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The gap in knowledge, skills, and information between vocational high school graduates and the demands of industry is a problem that has not been able to be solved by vocational education in Indonesia. The answer to this problem can be seen from the top rank in unemployment every year which comes from vocational graduates. This paper discusses how to build network collaboration of school and industry in the form of knowledge, skills, and information. The main steps to do are: 1) do a win-win solution between vocational high school and industry; 2) build communication networks with alumni; 3) involving industry and alumni in learning activities; 4) do best practice to improve the quality of graduates; 5) improve students core competence and core value; 6) improve the quality of instructors related to expertise and workshop program; 7) improving the quality of learning theory and practice as well as increasing the media of practice learning; 8) conduct a continuous evaluation and quality control on production results of students; 9) continuous quality improvement; and 10) carry out creative principles, critical thinking innovation, and novelty.