Tahap Kemahiran Employability Pelajar Kejuruteraan dari Perspektif Majikan

Abstract

Majikan kini memerlukan pekerja yang menguasai kemahiran teknikal dan kemahiran employability. Namun kemahiran employability yang dikuasai oleh graduan institusi pendidikan tinggi masih tidak dapat memenuhi kriteria yang diingini oleh majikan terutamanya dalam bidang kejuruteraan. Kajian ini bertujuan untuk meninjau tahap kemahiran employability pelajar kejuruteraan institusi teknikal dari perspektif majikan. Kajian ini menggunakan reka bentuk kajian kuantitatif dan kaedah kajian tinjauan. Seramai 171 responden daripada majikan kejuruteraan yang menyediakan latihan industri kepada pelajar terlibat dalam kajian ini. Instrumen kajian ini diadaptasi daripada instrumen Modul Kemahiran Insaniah Kementerian Pengajian Tinggi Malaysia, Secretary’s Commission on Achieving Necessary Skill (SCANS) Amerika, Kerangka Kelayakan Malaysia (KKM), MyGSI, IKGPP dan beberapa model daripada kajian terdahulu. Pemboleh ubah yang dikaji ialah kemahiran komunikasi, kemahiran kerohanian, kerja berpasukan, kepimpinan, pembelajaran sepanjang hayat dan pengurusan maklumat, pemikiran kritikal dan penyelesaian masalah, keusahawanan, etika dan moral, menggunakan teknologi dan kemahiran sosial. Data soal selidik dianalisis menggunakan kaedah analisis deskriptif dan inferens. Hasil analisis mendapati tahap kemahiran employability pelajar kejuruteraan daripada perspektif majikan berada pada tahap sederhana tinggi. Hasil kajian juga menunjukkan tidak terdapat perbezaan yang signifikan di antara kemahiran employability pelajar yang dinilai berbanding jenis industri, jawatan dan pengalaman majikan dan lokasi syarikat.

Competencies of Engineering Graduates: What are the Employer’s Expectations?

“…Many researches in Malaysia revealed that fresh engineers in Malaysia are fine in technical skills but lack in non-technical skills (20,21 Table 3, they are quite similar. Based on research done by (17), Graduates were seen did not meet the market demand and expectation where they were seen as lacking of creativity, not innovative and creative, not competitive, dependent and poor in communication skills.…”

The Engineering Undergraduates Industrial Training Programme in Malaysia: Issues and Resolutions

“…However, not all fresh engineering graduates in Malaysia can possessed this skill outstandingly. Based on a research done Husain et al, (2013), critical thinking and problem-solving skills are at the below of the ranking compared to teamwork skill which is in the first ranking. However, as reported in NACE Job Outlook (2018), critical thinking and problemsolving skills are the most important based on employers" rating.…”

“…Critical thinking and problem-solving skills should be emphasized by higher institution because these skills are demanded by today"s industry (MOHE, 2006). Furthermore, students feel that their critical thinking and problem-solving skills are good, but the employers in the industries feel that their non-technical skills are at the intermediate level (Husain et al, 2013;Ramlee Mustapha et al, 2008). The gap between students" and employers" perception will give an impending problem for fresh engineering graduates to be hired once they are graduated (Rasul, Abd Rauf, Mansor, & Puvanasvaran, 2012).…”

Acquisition of Talent for Student to Enter the Industry Based on Employer

“…Contemporary employers want engineering and technology students who are well-equipped with talent, technical and communication skills, spirituality, teamwork, leadership qualities, lifelong learning attributes, critical thinking and problem-solving abilities, as well as ethics and morality. Such students are capable of using their skills and talents to fit into the current global employment scenario [8]. In addition, employers also have to put up with numerous graduates who lack professional expertise, namely thosewho are less knowledgeable and training-deficient.…”