New Job Creation Program at Daedo Middle School, Pohang

Job Creation Program

A career education program for middle school students in which they learn how jobs are changing alongside emerging technologies, then use generative AI and job creation cards to design a new job of their own.

Program Outcomes

• A total of [ 7 ] classes and [ 186 ] students took part.
• ★★★★★ 4.6 points

"I feel like I really understand what my career path is now, and this class taught me which jobs are likely to emerge in the future and which will disappear. Working through so many different ideas also boosted my creative thinking. This class helped me become better at exploring my career on my own."

"Today's job creation class was great because I learned about jobs that will appear in the future and jobs that existed in the past. The board game was the most fun part, and shaping my own job idea through job creation was fun too. The four class periods were absolutely worth it."

Program Content

Students look at how jobs have changed from the past to the present and into the future, learning that jobs do not simply disappear but evolve and expand. They then apply the three principles of job creation (discovery, specialization and convergence) to come up with 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 the past, present and future
• Examining cases of jobs changing as technology advances
• 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
• 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