The HR company, Randstad, has carried out a study on the impact that videogames have on the professional development of workers. More than 2,800 million people play an average of one hour a day, a type of leisure that contributes to the development of useful skills in the world of work.
The report prepared by Randstad states that Fortnite, Call of Duty: Warzone and League of Legends They are the video games that train the most useful skills for the professional world. Fornite tops the list, since it is capable of developing six professional skills: communication, critical thinking, visual attention, personal motivation, perseverance and teamwork.
For his part, Warzone generates five skills, critical thinking, multitasking, personal motivation, leadership and teamwork. League of Legends also trains five skills, in this case leadership, multitasking, perseverance, critical thinking and teamwork.
Already with less skills is the FIFA (decision making and personal motivation), pubg (personal motivation and teamwork), Zelda (decision making) and Minecraft (personal motivation)
Training for jobs as an operator, driver or plant manager
This study has also taken into account which professions are best suited to the skills that these video games develop. In this way, Fornite specially prepares for jobs as a machine operator (for communication and teamwork skills), driver (communication, perseverance, visual attention and resistance to stress) and receptionist (communication).
For their part, Warzone players are more proficient at jobs as group leader (for leadership and critical thinking), plant manager (leadership) and machine operator (teamwork). When it comes to League of Legends, professionals are prepared to carry out profiles such as facilities personnel (leadership), group manager (leadership and critical thinking) and plant manager (leadership).
A fundamental role for the professional development of workers
The report prepared by Randstad points out the relevant value of video games in the current job market. The current scenario forces workers to continuously develop their skills to prepare for future demands. However, workers face a multitude of barriers when it comes to continue to develop during your working career, as lack of motivation, lack of stimuli, aversion to “theoretical” methods or social restrictions.
In this situation, video games can play a very important role in the professional development of workers and in the improvement of their employability. In this sense, the study points out several interesting applications that can be carried out from the business field.
On one hand, the matchmaking, the creation of pairs in multiplayer games, which can be useful to develop certain skills. Skilling, which allows improving and converting skills through play, also using intrinsic motivation. campaigning, which takes advantage of the target groups thanks to the skills represented in the community of a certain game.
