Hiroko Shoji
Faculty of Science and Engineering, Chuo University, Japan
The authors collected the cases of job-hunting by female university students and analyzed their thinking process. The findings obtained is that reviewing the job-hunting log is sometimes effective in prompting self-discovery. Many previous studies have already shown that inspiration via interaction plays an important role in creative thinking process such as learning and problem solving. The cases presented in this study suggest that creative thinking process is observed also in job-hunting as an everyday activity. Therefore, the framework of creativity support studies can be applied to the support for job-hunters' thinking process as well.