1. Why use games and TRAIL uses social gaming and standards of
the social web to create a safe and
badges? Isn’t this about accessible entry point for users to engage
finding a job? in learning Internet skills. More than 20% of
the United States population lacks the
fundamental Internet skills needed to
People Love Games engage technology, let alone use it to gain
employment. Each user assumes the role
Sixty-seven percent of American of a "scout" on a digital discovery “trail”
households play games. Learning digital searching for Internet skills.
literacy and Internet skills should be fun
and engaging. JobScout is the first TRAIL platform.
JobScout is supported by the California
The badges, points and other game State Library.
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: 415.735.4035
C re a te d a s a p a r t n e r s h i p b e t we e n
REALPOLITECH and the LINK AMERICAS Find us on Facebook:
Foundation, TRAIL (Technology Resources facebook.com/myjobscout
And Internet Literacy) is a game-based
platform for teaching basic computer and Follow us on Twitter:
Internet skills and help people apply them @myjobscout
to aspects of their work, education, civic
involvement and health. myjobscout.org

2. What is jobscout? JobScout will soon feature the “One-Stop
Job Shop,” a tool that will allow users to
Can I use jobscout
manage 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
Coming in Fall 2012, JobScout will be With a home Internet connection, it’s very
a job in today’s marketplace. JobScout, an
available as an application within the simple to begin scouting on JobScout. Just
online platform designed to get people
iTunes App Store to accommodate the follow these easy steps:
back to work, teaches necessary Internet
over 40% of users in the United States with
skills and job-hunting techniques.
smartphones. 1) GO TO OUR WEBSITE.
JobScout uses social game design to
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 piloted in nearly 180 required, and we will not use your
library branches in California, including information for anything other than
locations in the County of Los Angeles helping you find work.
Public Library, the San Jose Public Library,
the Santa Cruz Public Libraries and the 3) TAKE LESSONS, MAKE PROGRESS.
Users master these skills to apply online Yolo County Library.
for jobs and use JobScout’s social network For every lesson you complete, you'll earn
to collaborate with each other on and California State Library research shows a badge, like the ones below. JobScout lets
offline. Basing our lessons on the Basic that nearly 55% of Californians rely on you track your progress and access games
Digital Literacy Skills Framework libraries as their primary or only source of to reinforce the skills you learn.
developed by the State of California free online access. Last year, 18,846
ensures that the individual user is provided computers in public libraries were used
JobScout users earn badges
with a comprehensive toolkit to approach more than 38 million times.
for every lesson they
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.