On-Site Career Camp for Schools

Job Creation Program

A career education program for middle school students that builds an understanding of how jobs and emerging technologies are changing, then has students design their own new job using generative AI and job-creation cards.

Program Outcomes

• [ 1 ] class, [ 10 ] students in total.
• ★★★★★ 4.5 points

"Through this career class I learned a lot about job creation and starting a business, and the way the class sparked an entrepreneurial mindset in a fun way was really enjoyable. Next time, I'd like to revisit what I learned about job creation, startups and entrepreneurship, and put it to good use later on."

"I didn't really have a career path in mind, so I was quite worried about my future, but this class helped me learn a lot about new jobs and my own strengths. Running a business myself also gave me a stronger sense of responsibility and the confidence that I can do this kind of work too."

Program Content

Students look at how jobs have changed from the past to the present and into the future, and come to understand that jobs do not simply disappear but evolve and expand. They then apply the three principles of job creation — discovery, specialization and convergence — to generate new job ideas, and use generative AI to define why each new job is needed and what it involves.

Understanding How Jobs Change

• Exploring changes in the world of work across past, present and future
• Examining cases of jobs changing with technological progress
• Learning why new jobs are created

Hands-On Practice with the Three Principles of Job Creation

• Generating new job ideas through discovery, specialization and convergence
• Understanding how existing jobs connect with emerging technologies
• Developing job-creation ideas based on problems in the local community and everyday life

Defining New Jobs with Generative AI

• Using AI to come up with a job title, role and required skills for each new job
• Exploring personal or promising career paths through job creation
• Completing a presentation worksheet, including images

Deliverables

• A profile of the new job each student created
• A WHY? HOW? WHAT? career roadmap
• Stronger career imagination and self-expression skills