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Importance of Employability Skills as Perceived by Employers of Malaysian Manufacturing Industry

technical skills and should be acquired by an employee in the industrial sector today. Unfortunately not all employees today acquired employability skills that are expected by the employer. This study is carried out to identify aspects of the employability skills and its relationship with the req...

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Main Author: A. P., Puvanasvaran
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Language:English
Published: 2009
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HD28 Management. Industrial Management
Online Access:http://eprints.utem.edu.my/id/eprint/6869/1/Employability_2010.pdf
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spelling my.utem.eprints.68692022-02-09T13:50:00Z http://eprints.utem.edu.my/id/eprint/6869/ Importance of Employability Skills as Perceived by Employers of Malaysian Manufacturing Industry A. P., Puvanasvaran HD28 Management. Industrial Management technical skills and should be acquired by an employee in the industrial sector today. Unfortunately not all employees today acquired employability skills that are expected by the employer. This study is carried out to identify aspects of the employability skills and its relationship with the requirement of the employer in the manufacturing industries. Samples for the research consist of 107 employers from manufacturing industry and this study has been done to companies in the manufacturing industry and grouped into three which are type of industry, company size and ownership status. Analysis of the survey, managed to determine important aspects of the employability skills needed by employers in the manufacturing industries. The skills were ranked and results showed that all seven of the employability were considered important by Malaysian manufacturing industry with the basic skill, thinking skill, sources skill, resources skill, system and technology skill and personal qualities were most important skills whereas informational skill was considered moderately important. 2009 Article PeerReviewed text en http://eprints.utem.edu.my/id/eprint/6869/1/Employability_2010.pdf A. P., Puvanasvaran (2009) Importance of Employability Skills as Perceived by Employers of Malaysian Manufacturing Industry. Journal of Human Capital Development, 2 (2). pp. 23-35. ISSN 1985-7012
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A. P., Puvanasvaran
Importance of Employability Skills as Perceived by Employers of Malaysian Manufacturing Industry
description technical skills and should be acquired by an employee in the industrial sector today. Unfortunately not all employees today acquired employability skills that are expected by the employer. This study is carried out to identify aspects of the employability skills and its relationship with the requirement of the employer in the manufacturing industries. Samples for the research consist of 107 employers from manufacturing industry and this study has been done to companies in the manufacturing industry and grouped into three which are type of industry, company size and ownership status. Analysis of the survey, managed to determine important aspects of the employability skills needed by employers in the manufacturing industries. The skills were ranked and results showed that all seven of the employability were considered important by Malaysian manufacturing industry with the basic skill, thinking skill, sources skill, resources skill, system and technology skill and personal qualities were most important skills whereas informational skill was considered moderately important.
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title_short Importance of Employability Skills as Perceived by Employers of Malaysian Manufacturing Industry
title_full Importance of Employability Skills as Perceived by Employers of Malaysian Manufacturing Industry
title_fullStr Importance of Employability Skills as Perceived by Employers of Malaysian Manufacturing Industry
title_full_unstemmed Importance of Employability Skills as Perceived by Employers of Malaysian Manufacturing Industry
title_sort importance of employability skills as perceived by employers of malaysian manufacturing industry
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