Employability Skills Of Students Research Articles

The Implementation of Work-Based Learning for the Development of Employability Skills of Vocational Secondary School Students Through Teamwork Activity

This study aims to investigate the contribution of teamwork activity through work-based learning to the development of employability skills of SMK (Vocational Secondary School) students. A survey method was employed in this study. The subject of this research are SMK students majoring in farm produce processing agribusiness with bakery competency in Garut. The findings of the study revealed that teamwork activity gives a positive contribution to employability skills of SMK students through the implementation of work-based learning. The contribution of work-based learning to employability skills in the aspect of teamwork is quite significant at the value of 63.5%. The study lead to the conclusion that the implementation of teamwork activity through work-based learning can develop employability skills of SMK graduates.

Employability skills of vocational school students in Palu City for entering the work world

This study aims to determine how much the level of employability skills of students of State Vocational Schools in Palu City. This type of research is a type of survey that is to describe the attitudes, behaviors, and opinions of students' research employability skills using a quantitative deskriptive approach, then the results of data analysis are described qualitatively, then presented in graphs, diagrams, tables, mean, modes, medians, standard deviation and variant. The population in this study was 1,275 students with a study sample of 295 students. The data collection technique used is using a questionnaire. The results of the study indicate that the level of employability skills of vocational students in Palu is generally categorized as very high. The high level of employability skills of students in the State Vocational School in Palu should be a supporting factor for students to get decent work and in accordance with their competency skills so that stakeholders, especially the school must really use it well.

Self-Management on Employability Skills of Hospitality Management Students

Self-Management on Employability Skills of Hospitality Management Students

Employability skills in vocational high school context: An analysis of the KTSP curriculum

Employability skills for students are believed to reduce the mismatch between the supply of vocational high school graduates and the demand of job vacancy from industry. For more than three centuries, the gap between the vocational high school and the workplace has become people’s concern. It seems that this issue will not end in the near future, rather will be more interesting to be studied because of the complexity of the relationship between the two sectors. The objective of this study, therefore, is to discover of how well employability skills is adopted in the school level curriculum (KTSP) of vocational high schools in Indonesia. To achieve the research’s objective, the content analysis to the curriculum was applied. The analysis of KTSP in the subject of entrepreneurship (ENT) and the computer and information management (KKPI) discovers the limited concern and the incomprehensive areas of employability skills adopted. The research findings demand the government to improve the content of employability skills in the curriculum, especially in dealing with the high unemployment rate of vocational high school graduates.

How Written and Oral Reflection in MBA Capstones Enhance the Ability to Complete a Service-Learning Project

This study investigated whether reflection enhances the employability skills of graduate business students who participate in service-learning during a capstone course. Participants were recent MBA alumni from three U.S.-based universities who participated in team-based, client-focused service-learning. Qualitative data were analyzed through semi-structured interviews. Findings showed that written and oral reflection improves the ability to accomplish a team-based client project. This is good news for the workplace because business needs workers who can accomplish tasks, meet deadlines, and complete projects. Higher business education must actively prepare students for this workplace need by intentionally building reflective activities into service-learning projects.

IJobs Summer Work Experience: A Pilot Transition Program to Enhance Job-Readiness Skills Using Evidence-Based Practices

AbstractSecondary transition planning and service coordination using evidence-based practices (EBPs) are a focus at the national, state, and local level to facilitate positive postschool outcomes and higher rates of inclusion for individuals with disabilities. However, research indicates schools and service providers are not effectively implementing EBPs. This study investigated a summer job experience program for students with disabilities as a means to incorporate EBPs and increase student job-readiness skills. Results indicated the vast majority of students gained critical skills and experiences across eight EBP categories. Parents felt student employability skills increased, and host business partners expressed willingness to repeat the summer iJobs experience. Future research, implications for practice, and limitations are discussed.

