The employability skills among students of Public Higher Education Institution in Malaysia

Entering the fourth industrial revolution, many crucial changes took place in the developing economies, especially in the context of the job market. Higher education institution plays an important role in generating labours resources outputs in order to fulfil the demand of the potentials labour in...

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Published in:Geografia : Malaysian journal of society and space 2020-02, Vol.16 (1)
Main Authors: Mohamad Zuber Abd Majid, Hussin, Muhammad, Muhammad Helmi Norman, Kasavan, Saraswathy
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
College students
Demography
Employability
Higher education
Students
Time management
Time use
Undergraduate students
Workforce
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Summary:Entering the fourth industrial revolution, many crucial changes took place in the developing economies, especially in the context of the job market. Higher education institution plays an important role in generating labours resources outputs in order to fulfil the demand of the potentials labour in the job market. Hence, strategy in the success of the workforce at the institution of education needs to improve the employability skills. The purpose of this study was to examine the graduates' employability skills among students of Public Higher Education Institution (IPTA) in Malaysia based on demography (gender, location and parental education). In addition, this study also attempts to examine the influencing factors such as endurance force, time management, research experience and activities involvement at university against employability skills. The sample of the study involved 554 undergraduate students in IPTA. The findings show that result on location demographics found significant differences at value t = 3.62 and Sig. = 0.001 (P
ISSN:2180-2491
2180-2491
DOI:10.17576/geo-2020-1601-04