PROCEEDINGS - International Conference Internationalization of Islamic Higher Education Institutions Toward Global Competitiveness 433 Cross Cultural Competencies for Informatics Engineering Graduates: A Case Study of Women from Dayaknese Communities of Central Kalimantan Ika Windiarti 1 , Bulkani 2 , Agung Prabowo 3 1,2 Muhammadiyah University of Palangkaraya, Department of Computer Science 3 STMIK Palangkaraya, Department of Information Systems Jalan RTA Milono Km. 1,5, Langkai, Palangkaraya, Central Kalimantan, Indonesia ikasafitri@gmail.com Abstract – The profession of Informatics Engineering graduates has become a new favorite profession all around the world. In this 4.0 Industrial Revolution era, Informatics Engineering graduates fill the position in any field. Either men or women can do this job without any obstacle. Women from Dayaknese Communities have ability to adjust with any of other cultures. Their flexibility is taught by their ancestor and it is included in their family values.This fact is supporting that Informatics engineering graduates should have a cross cultural competencies to face global job market. The purpose of this study is to investigate how Dayaknese culture teaches their people to be ready for cross cultural relationship with othe culture. Keywords: Cross Cultural Competencies 1. Introduction The professions of Informatics Engineering graduates are varied from databese administrator, computer network specialist, system Analyst, software engineer, web designer/developer, IT support, entrepreneur, etc. These profession are not only in regional or national scale. Informatics Engineering graduates will also expected to fill the need of workforce in global scale. Informatics Engineering graduates are widely needed all over the world in many sectors, government and private sector. It is expected that they will have a complete whole package of competencies that includes hard skills and soft skills competencies. Hard skills competencies are consisting skills that are relating to their specialization in Informatics Engineering, such as computer network, database, web programming, software engineering, multimedia, and so on. Soft skills competencies are consisting skills that are relating to personal attributes of a person that can help the person to interact and face the problem appropriately. Hard skills can be learned during the graduate studies. The universities provide the curriculum on each of the subject with the learning purpose. The lecturer will deliver the learning material according to the guidance of the curriculum. In some universities, the delivery of hard skills will also supported by other support system than the lecturer. The support systems for instance are university website, laboratory facilities including the laboratory technician, guest lecturer from professionals, content providers on the Internet, and others. Proceedings of International Conference “Internationalization of Islamic Higher Education Institutions Toward Global Competitiveness” Semarang, Indonesia – September 20 th - 21 th , 2018 Paper No. B-45