you to a potential employer
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A CV is like an advertisement, but it is selling a
person rather than a product or a brand.
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TV adverts have just a few seconds to grab our
attention and persuade us, and the same is true
for CVs.
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Employers may take just 30 seconds to skim a CV
and make a decision about whether they want to
interview a person
Can you think of any
ways that can make a
CV stand out like TV
adverts can – but
without using gimmicks?
E-mail address’s in CV’s
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Something as simple as an inappropriate email
address could put an employer off from inviting
you to an interview.
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YOURNAME@something.co.uk is always the safest
bet
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If your name has been used add some random
numbers or variation to the email address. Make
sure it’s clearly your name though and doesn’t
make reference to your age.
Play
be the Boss
interactive
whiteboard game
What goes into
a CV?
What should go on my CV?
 Your
name and contact details
 Skills
that will help you do the job well
 Qualifications
 Past
jobs and work experience
 Interests
 Referees
that show the ‘whole person’
– people who can back up what
you say on your CV
How should I organise my CV?
Chronological (starting
with the most recent)
Benefits:
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Highlights your
qualifications and jobs
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Shows your experience
How should I organise my CV?
Functional or skills-based
Benefits:
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Highlights your skills and
qualities
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Shows your ability
Write a personal statement/profile
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Draft a personal statement that highlights your
best skills and personal qualities.
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Use your exercise sheets from the lesson to get an
idea of what could go into the statement
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Read your statement back to yourself, thinking
about what an employer might think of it. Will it
grab someone’s attention and give them the right
impression?
Complete your CV’s using a template
Do
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Be positive and sell yourself
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Highlight your relevant skills and experience
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Use evidence
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Be brief and to the point
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Check spelling and grammar
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Change your CV to match each job you apply
for
*Employers cannot ask for these or base decisions on
them.
Don’t
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Lie
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Use more than two pages or cram it all
into one
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Include your date of birth, a photo, if
you are male or female, or if you are
married*
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Leave gaps in your school or work
record
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Have any spelling or grammar errors
Alternative ways
of presenting a
CV?
Alternative ways of presenting a CV
 Portfolio
of work(Could be in conjunction
with a CV)
 Website
 Video
format
 Create
a game/interactive CV!
 Volunteer
Summary
You should:
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Understand your interests, strengths and personality
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Understand where to find relevant jobs
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Know what a CV is for and be familiar with two
common formats
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Understand that a CV should highlight the skills,
qualities, qualifications and experience for which a
potential employer is looking for
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Have begun or completed a draft CV
What is a
covering letter?
Covering letters
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This is your opportunity to explain why you want the
job and the benefits that they can bring to a
company, whereas a CV provides information about
their skills and achievements to date
Although many job applications are made online, they
still need a covering email, which serves the same
purpose. Applications that are made using an
application form won’t need a covering letter
Based on the job you have chosen spend 10
minutes making notes on what you think should be
included in your covering letter?
Covering Letters Continued
Highlight
key points from the CV
Explaining why you want the job
Acknowledging where you found
the job advertised