Mohd Rustam Mohd Rameli

IDENTIFICATION OF EMPLOYABILITY SKILLS AMONG TECHNICAL AND VOCATIONAL EDUCATION MASTER STUDENT IN UNIVERSITY TUN HUSSEIN ONN MALAYSIA (UTHM): A CASE STUDY

The factor that is most commonly discussed related to employability rate among masters’ graduates is the lack of employability skills, set by the employers apart of the academic qualifications. This study is conducted to identify the level of employability skills among final year student of Master in Technical and Vocational Education, Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia (UTHM) and to identify the employability skills set by the employers. Quantitative research design using survey opted where the samples focus on 108 masters’ students and 42 employers selected randomly among educational institutions. The questionnaires were distributed to the respondents using simple random sampling and the data was analysed using descriptive statistical and statistical inference. The results recorded average level of employability skills among the students, with the mean score of 3.025. It can be concluded that the lecturers play an important role to enhance the students’ employability skills. However, the students must be responsible for enhancing their employability skills so that their employability rate could be enhanced to grab the working opportunity upon graduation.