1. Why use games and TRAIL has been working in partnership
with and has received financial support
badges? Isn’t this about from the California State Library to
finding a job? develop its Scouts. TRAIL is a also a
partner with the LINK AMERICAS
Foundation and is part of the iCalifornia
People Love Games digital literacy campaign.
Sixty-seven percent of American TRAIL stands for Technology Resources
households play games. Learning digital and Internet Literacy.
literacy and Internet skills should be fun
and engaging.
The badges, points and other game
elements of JobScout provides users
opportunities to experience a sense of
accomplishment in learning new abilities
and completing tasks. This has worked well
with offline training programs.
This is not just about playing a game for
the sake of playing a game. Rather than
just playing a game just to win, JobScout
will lead users through activities where the
result will be that they 1) have completed a
resume, 2) successfully uploaded it, 3) can
Contact Us
use online databases to find a job and 4)
are collaborating and networking online
with peers. Want to know more? Want to be involved?
Contact the JobScout team.
Josh Bradley myjobscout.org
What is TRAIL? Director, Marketing & Platform Satisfaction
Email: bradley@discovertrail.com
Phone: 866.671.8990
TRAIL creates life skill education and
productivity platforms for the things that Find us on Facebook:
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e m p l oy m e n t a n d c i v i c s . C u r re n t l y,
JobScout is our only commercially Follow us on Twitter:
available product with HealthScout coming @myjobscout
in 2013 and CivicScout in the works.
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2. What is jobscout? JobScout also features the “One-Stop Job
Shop,” a tool that allows users to manage
Can I use jobscout
their job application process right through
our website.
from home?
One in five people in the United States lack
the necessary Internet skills needed to find
JobScout is also available for the iPhone. With a home Internet connection, it’s very
a job in today’s marketplace. JobScout, an
The iOS application can be downloaded in simple to begin scouting on JobScout. Just
online platform designed to get people
the iTunes Store. JobScout will also be follow these easy steps:
back to work, teaches necessary Internet
available in Spanish in Q3 2013.
skills and job-hunting techniques.
JobScout uses social game design to 1) GO TO OUR WEBSITE.
engage users in self-paced, online
activities that focus on Internet skills Log on to the Internet and go to our
applied in a real life context. website, www.MyJobScout.org.
Where can I find
2) SIGN UP IN A SNAP.
jobscout?
Signing up for JobScout is so easy, you
I don’t have the Internet. Where can I find could be done by now.
JobScout?
Only limited personal information is
JobScout is being used by libraries, school required, and we will not use your
districts, workforce development centers information for anything other than
and community organizations across helping you find work.
California. Nearly every public library
branch in California has JobScout and 3) TAKE LESSONS, MAKE PROGRESS.
Users master these skills to apply online support for users.
for jobs and use JobScout’s social network For every lesson you complete, you'll earn
to collaborate with each other on and Users can access JobScout 24/7 online by a badge, like the ones below. JobScout lets
offline. Basing our lessons on the Basic visiting www.myjobscout.org. For our users you track your progress and access games
Digital Literacy Skills Framework who are on-the-go, the JobScout mobile to reinforce the skills you learn.
developed by the State of California application can be found in the iTunes
ensures that each individual user is Store.
JobScout users earn badges
provided with a comprehensive toolkit to
for every lesson they
approach the job market. complete on the platform.
JobScout boasts a custom resume builder
and built-in job search function. Users earn
badges for completing interactive lessons 4) FIND WORK.
on everything from using Internet browsers
to how to create social network profiles Fully armed with the know-how and
and use them to gain employment. The confidence to use the Internet to its fullest
platform provides opportunities for users potential, you'll be on the path to finding
to immediately apply the skills they have Reggie is one of the characters work.
learned. who greets users on JobScout.