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# UBJ: skillsgapp combines video games with job training to spur rural economic development

New company skillsgapp offers an innovative way to fill the labor skills gap through gamified mobile skills training

[skillsgapp](https://skillionairehq.com/blog/author/skillsgapp)

 Sep 26, 2020

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As a mother, Tina Zwolinski doesn’t need to look at the statistics to know just how ubiquitous video games are in the lives of today’s younger generations. She need only look to her kids for that information.

But as the co-founder of the startup **Skillsgapp**, which uses video games to promote skills-based training, it helps to have the statistics on hand. [Read more.](https://upstatebusinessjournal.com/tech-design/startup-skillsgapp-combines-video-games-with-job-training-to-spur-rural-economic-development/)

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