ABSTRACT
This chapter examines data along with higher education institutional approaches to developing intercultural competence as a graduate outcome as institutions strive to enhance students’ employability defined as “a holistic approach that takes into consideration both personal and external factors”. There are several studies that explore employability as a student outcome. Despite the academic debate around employability skills, there seems to be agreement among employers about what they deem the most essential employability skills. Higher education institutions need to more explicitly state the employment outcomes when recruiting international students. There has been much written about intercultural skills across different disciplines, with a wide range of terms used, including intercultural competence, cultural intelligence, intercultural communication, and intercultural sensitivity. Higher education institutions around the world implement different approaches for incorporating intercultural skills in order to graduate global-ready students. With the realisation that intercultural skills need to be intentionally addressed in curricula, engaging real-world settings, the role for employers becomes apparent.