Building employability skills for higher education students: An Australian example

Employability has become an important focus for graduates and employers in Australia, as many universities contend with the notion of developing knowledgeable and problem-solving graduates who are workforce ready practitioners. This paper presents an example of how the higher education communication disciplines from across Victoria, Australia, have developed a forum that allows graduating students to engage directly with industry leaders to better prepare for the leap from higher education to professional employment in the communication and media sectors. This national award-winning education forum brings multi-institutional student groups, recent graduates, academics, and industry practitioners and leaders together in order to aid the development of student skills in areas such as: networking, job application, time management, and effective work habits.

Career Choice and Employability Skills for Vocational College Students

This study is a quantitative research based on the survey conducted that aims to look at the relationship between employability skills and career choice for Vocational College students. The study involves 106 respondents consisting year three students from Batu Pahat Vocational College and Muar Vocational College using questionnaires as instruments. The results from the analysis show that the relationship between skills employability and career choice is high, with an ETA value of 0.742, which proves that the variables have a strong correlation. In conclusion, employability skills affect students in such a way that they tend to choose a career based on the course they take up.

Employability Skill Development of Mechanical Engineering Students Through Project Based Learning in Vocational High School in South Sulawesi

Embedding employability skills in learning requires a learning model that allows effective in improving employability skills of students Learning model that if able to meet these expectations is project based learning. This study aims to determine the contribution of project based learning to employability skills of students of SMK Package Engineering Skills Engineering in South Sulawesi. This research uses quantitative approach with non experimental design with sample size 325 students. Data collection uses questionnaires to obtain data on project-based learning implementation and employability skills. The data of the research were analyzed by using descriptive analysis and regression analysis which previously conducted normality and linearity test. Based on the results of the research is known that the implementation of project based learning model contributes to the development of employability skill students of machining engineering SMK 59.8%.

Transitioning student identity and sense of place: future possibilities for assessment and development of student employability skills

ABSTRACTIdentification of and feedback on employability skills is a significant challenge across the tertiary education landscape, up to and including doctorate programmes (e.g. weak labour market demand for professional doctorates). Growing skills gaps and accelerated growth in technological capability are contributing to uncertainty across global labour market landscapes. The originality of our research is gained via an exploration of employability skills through the lens of Student Development Theory and Bloom’s adapted taxonomy to produce and rigorously test a new employability skills maturity framework, delivered using a 360° analysis tool in a Midwestern University in the United States. Our findings identify significant gaps in current thinking, specifically a lack of consensus as to what constitutes employability skills and how they are levelled, that demonstrate the need for educational institutions to improve resources, challenges and support related to the awareness of graduate identity and self-perception of employability, if graduates are to remain relevant in rapidly changing labour market landscapes.

Measurement of Employability Skills on Teaching Factory Learning

Vocational High Schools as one of the educational institutions that has the responsibility in preparing skilled labors has a challenge to improve the quality of human resources as a candidate for skilled labors, to compete and survive in a changing climate of work. BPS noted an increase in the number of non-worker population (BAK) in 2015-2017 on vocational graduates as many as 564,272 people. The ability to adapt and maintain jobs in a variety of conditions is called employability skills. This study purpose to measure the development of employability skills of communication skills, problem-solving skills and teamwork skills on the implementation of teaching factory learning in SMK Negeri 1 Cibadak, THPH Skills Program on bakery competency. This research uses mixed method, with concurrent triangulation mix methods research design. Data collection techniques used interviews and questionnaires. The result shows that there are increasing students’ employability skills in communication skills, problem solving skills, and teamwork skills in teaching factory learning. Principles of learning that apply learning by doing student centering and learning arrangements such as situations and conditions in the workplace have an impact on improving student employability skills.

Industrial assessment to technical and employability skills students based on KKNI (in Jakarta Region)

This study aims to determine the industrial assessment of technical and employability skills of students. The research was conducted by using survey method in several industries as the place of the Job Training (PKL) of the students. The research technique used purposive random sampling with respondents in this research consist of 23 industry in Jakarta area. The results of the research are (1) the industrial assessment of the technical skills of the students obtained a score of 73.10 with high interpretation; (2) The industry average rating of employability of students skills is 83.10 with very high interpretation.

