Employability skills and career development self-efficacy as indicators for workforce success
The development of graduates’ employability skills has become one of crucial agendain today’s educational milieu. One if the strategies is my adding the soft skills components in teaching and learning delivery across curriculum. This agenda includesTechnical and Vocational and Education and...
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| author | Omar, Muhd Khaizer Wan Muhamad, Wan Munzareen Ismail, Normala Zakaria, Anis Mohd Kadir, Khairunisa |
| author_facet | Omar, Muhd Khaizer Wan Muhamad, Wan Munzareen Ismail, Normala Zakaria, Anis Mohd Kadir, Khairunisa |
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| description | The development of graduates’ employability skills has become one of crucial agendain today’s educational milieu. One if the strategies is my adding the soft skills components in teaching and learning delivery across curriculum. This agenda includesTechnical and Vocational and Education and Training (TVET) academic program which now hasbecome the forefront agenda to spearhead the local skilled workforcefor the nation. The researchemployed aquantitativedescriptiveand cross-sectionalstudy amongvocational college students from diploma programsacross field of studies to combat numerous issues related to graduates’ preparedness on entering workforce,particularly on lack of employability skills. The employability skills section of the instrument was adapted from Grant, Malloy, and Murphy (2009) and Sarigoz (2012). The CD-SEI (Career Development Self-Efficacy Inventory) was replicated from Yuen et al. (2005) as dependent variable. Findings related to employability skills were indicated at a moderate level. The self-efficacy for career development was moderately high. Students' self-efficacy for career development was not significantly influenced by the demographic variables of gender or academic success. Additionally, the results indicated that vocational collegestudents havehigher cognitive skills which significantly predictedthecareer development self-efficacy. The results of this study can be capitalized as guidelines to carry out a curriculum that is more industrially driven,contributing theexposure to industrial experiencesas self-efficacy and employability skills values before venturing job market. |
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| spelling | upm.eprints-1076642024-10-07T01:18:06Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/107664/ Employability skills and career development self-efficacy as indicators for workforce success Omar, Muhd Khaizer Wan Muhamad, Wan Munzareen Ismail, Normala Zakaria, Anis Mohd Kadir, Khairunisa The development of graduates’ employability skills has become one of crucial agendain today’s educational milieu. One if the strategies is my adding the soft skills components in teaching and learning delivery across curriculum. This agenda includesTechnical and Vocational and Education and Training (TVET) academic program which now hasbecome the forefront agenda to spearhead the local skilled workforcefor the nation. The researchemployed aquantitativedescriptiveand cross-sectionalstudy amongvocational college students from diploma programsacross field of studies to combat numerous issues related to graduates’ preparedness on entering workforce,particularly on lack of employability skills. The employability skills section of the instrument was adapted from Grant, Malloy, and Murphy (2009) and Sarigoz (2012). The CD-SEI (Career Development Self-Efficacy Inventory) was replicated from Yuen et al. (2005) as dependent variable. Findings related to employability skills were indicated at a moderate level. The self-efficacy for career development was moderately high. Students' self-efficacy for career development was not significantly influenced by the demographic variables of gender or academic success. Additionally, the results indicated that vocational collegestudents havehigher cognitive skills which significantly predictedthecareer development self-efficacy. The results of this study can be capitalized as guidelines to carry out a curriculum that is more industrially driven,contributing theexposure to industrial experiencesas self-efficacy and employability skills values before venturing job market. Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia 2023-09-29 Article PeerReviewed Omar, Muhd Khaizer and Wan Muhamad, Wan Munzareen and Ismail, Normala and Zakaria, Anis and Mohd Kadir, Khairunisa (2023) Employability skills and career development self-efficacy as indicators for workforce success. Journal of Technical Education and Training, 15 (3). pp. 118-130. ISSN 2229-8932; eISSN: 2600-7932 https://publisher.uthm.edu.my/ojs/index.php/JTET/article/view/15120/5935 10.30880/jtet.2023.15.03.011 |
| spellingShingle | Omar, Muhd Khaizer Wan Muhamad, Wan Munzareen Ismail, Normala Zakaria, Anis Mohd Kadir, Khairunisa Employability skills and career development self-efficacy as indicators for workforce success |
| title | Employability skills and career development self-efficacy as indicators for workforce success |
| title_full | Employability skills and career development self-efficacy as indicators for workforce success |
| title_fullStr | Employability skills and career development self-efficacy as indicators for workforce success |
| title_full_unstemmed | Employability skills and career development self-efficacy as indicators for workforce success |
| title_short | Employability skills and career development self-efficacy as indicators for workforce success |
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