Proceedings of 6th FIRST T3 2022 International Conference (FIRST-SS 2022)

The Employer Satisfaction Study on Graduates from TVET Institution

Authors
Nur Riana Binti Abdul Rahim1, *, Juhaidie Zamani Bin Jamaludin2, Habsah Binti Haji Mohamad Sabli1
1Department of Commerce, Polytechnic Mukah, Mukah, Malaysia
2Department of Civil Engineering, Polytechnic Mukah, Mukah, Malaysia
*Corresponding author. Email: riana@pmu.edu.my
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Nur Riana Binti Abdul Rahim
Available Online 31 July 2023.
DOI
10.2991/978-2-38476-026-8_12How to use a DOI?
Keywords
skill; knowledge; graduates; polytechnic; students
Abstract

The quality of education has been questions in the country due to many polytechnic graduates are still unemployed and work outside the field studied while in polytechnics. Some blame the graduates themselves and others blame the polytechnics for not providing a curriculum that is in line with the requirements of the employer. Therefore, this study was conducted to look at the problem whether among graduates or otherwise. This study aims to identify the level of skills and knowledge among employers toward Malaysian polytechnic graduates. A total of 151 students who graduated in 2014/2015 participated in this study, which also used descriptive statistics. Overall, the results for skills and knowledge in high level. The results of this study are expected to support the Ministry of Education Malaysia in general, the Department of Polytechnic Education and Community Colleges, Ungku Omar Polytechnic especially in the planning of the program. It can also be used as a benchmark for the formulation of the curriculum in polytechnics especially the elements of employability skills. The industry can also use the results of this study for knowledge of employability skills requirements among employees employed to increase work productivity and thus increase the productivity of the company.

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Volume Title
Proceedings of 6th FIRST T3 2022 International Conference (FIRST-SS 2022)
Series
Advances in Social Science, Education and Humanities Research
Publication Date
31 July 2023
ISBN
10.2991/978-2-38476-026-8_12
ISSN
2352-5398
DOI
10.2991/978-2-38476-026-8_12How to use a DOI?
Copyright
© 2023 The Author(s)
Open Access
Open Access This chapter is licensed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/), which permits any noncommercial use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license and indicate if changes were made.

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