OPM Response

From GameContractor

Unit 15, Peartree Business Centre
Stanway
Colchester
Essex
CO3 OJN
Tel +44 (0)1206544044
Fax +44 (0)1206547198
web site e-mail

Profile

UK based recruitment company established in 1998. Covers computer, console, and table-top games recruitment for the UK. Usually lists a good selection of contracts along with the permanent positions.

Features

OPM allow clients to supply their details in pdf format. This is a big bonus for those of us that don't own Windows or Microsoft Word. It also means that we can supply a nicely formatted CV and know that it's going to look right when printed out: something Word users can only hope for.

Registering with OPM allows access to our details so we can keep them constantly up to date. It also allows access to the candidate section which attempts to match available jobs to the criteria we supplied. Unfortunately this doesn't currently extend to filtering for contract positions.

Vacancy snapshot

The following table gives a quick breakdown of the number of contracts and what percentage those contracts are of the total jobs on offer. The snapshot was collected on 6th of September 2004.

job title	contracts	percentage
artists	9	14%
programmers	8	8%
designers	3	13%
managers	3	11%
testers	1	17%
total	24	11%