Employability Skills Assessment Tool Development
employability skills are crucial in outcome-based education, the main goal of this research is to develop an Employability Skill Assessment Tool to help students and lecturers produce competent graduates in employability skills needed by the industry. The employability skill Assessment Tool were d...
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Canadian Center of Science and Education
2012
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| Online Access: | http://eprints.utem.edu.my/id/eprint/7050/1/17852-62751-1-PB%5B1%5D_Satar.pdf http://eprints.utem.edu.my/id/eprint/7050/ |
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| Summary: | employability skills are crucial in outcome-based education, the main goal of this research is to develop an
Employability Skill Assessment Tool to help students and lecturers produce competent graduates in
employability skills needed by the industry. The employability skill Assessment Tool were developed using the
Kepner-Tregoe (K-T) method. Samples were 107 employers from five types of Malaysian manufacturing
industries. The findings showed that employers agreed on the importance for all seven of the employability skills;
interpersonal skills, thinking skills, personal qualities/values, resource skills, system & technology skills, basic
skills and informational skills. These skills were ranked and chosen as items for the Employability skills
assessment tool. The tool developed was tested and validated by manufacturing employers and lecturers in
institutions. The agreement coefficient was found to be between substantial agreement and almost perfect
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