Kajima participates in Career Koshien 2021 this year for the first time as a theme sponsor. The event is a business contest for high school students held by Mynavi Gakusei no Madoguchi, a comprehensive media outlet for students run by Mynavi Corporation.

Having started in 2014, Career Koshien is a business idea contest and a form of education for the next generation where teams of high school students tackle themes provided by companies. This contest aims to develop human resources who can adapt to future social changes by providing high school students with an opportunity to take on themes given by companies and bolster their ability to solve unanswered problems—essential in an information-centric ever-globalizing society—through active learning instead of conventional passive learning.

The theme for this year's contest is Re:Creation. Based on this, Kajima has provided the following theme: In light of the roles that Kajima has fulfilled to this date, make a proposal for a business to create new social value in 20 years, using any method of your choice. Kajima looks forward to finding out the kinds of businesses high school students want to develop through their creative proposals to create social value, after inheriting people's thoughts and skills that Kajima has treasured to this date.

Kajima wants to promote understanding of and interest in the construction industry through education for the next generation as one of the social contribution activities that Kajima focuses on, and to address the industry-wide difficulty in securing workers.

Contest Overview

Career Koshien is a business contest for high school students of all grades. Teams of two to four high school students register for their preferred sponsor companies' themes. They compete through document screening, presentation video screening, followed by a semifinal round, upon which they will become a corporate representative team. A corporate representative team is decided for each sponsor company and then the final round among these teams is held at the end to select an overall winner.