Question

Q. Many organizations are exploring gamification as a way to engage employees and potential job applicants.  Games can be used during the hiring process, to orient new employees, to provide training, to support career development, or even to help support team-building efforts.  It works because it taps into the natural human instinct for competition and recognition – and because games are fun. Answer the following:

1. What would you think of a company that used a gaming application as part of its hiring process?
2. Why does gamification work?  
3. What are some cautions for human resources practitioners in using gamification?

Answer 1

Answer 1= In my opinion, the company that is using the gaming application as part of its hiring process is having an innovative method of recruitment and it will be in a better position to hire more talent in the company that can sustain for longer period of time and thus reducing the recruiting and training and development costs.

Answer 2= gamification provides an opportunity for both the employee and the employer to interact with each other in a more fun and meaningful environment. This will not only facilitate a better chance for the recruiter to have a better evaluation of the candidate with the help of real games but the candidate can also be more motivated to become the part of such an innovative company. Therefor the gamification can be used effectively as a talent magnet.

Answer3= The main reasons for using gamification are given below=

The HR managers will be in a better position to assess the skills and abilities of the candidate as the person will be playing in the Live-in Action mode

Gamification will help in automation of the recruitment process and thus reducing the chances of biases

This will also help the employer to use as an HR branding tool

This will help in having better on boarding as it will provide more inputs about the company culture, norms, behavior and so on