Transversal Competencies, Higher Education and Employment

The perspective of basing higher education on an approach of adequately defined competences starting from professional requirements and the labor market has led to the transition from an industrial to a post-industrial society, which is clearly more complex. However, the unstoppable globalization of the economy and the consequent acceleration of changes in the productive structure due to the drive of digital technology and the need to manage profound transformations in the cultural sphere due to the intensity of migratory flows, among other factors, have enhanced the role of transversal competences in and for quality higher education, attributing to it potential competitive advantages for access to the labor market.

Admitting a certain ambiguity in the way these competences are conceptualized, they are nevertheless often referred to as 'key competences' '21st century skills', or even 'soft skills'. That is why, it would be difficult to justify their marginalization by higher education institutions when, in addition, they recognize the need for the students to be informed about job opportunities. Hence, the commitment we must make to ensure that students improve the skills that best correlate with such opportunities.

The aim of this book is to develop a deeper, interdisciplinary understanding of how higher education institutions, along with employers and communities, can face up to this challenge. Achievements in education has abound us throughout world with all levels of developments. Although much residuals need to be done in educational development. Education links with regular working fields and other spheres of life. It is a social mechanism, which enables him or her to achieve life's tasks with diversity. The more efficient students to work for world bring more development of the country and generating competencies. For thousands of individuals, higher education is necessary for success in the world of work. The main objective of higher education is to transform the students through enhancing learning skills, behavior, and lifelong empowerment as critical and logical reflective person. However controversially, higher education does not seem to be the first objective of employability for students. In the last two decades, major focus was on higher education to increase national growth, regenerate economical roots, and develop significant direction to meet new challenges of the world. The relationship between higher education and employment has been given attention for policy making issues as well as research purposes. It is widely agreed that education and investment in competencies are crucial for coping with the complex demands and global challenges of today's world.