The Relationship between Employability Skill and Career Choices among Vocational Skill Students

Employability Skills terminology is widely used in many countries it is the basic skills needed in the 21st century. This study aims to look at the relationship between career choices employability skills among vocational skill student. This study participated by 106 third year vocational students in vocational colleges participated in this study. The instrument used was a questionnaire. Data were analyzed by descriptive and inferential. The findings of the relationship employability skills with career choices recorded value is .742, which also proved a strong relationship between these variables. In conclusion, the employability skills are need to be improved by applying more effective by the vocational training to ensure they are eligible for employment after graduation. The study also proved that the employability skills of students affect them more likely to choose a career in the same field with the course they have chosen

Gauging the Association of Employability Skills and Being Employable among Students

The current study is to measure the employability skills of students and to assess how employability skills are perceived in higher educations. Three sets of employability skills have been used such as Basic Academic Skills, Personal Qualities and High-Order Thinking. A questionnaire has been developed and distributed among students in universities, Erbil, Kurdistan. Respondents’ opinions were assessed using a Likert scale analysis that shows opinions between two extremes of levels of agreement and disagreement. The current study focuses on the employability skills of students by evaluating the courses they have been taken. Study find out that communication skills, team working skills, computer skills, and critical thinking were among the employability skills which are expected by potential employers. The paper concludes that students have developed an adequate level of employability skill through Basic academic Skills and Personal Qualities leading to High Order Thinking.

Employability of Nursing Care Graduates

Abstract Starting points: In Slovenia, the higher education institution for nursing started exploring employability opportunities in nursing care in connection with the achievement of competencies from students’ and employers’ point of view. This article highlights the importance of monitoring nursing graduates’ employability. Its aim is to examine the employability of nursing care graduates based on the self-evaluation of competences obtained during the last study year and to establish a link between the self-evaluation of competences and students’ academic performance. Methodology: A questionnaire was distributed to full and part time nursing care students attending the last study year at five different healthcare/health sciences faculties in Slovenia and to employers (healthcare institutions) where the majority of nursing care graduates finds employment. We examined the level of competence achieved by nursing students and the level of competences required by employers. The sample included a total of 485 students. 194 surveys were returned, which represent a 40 percent response. We used Kolmogorov-Smirnov test for each individual joined competence. Further, we compared employability skills of students and employers with Mann-Whitney and Wilcox rank-sum test. For correlation between two variables we used Spearman correlation analysis. Results: The Mann-Whitney and Wilkson Rank test show that employers generally assess competences with a higher average grade in comparison to students and these differences are statistically significant. By applying the Spearman correlation analysis, we established that a statistically significant weak correlation may be observed between the “average grade” and “competences” variables. Discussion and conclusion: Our findings show that a continuous monitoring of general and subject-specific competences gained by students, along with a periodic verification of competences demanded by employers, is necessary. It is very important to monitor the requirements of the labour market in terms of ongoing communication with employers who can best estimate special knowledge needs.

Evaluating Self-Efficacy Expected of Polytechnic Engineering Students as a Measure of Employability

In the face of increasing unemployment partly due to decreasing employability skills of Nigeria polytechnic students, many graduates of Nigeria polytechnic have a dwindle self-efficacy. 420 HND 2 polytechnic engineering students in north central states of Nigeria were surveyed. Data were collected using questionnaire consisting of 4 Likert-type statements. Student’s self-efficacy was measured by asking students to rate themselves from 1 (“No confidence”) to 4 (“Complete confidence”).The self-efficacy of engineering students in Nigeria polytechnic were examined using mean and standard deviation. The mean score for Self-appraisal, Occupational Information, Goal selection, Planning and Problem solving are as follow (3.32), (2.97), (3.28), (3.082) and (3.012) respectively with self-appraisal scoring higher than the others. These findings enhance our understanding of the importance of self-efficacy in the development of employability skills of polytechnic engineering students in Nigeria, more importantly self-appraisal had the highest mean score. The practical implication is that the teaching style will have to shift from being teacher-centred leaning to student-centred learning in order to address and accommodate the need of student’s self-efficacy. Key words: Self-efficacy; Employability; Employability skills; Nigerian polytechnics; Engineering students

