The Soft Skill Mastery Based on Class Level Equal to the Qualification Requirements of a Workplace

Abstract

This study aims to find out the relevance of the soft skills of SMK graduates following the demands of the world of work, by knowing the description of the amount of soft skill mastery based on the grade level, the relevance of the mastery to graduates in the world of work, and the amount of soft skill learning contribution to graduates which has worked. The method used is descriptive quantitative with descriptive analysis techniques, correlation, and regression tests. The study results were obtained using SPSS software and then summarized in the form of a table presentation. The results showed that the amount of soft skill mastery of students at SMK Negeri 4 Banjarmasin for class X was 26,2143%, class XI was 27,3669%, and class XII was 27,8821%. From this mastery, there is a relevance of learning soft skills in schools with soft skills in the world of work on the indicators of entrepreneurship at SMK Negeri 4 Banjarmasin with a Fcount of 6.576 > Ftable of 2.79, then simultaneously soft skills in schools are relevant to soft skills in the world of work. with a contribution of 27.9%, while the rest (72.1%) is influenced by other variables outside the study.