Ordinary things we do and games we play can supply is with translatable skills for a job. When I was younger, I used to play Tetris on the computer, where the controllers were numbers. The best finger position to work with the numbers was by using the 10-digit keypad. Even today, my brothers and I have no problems working our way around a calculator or a cash register, and it's all because of Tetris. This is something I actually don't often advertise on my resume, but it is a skill that would be very helpful in certain job areas, including jobs that involve computers and data entry with numbers.
So if you're looking for a job, even if it's a "tweener" consider what other skills you may have learned by playing a game or volunteering when you had to figure out a pattern. There may also be smaller skills that you picked up for fun from picture editing, your child's leap frog games, and even social media.
Want to read up more on transition blogs? Check out Vivian Banta's Transition Tip: Career Change - Translatable Skills.
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