Changing University Students’ Mindset: From Job Seekers to Job Creators

The government continues to encourage the growth of entrepreneurship in Indonesia. Currently, university graduates are generally more interested becoming workers or employees than creating jobs. Indonesia still needs around 4.75 million entrepreneurs. Data from Ministry Education and Culture shows that general, college job seekers creators. Therefore, universities have responsibility change students’ mindset wanting become This research is a qualitative study using phenomenological approach. collection was carried out by means semi structured interviews selecting 20 students private Jakarta. results this indicate creators cannot without improvement education at universities. must be changed fixed mindset. Curricula learning methods too theoretical transformed into emphasizes practical elements entrepreneurial mental development