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Perceived employability skills of graduating students: implications for SMES

Companies and employers are complaining that they do not have enough supply of manpower despite the high rate of graduates produced by the higher learning institutions. It results in graduates being unemployed or getting jobs that do not commensurate with their qualification. Whilst the phenomenon o...

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Main Authors: Juhdi, Nurita, Abu Samah, Ainon Jauhariah, Yunus, Shaharuddin
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Published: 2006
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HF5549 Personnel management
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spelling my.iium.irep.244092013-07-17T01:03:02Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/24409/ Perceived employability skills of graduating students: implications for SMES Juhdi, Nurita Abu Samah, Ainon Jauhariah Yunus, Shaharuddin HF5549 Personnel management Companies and employers are complaining that they do not have enough supply of manpower despite the high rate of graduates produced by the higher learning institutions. It results in graduates being unemployed or getting jobs that do not commensurate with their qualification. Whilst the phenomenon of unemployed graduates has been attributed to a number of factors, one being the selective attitude of the graduates themselves, past studies have indicated that unemployment problem lies in the mismatch between the skills required by employers and those possessed by the potential employees. In general, the industry needs both the technical skills which most graduates have, and the soft skills, which unfortunately they lack. To ensure the employability of their graduates, higher education institutions, therefore, need to equip their students with the right skill set. This study aims to measure the employability skills among the final year undergraduate students in UNITAR. Eight variables that make up the employability skills namely communication skills, English language proficiency, ICT skill, team working skill, leadership skill, interpersonal skill, problem solving and adaptability skills. Data were collected through a set of questionnaire and a descriptive analysis of the data was done to find out the level of employability skills among the respondents. Students’ demographic data such as age, gender and area of specializations were used to compare their employability skills. Discussion and recommendations are then made based on the result of the analysis. 2006-10-17 Conference or Workshop Item REM application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/24409/2/nurita_et_al_full_paper.pdf application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/24409/5/programme.pdf Juhdi, Nurita and Abu Samah, Ainon Jauhariah and Yunus, Shaharuddin (2006) Perceived employability skills of graduating students: implications for SMES. In: SME-Entrepreneurship Global Conference 2006, 17-18 October 2006, Sunway Resorts Hotel Subang Jaya.
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topic HF5549 Personnel management
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Juhdi, Nurita
Abu Samah, Ainon Jauhariah
Yunus, Shaharuddin
Perceived employability skills of graduating students: implications for SMES
description Companies and employers are complaining that they do not have enough supply of manpower despite the high rate of graduates produced by the higher learning institutions. It results in graduates being unemployed or getting jobs that do not commensurate with their qualification. Whilst the phenomenon of unemployed graduates has been attributed to a number of factors, one being the selective attitude of the graduates themselves, past studies have indicated that unemployment problem lies in the mismatch between the skills required by employers and those possessed by the potential employees. In general, the industry needs both the technical skills which most graduates have, and the soft skills, which unfortunately they lack. To ensure the employability of their graduates, higher education institutions, therefore, need to equip their students with the right skill set. This study aims to measure the employability skills among the final year undergraduate students in UNITAR. Eight variables that make up the employability skills namely communication skills, English language proficiency, ICT skill, team working skill, leadership skill, interpersonal skill, problem solving and adaptability skills. Data were collected through a set of questionnaire and a descriptive analysis of the data was done to find out the level of employability skills among the respondents. Students’ demographic data such as age, gender and area of specializations were used to compare their employability skills. Discussion and recommendations are then made based on the result of the analysis.
format Conference or Workshop Item
author Juhdi, Nurita
Abu Samah, Ainon Jauhariah
Yunus, Shaharuddin
author_facet Juhdi, Nurita
Abu Samah, Ainon Jauhariah
Yunus, Shaharuddin
author_sort Juhdi, Nurita
title Perceived employability skills of graduating students: implications for SMES
title_short Perceived employability skills of graduating students: implications for SMES
title_full Perceived employability skills of graduating students: implications for SMES
title_fullStr Perceived employability skills of graduating students: implications for SMES
title_full_unstemmed Perceived employability skills of graduating students: implications for SMES
title_sort perceived employability skills of graduating students: implications for smes
publishDate 2006
url http://irep.iium.edu.my/24409/2/nurita_et_al_full_paper.pdf
http://irep.iium.edu.my/24409/5/programme.pdf
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