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The participants improve their abilities to motivate, develop and direct people as they work, identifying the best people for the job. 

Participants play the tactical role playing game Fallout Shelter, building and managing an underground vault. The players develop their people management skills as they have to hire workers and assign them into their best workplaces while not forgetting to keep them happy.

Participants will have time until 31 January 2022 to play the game for a minimum of 12 hours and to reach certain in game achievements. In a coaching session (January) we will discuss various aspects of the skill, experiences and improvements. In additon, the participation in one of the other sessions (either Q&A Session oder Feedback Session) is mandatory. During this entire period students will have support to solve technical and game problems.

Progress will be evaluated by standardized tests which will be answered pre- and post-training. In addition achievements within the video game are tracked and analyzed. All participants will receive a a softskill map visualizing their skills. 

https://softskills.games/en/

https://versa.gecon.es

After registration you will receive an e-mail with instructions for some small tasks (short survey, informed consent about data usage,…). We can only confirm your registration after you completed these tasks.

The game is only available for Windows - not for Mac.

The VERSA project is a collaboration among the Universities of Innsbruck, Rovira i Virgili (Tarragona, Spain), VU Amsterdam, and the GECON foundation (Spain) which has developed the Soft Skills Games methodology. Until WS 2022/2023 a total of 8 courses for soft skill training will be offered (Cognitive Flexibility, Creativity, Critical Thinking, Complex Problem Solving, People/Team Management, Time Management, Judgement and Decision Making, Goal Setting). Each course can be attended individually and without prerequisites.

Participation in a Coaching and one of the additional sessions is mandatory.” Please indicate when registering which group you prefer.