Career Guidance Services Based on Future Skills in Facing the World of Work in the Industry 5.0 Era
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https://doi.org/10.62872/jb.v1i2.575Keywords:
career guidance, future skills, Industry 5.0, employability, career adaptabilityAbstract
The transition to Industry 5.0 marks a paradigmatic shift in the world of work, emphasizing the collaborative integration of advanced technologies and human-centered values oriented toward social sustainability and resilience. This development demands that career guidance services evolve beyond conventional job information provision toward nurturing future skills—a multidimensional competency framework encompassing cognitive, socio-emotional, and digital capabilities. This study aims to examine how career guidance services can be restructured to cultivate future skills among graduates in facing the Industry 5.0 labor market. Using a qualitative descriptive method through systematic literature review, this study analyzed relevant academic publications from 2017 to 2025. The findings reveal that Industry 5.0 transforms work from routine manual tasks to complex, non-standardized roles requiring critical thinking, creativity, digital literacy, career adaptability, and resilience. Career guidance services play a pivotal role in bridging the gap between academic preparation and industry expectations through the development of employability, soft skills, and lifelong learning dispositions. Technology-integrated approaches, including AI-based career guidance systems, further enhance the personalization and effectiveness of career development services. This study concludes that future-ready career guidance must adopt a holistic, human-centric approach that integrates technological tools while reinforcing the socio-emotional dimensions of career development.
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