I've heard varying opinions on this over the years, but I'd like to get a fresh perspective from you folks: Is it worth it apply to jobs that you don't meet all of the qualifications for just to get your name in the candidate pool and feel out the HR side of things, or is it better to wait until a similar job comes up and…
Well if you're not strong enough you won't get hired. That's usually how it is most of the time even if you're in the candidate pool. Also I would spend more time working on your portfolio, learning new ways of working, improving and get to know people inside studios and then if you can apply directly through their…
My thanks to everyone who's thrown in their two cents so far - It's been a while since I've dealt with larger studios with dedicated HR and all, so I'm grateful for the insight. @PyrZern Good point. I was keeping them separate primarily to avoid longer load times, but I guess it would make more sense to have them all on…
@chrisradsby much obliged for the advice; guess I'll double down on improvement for now. Strangely enough, I seem to be having a harder time bypassing ATS software for non-Industry jobs than I was getting responses from HR at game studios. @Jonas Ronnegard Sorry about that - I've been playing with different setups for my…