Step by step to soft-skills training

Purpose – Emphasizes the need to give soft-skills training equal importance with other core subjects in Indian educational institutions to enhance students’ employability. Design/methodology/approach – Illustrates with a blueprint to ensure industry – institute interaction and co-ordination from all stakeholders including educators, industry, training and placement officers and soft-skills trainers. Findings – Highlights the need to treat soft skills like any other core subject to make students understand their importance. Practical implications – Shows that soft skills will enable students to grow not only as an enlightened and empowered individuals but also as an employable and self-employable individuals. Social implications – Seeks strong support from all stakeholders, including educators, students, parents, industry, non-governmental organizations and government, to enhance employability skills in students. Originality/value – Turns the spotlight on the importance of soft skills to students and the Indian economy as a whole.

Developing business students’ employability skills through working in partnership with a local business to deliver an undergraduate mentoring programme

Purpose– Working collaboratively with local business is vitally important in the delivery of higher education (HE) in further education (FE). The purpose of this paper is to explore an effective way of engaging local employers to enhance the employability skills of students through a closely monitored and supported mentoring relationship. The project was developed in order to address the employability needs of final year business students at a HE facility offered by a college situated in the North West of England.Design/methodology/approach– Qualitative data were collected through the use of reflective journals and a series of focus groups with mentors and mentees.Findings– Overall both mentors and mentees reported positive responses to the mentoring scheme. From the mentees point of view self-confidence, employability skills and networks were enhanced. Mentors reported satisfaction in contributing to the local community. Challenges were found in matching mentors with appropriate mentees. A perceived poor match negatively affected the relationship. Mentors reported that mentees lacked career direction and seemed to have limited understanding of what was expected in the mentoring process.Research limitations/implications– The scope of this study is one mentoring scheme in one institution and therefore has limited generalisability. However, there are implications for the development of further mentoring schemes in other institutions in the UK and beyond.Originality/value– This mentoring scheme was carried out in FE that offers HE courses in a northern town with above average levels of unemployment and with a diverse ethnic population. The scheme involves senior managers volunteering to support business undergraduates.

Building professionalism and employability skills: embedding employer engagement within first-year computing modules

This paper outlines a means of improving the employability skills of first-year university students through a closely integrated model of employer engagement within computer science modules. The outlined approach illustrates how employability skills, including communication, teamwork and time management skills, can be contextualised in a manner that directly relates to student learning but can still be linked forward into employment. The paper tests the premise that developing employability skills early within the curriculum will result in improved student engagement and learning within later modules. The paper concludes that embedding employer participation within first-year models can help relate a distant notion of employability into something of more immediate relevance in terms of how students can best approach learning. Further, by enhancing employability skills early within the curriculum, it becomes possible to improve academic attainment within later modules.

Virtual Placements to Develop Employability Skills for Civil and Environmental Engineering Students

This project work addresses the crucial need to encourage undergraduate civil and environmental engineering students to gain employment skills and training right from the start of their studies so that their overall employability increases; their confidence level in networking with industry and within the workplace increases; and so that they are successfully able to obtain employment after finishing their studies. This initiative is a stepping-stone employability exercise which focuses specifically on first year students to help them engage with industry right from the start of their course. It is proposed that they would gain some realistic work experience both individually and as part of group within a virtual work environment using an action learning approach. The virtual environment used was based on SecondLife, a popular virtual reality programme. A pilot scheme was set up and run at Brunel University during the summer of 2014 using eight self-selecting first year students. The scheme’s outputs were extensively monitored and evaluated to assess its impact on the development of employability skills. This approach may prove a cost effective way of letting students gain an insight into the workplace whilst improving these skills. It may also prove a way for employers to select from a large range of students the best to actually undertake their real work-based internships.