Conference paper Gold Open Access 2018

Career Choice and Employability Skills for Vocational College Students

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Norain Jaafar, Siti
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Zakaria, Normah
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Abd Rasheid, Norulhuda
Journal of Physics: Conference Series
Conference · Vol. 1049 · Issue 1 · Art. 012050
Abstract

This study is a quantitative research based on the survey conducted that aims to look at the relationship between employability skills and career choice for Vocational College students. The study involves 106 respondents consisting year three students from Batu Pahat Vocational College and Muar Vocational College using questionnaires as instruments. The results from the analysis show that the relationship between skills employability and career choice is high, with an ETA value of 0.742, which proves that the variables have a strong correlation. In conclusion, employability skills affect students in such a way that they tend to choose a career based on the course they take up. © Published under licence by IOP Publishing Ltd.

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Students Quantitative research Vocational colleges Employability skills Surveys Strong correlation
Author Affiliations
Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia, Batu Pahat, Johor, Malaysia
Universiti Teknologi MARA, Shah Alam, Selangor, Malaysia
Funding & Acknowledgements
Centre for Graduate Studies, Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia, CGS
This paper was partly sponsored by the Centre for Graduate Studies Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia.
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