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David Smith - Managing Director

Interactive Selection is the market leading search and recruitment company
working only in computer games and interactive entertainment. The company was founded by David Smith in 1996 with an office in London, UK. Interactive Selection enjoys working with the very best of recruiter associates in the USA and now Japan and the Nordic region (Sweden). We do not advertise. Candidates are attracted to the company by reputation and word of mouth.

We believe that recruitment is a partnership and should be FUN. We work hard to take the stress out of the process and deliver long term success to all parties.

Our service is free to job seekers. Let Interactive Selection do the work for you. We will advise you every step of the way looking out for your best interests.

We are dedicated to finding the best opportunities for our registered job seekers in over 200 client companies that include 2K Games, Bioware/Pandemic, Codemasters, Crytek, Disney Interactive, Eidos, Foundation 9, Funcom, Hasbro, Midway, NCSoft, Sony, THQ, UbiSoft, Vivendi Universal Games and Warner Brothers.

Over the last 10 years we have worked tirelessly to help candidates find jobs in the world's top computer and video games developers, publishers, distributors and retailers. We also work closely with the leading console hardware, accessory and peripheral manufacturers.

In recent years new clients have included online and wireless publishers and distributors of digital interactive entertainment products, be they ISPs, games retailers, entertainment and e-commerce portals on the internet, broadband or in cable, satellite, interactive TV or 3G mobile. We also work in both the casual and serious games sectors. Expect us to be talking now to clients bringing you tomorrow's interactive entertainment across all delivery platforms.

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We commit to the highest standards. Interactive Selection was the first recruitment agency specialising in games to join the REC, the Recruitment and Employment Confederation, representing over 6000 recruiters in the UK. This body represents excellence in recruitment and demonstrates a commitment to high standards of service to both employers and candidates. David Smith is Vice Chairman of the REC's IT & Comms Sector Group.

Interactive Selection is also a proud member of PEER - the first non US recruiter to be invited to join the new trade association of Professional Electronic Entertainment Recruiters which comprises the recruiters worldwide committed to serving better the industry. All PEER members stand by the association's Charter Agreement which demands the highest professional recruiting standards and practice.

Interactive Selection is currently seeking talented recruiters for its Wimbledon UK office.

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Interactive Selection hire dedicated French recruiter for French games market.
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Interactive Selection announce today that Lylia Seddiki has joined the global games recruiter to give a dedicated service to its clients in France and French speaking Canada. Lylia has excellent experience in adult education so will be good at teaching us all on how to get the very best jobs in France and elsewhere. “It [...]

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Game Careers will be at Develop Conference 2010 in Brighton UK
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