Employability and International Experience: Indonesian Students perceptions

Abstract

. This paper presents a quantitative analysis of how Indonesian students see the impact of international experience on graduate employability. Previous literature suggests that the influence of internationalization on higher education and globalization of the world market has increased the necessities for degree holders with the potential to perform in a multicultural world and foreign language skills. Indonesian universities have emphasized more on short-term student mobility under international activities to train students for a global workforce. Some selected studies have been conducted in this field, but most previous studies have concentrated on specific subjects/ disciplines/faculty or private/state universities. This study will resolve this gap by inviting input from all disciplines of private and state universities in Indonesia and concentrating on student mobility dimensions, as it seeks to explore the effect of student mobility on the potential employability of Indonesian students. The research received 249 completed questionnaires from 15 state and private universities in Indonesia. The study’s findings indicate that most students believed that an international experience of 6 months or more was likely to impact developing their soft skills, foreign language proficiency, and multicultural skills to enhance graduate employability and broaden career prospects