Play video games and land a job

According to the latest annual “Talent Shortage Survey” by Manpower, the top two reasons employers have difficulty filling open positions is the lack of technical and workplace competencies — that is, hard and soft skills.

In response to the skills gap, companies like Pymetrics and RoundPegg, according to a recent NPR story, offer to help employers find suitable workers by administering cognitive and emotional “brain game” tests to assess a job candidate’s leadership, creativity, supportiveness and other qualities.