KARIERNA SOBA POBEGA V PRIHODNOST - POKLICI PRIHODNOSTI IN KOMPETENCE PRIHODNOSTI

"<< Background >>Understanding trends, current challenges, and opportunities for career development, along with the simultaneous development of digital skills and future competencies, is crucial for effectively planning the education of both young people and adults. According to leading global experts, most of the professions in which young people will work in the future do not yet exist, and more than 40% of existing occupations will need to adapt over the next ten years. At the same time, it is also important to understand that certain professions are slowly disappearing due to technological advancement. All of this requires a more tailored approach in the field of career guidance. Career advisors or guidance professionals (especially in schools) often struggle to keep up with developments in technology and the fast-paced changes due to their heavy workloads. However, they are aware that staying up to date is essential for providing high-quality career guidance. Young people and their parents must also be equipped with this knowledge and understanding. To raise awareness and strengthen the educational potential thru engaging gamification and interactivity, this is what the digitalized mobile career escape room ""into the future"" is. << Objectives >>The goal is to introduce digitalization into existing career guidance through the use of an escape room. Within the project, we aimed to create a digitalized and mobile Career Escape Room into the Future, thereby encouraging interest in various career opportunities and promoting social inclusion in an innovative and motivating way. The escape room is intended for career orientation and is designed as an inclusive and stimulating innovative learning environment, also suitable for people with lower possibilities and opportunities l. It supports the development of key competencies for the professions of today and the future.<< Implementation >>- The partners exchanged experiences and analyzed the market in the fields of career orientation, future professions and competencies, the use of technology in career guidance, and escape rooms.- We developed the conceptual and content framework, created the application, and digitalized the pilot version of the mobile Escape Room into the Future.- Career counselors were trained to implement the escape room.- We tested the pilot setup, carried out pilot sessions, and conducted evaluations for both the primary and secondary target groups.- We ensured the promotion and dissemination of the KARPO project.<< Results >> - The partners exchanged experiences and established long-term international cooperation, which will serve as a foundation for developing new approaches in career guidance.- Partners were trained in the latest methods of using escape rooms in career guidance.- Introduction of digitalization into career guidance.- Pilot implementation of a mobile digitalized escape room in both Slovenian and Croatian leanguage. - Career counselors acquired new knowledge and tools, while other target groups gained access to innovative career guidance using new methods.- The booklet Career Escape Room into the Future was published in Slovenian, Croatian and English language."