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1. How to Play
‘JobStar: Create Your Star Job’

2. Background issues
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Changes in work environment due to technological
innovations and changes in social structure
The emergence of new jobs, the disappearance of other jobs
in the near future
Problems with existing assumptions about jobs, the limits of
a self-analysis based career education (limited effectiveness,
stressful process)
Needs for new methods for improvements and
enhancements in career education
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3. What kind of job will you do?
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4. Outline of ‘Jobstar’
• Content: The objective is to
create a new job that does not
exist right now fit for the
circumstances that are
presented in the game
• Target audience: high
school/college students or older
• Standard number of players: 3-5
people/group
• Standard play time:
approximately 45-60 minutes
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5. Rules
How To Play

6. How to play: starting the game
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• Put the following items on
the board
• Event Cards
• Industry Cards
• Shuffle the Job Cards and
distribute them to the players
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Designer/Artist
The job of creating solutions for
given problems using the power
of art and design, which
requires the ability to
understand abstract notions
and to use an artistic taste to
put solutions into concrete form.

7. Gameplay: An event occurs
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• Take one Event Card and one Industry Card and put them
on the table
• Question: If the population will age and shrink in the near
future, what kind of jobs will be needed in the
Transportation & shipping industry?
Maturing societies Transportation & shipping
Due to the decrease in the
number of young workers and
increase in number of the
elderly, social welfare systems
are in a dire situation, and the
revitalization of society has
become a major issue.
The industry that uses cars,
trains, planes, ships, and other
modes of transportation to
carry people and goods.

8. Gameplay: Strategy time
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• Choose one Job Card from your hand, and think of
a job that would be useful in an aging and shrinking
population
• e.g. ___ Engineer, ___ Craftsman
• When you think of a job, write the name down on
the card
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Designer/Artist
The job of creating solutions for
given problems using the power
of art and design, which
requires the ability to
understand abstract notions
and to use an artistic taste to
put solutions into concrete form.

9. Gameplay: New job presentation time
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• Put your card on the table face down, and wait until
everyone has put their card down
• When everybody has played their card, decide on an
order and have each player present their job’s name and
explain it in an interesting way
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Comfortable transportation guide
Drivers dedicated to
elderly people who want
to take young children to
school and back
A guide who helps the
elderly choose the most
comfortable modes of
transportation
An engineer who
designs tools to help
elderly engineers
continue work
Tour guide

10. Gameplay: Evaluation phase
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• After everyone presents, vote to the player who
had the most interesting job!
• The player with the most points at the end of the
game will be the “Star Job Creator”!
___ Engineer ___ Designer ___ Coach ___ Companion ___ Scientist
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Engineer Trainer/coach Companion ScientistDesigner/Artist
The job of designing and
developing products and
software according to the
clients’ needs. Engineers should
have the ability to understand
clients’ needs and the technical
and management skills
necessary to develop solutions.
The job of creating clear and
effective training guidelines for
clients in a various areas such as
sports, welfare, and business.
Trainers should have expertise
in sports physiology, psychology
(especially the topic of
motivation) and communication.
The job of creating solutions for
given problems using the power
of art and design, which
requires the ability to
understand abstract notions
and to use an artistic taste to
put solutions into concrete form.
The job of interacting with guests
during occasions such as events,
and talking about certain
subjects in a clear manner. They
need the professional expertise
to provide technical explanations
and explain how to operate
machinery.
The job of creating new
knowledge and technology
through research using the
scientific method. Scientists
must have expertise in a
particular field, logical thinking
skills, the diligence to steadily
conduct and interpret the
results of experiments.

11. Photos from play sessions
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12. Comments from players
• ‘I saw once again the amazing way in which
serious problems can be solved in a fun and
optimistic way. I will make sure I cherish
games as one way of doing this.’
• ‘other than the jobs I preferred, I found we
could create those that are needed in society
by changing our views’
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13. Thanks for your attention!
Contact:
Toru Fujimoto
Center for Research and Development of
Higher Education, the University of Tokyo
Email: tfuji@he.u-tokyo.ac.jp
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