Abstract
Student’s work readiness is related to individual abilities such as creative thinking, problem solving skills, and self-efficacy. However, the readiness is sometimes not matched by the expected requirements from industrial world. Hence, this study strived to analyze the relationship between creative thinking, problem solving skills, and self-efficacy with the work readiness of Public Vocational High School students in Semarang City. Regarding sample, this study involved 372 students in 6 Public Vocational High School in Semarang City chosen using Cluster Random Sampling. The sample data were collected through the instruments of creative thinking scale, Problem Solving Inventory (PSI), General Self-Efficacy (GSE), and work readiness scale. The findings showed that; creative thinking, problem solving skills and self-efficacy had positive relationships with work readiness. In details, self-efficacy variable owned the strongest relationship among other variables. Thus, the higher the creative thinking, problem solving skills, and self-efficacy students have, the higher work readiness in facing the industrial world and the world of work would be.
Highlights
Work readiness focuses on individual personal traits such as work attitudes and the body defense mechanism required in getting and perpetuating jobs (Brady, 2010)
By referring to the above description, this study focused on analyzing the relationship between creative thinking, problem solving skills, and self-efficacy with Vocational High School students’ work readiness
The results of regression test showed creative thinking, problem solving skills and selfefficacy had relationships with work readiness proved by the value of (R = 0.47, F = 40.14, p
Summary
Work readiness focuses on individual personal traits such as work attitudes and the body defense mechanism required in getting and perpetuating jobs (Brady, 2010). Pool and Sewell (2007) argue that high work readiness needs several things, namely expertise, personality, intelligence and broad insight, and understanding All these qualifications will enable someone to choose and feel comfortable with his jobs so that at the end he can achieve success. Statistics Indonesia or BPS summed up the level of open unemployment rate based on the highest educational level someone graduates from the August 2018 – August 2020 and concludes that Vocational High School graduates are still on the top position compared to other levels in the last three years, namely 11.18%, 10.36%, and 13.55% This fact proves that Vocational High School has not yet met its vision, namely to create graduates who are ready to work (Yudantoko and Arifin, 2016). Those study found some respondents are not sure about the work
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