The Future Time Traveller Project: Career Guidance on Future Skills, Jobs and Career Prospects of Generation Z through a Game-Based Virtual World Environment

TL;DR

The paper introduces the Future Time Traveller project, a game-based virtual environment designed to enhance career guidance for Generation Z by exploring future skills, jobs, and trends in a simulated world.

Contribution

It presents a novel virtual world environment and games aimed at fostering future-oriented thinking and career exploration for young people.

Findings

Development of a 3D virtual world platform

Engagement of youth in exploring future careers

Integration of trend analysis and skill mapping

Abstract

Future Time Traveller is a European project that aims at transforming career guidance of generation Z through an innovative, games-based scenario approach and to prepare the next generation for the jobs of the future. The pro-ject objective is to foster innovative thinking and future-oriented mindset of young people, through an innovative game-based virtual world environment. This environment helps them explore the future world, understand the trends that shape the future world of work, the emerging jobs, and the skills they will require. The Future Time Traveller project is implemented by a team of experts in 7 European countries (Bulgaria, Germany, Greece, Italy, Poland, Portugal, and United Kingdom). The project target groups include young people (genera-tion Z), career guidance practitioners and experts, and policymakers. This paper presents, in brief, the Future Time Traveller project and introduces the reader to the main features and functionalities of the 3-dimensional virtual world and the games developed in this environment.