How the Career Game Loop can help job seekers design their work lives | Jessica Lindl interview

More than a decade ago, educational and social impact specialist Jessica Lindl saw how schools weren’t necessarily preparing young people to take advantage of career opportunities. In particular, she saw a lot of people playing video games rather than doing traditional learning — and then failing to take advantage of their video game skills in their careers.

So she began to think of a career life as a video game, and what it would take to get the best outcomes. How would you design an educational system to enable young people to learn durable skills or soft skills through more engaging educational methods. She wrote a book, The Career Game Loop: Learn to Earn in the New Economy, to express how we can all take advantage of a better way to learn and lead our careers.