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title: "South Carolina Business Review: Attracting Factory Workers with Gaming - skillsgapp"
description: skillsgapp CEO Tina Zwolinski shares how South Carolina can attract the next generation of advanced manufacturing talent through gaming.
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# [South Carolina Business Review: Attracting Factory Workers with Gaming - skillsgapp](https://skillionairehq.com/blog/south-carolina-business-review-attracting-factory-workers-with-gaming)

 Written by [skillsgapp](https://skillionairehq.com/blog/author/skillsgapp) | Nov 24, 2020, 5:00:00 AM

According to some national surveys, 75% of Generation Z show little or no interest in working for manufacturers and 70% of parents discourage manufacturing as a career.  So where will a manufacturing state like ours get its workforce?  Our next guest believes that video games are the answer.

[Mike Switzer](https://www.southcarolinapublicradio.org/post/attracting-factory-workers-gaming) interviews Tina Zwolinski, CEO and founder of [skillsgapp](https://skillsgapp.com/) in Greenville, SC.

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