New Job Creation Program at Urim Middle School, Jeonju

Job Creation Program

A career education program for middle school students that explores how jobs change and the role of future technologies, then uses generative AI and job creation cards to design a new job of their own

Program Results

• [ 1 ] class, [ 24 ] students in total.
• ★★★★★ 4.6 points

"I used to have a vague fear that many jobs will disappear in the future and that it will be hard to find work. Now I feel that instead of just being afraid, I need to look into what new jobs will appear and what I should do to prepare for them."

"Through this activity, I learned how to approach the High School Credit System and about future jobs, which brought me a little closer to my own future career. It was great to think more about the future, for example by looking at future technologies and combining them to create new jobs."

Program Content

Students examine 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 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 the past, present and future
• Understanding examples of jobs transformed by technological progress
• Learning why new jobs emerge

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 future technologies
• Developing job creation ideas based on problems in the local community and everyday life

Refining New Jobs with Generative AI

• Using AI to define new job titles, roles 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 skills