Gamification Engages Job Candidates Beyond Their Resumes

Chances are, you don't think of gaming when you think of searching for a new job — but gamification is somewhat of a burgeoning trend in some companies' hiring processes.

Gamification is an office empowerment tool that not only makes things more fun, but also increases engagement, commitment and motivation, as well as stimulates users, consumers and employees to go beyond their limits to truly understand something.

“Studies show that over 70% of employees are not engaged at work, and job applications have become more tedious then ever,” says Mario Herger, founder of Enterprise-Gamification.com and a top 10 Leaderborded Gamification Guru“When everything else has failed, businesses need to look at industries that successfully manage to engage their users. One of them is the game industry.” Read more...