Industry Revolution 4.0 and Job Creation for the University Students

Abstract

The Industrial Revolution brought a radical change to the world, from the agricultural-based economy to the production of goods using the machine and technology. The revolution occurred driven by advanced technology with innovations. A number of mature-age students are pursuing university education all around the world. The need to raise their status in society, need for belonging, security at their workplaces, masterly of their teaching subjects, and self-actualization among others, motivate mature-age students to enroll for university education. Changes are norms at workplaces. Malaysia aspires to enhance the value chain to become a high-income economy and must significantly improve the ability of a skilled workforce to meet the rapidly changing industry needs. As a result, globalization and technological advances require workers to be highly skilled. Graduates find it difficult to get a job after graduation because they have no job skills that match market needs. Therefore, the need to establish job skills among university students is important. Either in a developed and developing country the unemployment among graduates emerging from higher education institutions which have become the major social development problems that need to be overcome with the new knowledge and skill that fit with the market.