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Elements of employability skills among students from community colleges Malaysia

The significance of this study was to identify the elements of employability skills which integrated by instructors of community college within teaching process and its importance to employers in Malaysia. Five research questions were established for this study. 270 respondents were selected among i...

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Main Authors: Ahmad Rizal, Madar, Yahya, Buntat
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Published: 2011
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L Education (General)
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spelling my.utm.195432017-10-12T06:21:38Z http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/19543/ Elements of employability skills among students from community colleges Malaysia Ahmad Rizal, Madar Yahya, Buntat L Education (General) The significance of this study was to identify the elements of employability skills which integrated by instructors of community college within teaching process and its importance to employers in Malaysia. Five research questions were established for this study. 270 respondents were selected among instructors at community colleges in southern region through purposive sampling. Questionnaires were used to gain data which applicable for research with observation design. The questionnaire were segregated into two sets with different format of arrangements. The feedback were then analyzed through descriptive statistic (min, rank) and inference statistic. t-test then applied to identify the significant difference of perception on employability skills between community colleges? instructors and employers from industry. It turn out both party have the same agreement on the importance of three elements in employability skills. However, there were some difference existed in perception toward communication skill, work group skill and ICT skill. This project finally revealed four worker characteristics desired by employer which are: show interest in working; punctuality; able to work efficiently and; determination. 2011-12 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/19543/1/JTVEE-4-2011-001.pdf Ahmad Rizal, Madar and Yahya, Buntat (2011) Elements of employability skills among students from community colleges Malaysia. Journal of Technical, Vocational & Engineering Education, 4 . pp. 1-11. ISSN 2231-7376 http://proedujournal.com
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Ahmad Rizal, Madar
Yahya, Buntat
Elements of employability skills among students from community colleges Malaysia
description The significance of this study was to identify the elements of employability skills which integrated by instructors of community college within teaching process and its importance to employers in Malaysia. Five research questions were established for this study. 270 respondents were selected among instructors at community colleges in southern region through purposive sampling. Questionnaires were used to gain data which applicable for research with observation design. The questionnaire were segregated into two sets with different format of arrangements. The feedback were then analyzed through descriptive statistic (min, rank) and inference statistic. t-test then applied to identify the significant difference of perception on employability skills between community colleges? instructors and employers from industry. It turn out both party have the same agreement on the importance of three elements in employability skills. However, there were some difference existed in perception toward communication skill, work group skill and ICT skill. This project finally revealed four worker characteristics desired by employer which are: show interest in working; punctuality; able to work efficiently and; determination.
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author Ahmad Rizal, Madar
Yahya, Buntat
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title Elements of employability skills among students from community colleges Malaysia
title_short Elements of employability skills among students from community colleges Malaysia
title_full Elements of employability skills among students from community colleges Malaysia
title_fullStr Elements of employability skills among students from community colleges Malaysia
title_full_unstemmed Elements of employability skills among students from community colleges Malaysia
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url http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/19543/1/JTVEE-4-2011-001.pdf
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