Assessing Students’ Knowledge and Soft Skills Competency in the Industrial Training Programme: The Employers’ Perspective

<p>The importance of developing soft skills competency among students should be the priority of all the Higher Educational Institutions (HEIs) in order to ensure their graduates are marketable. Therefore, it is essential for HEIs to distinguish the knowledge and soft skill levels of their students so that strategies and intervention could be implemented to rectify their capabilities. The main purpose of this study is to evaluate the knowledge and soft skills competency from the employer’s viewpoints on the Universiti Utara Malaysia (UUM) students participating in the industrial training programme. A total of 438 employers from different industrial backgrounds had participated in this study. A questionnaire consisting of five dimensions of soft skills which are basic knowledge, communication skills, practical skills, leadership, and attitude was utilized to collect data. The results of this study indicate that the employers were satisfied with the knowledge and soft skills competency portrayed by UUM students in preparing themselves for the real work environment. The employers from the service sectors were satisfied with students’ performance in all dimensions of soft skills measured. However, employers from the factory and commerce sector perceived as moderate satisfaction for all dimensions of soft skills. Additionally, the employers of the factory and commerce sector assessed by giving the lowest satisfaction score for “hands-on” skills, but generally they satisfied with the students’ communication skills. The information gathered can provide important insights from the perspective of organizations which is valuable in improving the overall hard and soft skills competency for future professionals and managers.</p>

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STUDENT-CENTERED LEARNING IN RELATION TO CLASS PERFORMANCES AND SOFT SKILLS: A META-ANALYSIS AND SYSTEMATIC REVIEW

Jurnal Pendidikan Kedokteran Indonesia The Indonesian Journal of Medical Education ◽

10.22146/jpki.39098 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 7 (2) ◽

pp. 93

Author(s):

Elisabeth Rukmini ◽

Cindy Cindy ◽

Pricillia Tanoto

Keyword(s):

Systematic Review ◽

Communication Skills ◽

Negative Impact ◽

Soft Skills ◽

Meta Analysis ◽

Team Work ◽

Learning Motivation ◽

Soft Skill ◽

Student Centered ◽

Student Centered Learning

Background: Studies showed that SCL improved quality of medical education through knowledge acquisition, class performance, students’ attitude and soft skills. Although research about SCL and its impact has been widely known, overall correlation of SCL to the class performances has not yet been established. Strong correlation between SCL to class performances would serve the purpose of teaching and learning and more importantly would answer the skepticism of institution or faculty members in implementing SCL. In addition, learning through systematic review of others’ studies, how SCL influenced soft skill aspects would be benefited for medical educators. Soft skills such as learning motivation, communication skills, and teamwork may lead educators to the favor of SCL approaches. This review was to find the correlation of student-centered learning to the students’ performances and soft skill aspects in medical education.Method: To find the correlation of the SCL and class performances, we used meta-analysis. We also performed a systematic review to qualitatively find the relationship between SCL and other aspects, such as teamwork, communication skills, and learning motivation. Literatures were filtered from databases of: Proquest, Springerlink, Biomed Central (BMC) open, BMJ open, and Google Scholar. The inclusion criteria were published empirical articles (2000-2013) reported SCL’s effect on class performances or other aspects (learning motivation, teamwork, communication skills). We utilized PRISMA protocol to filter the inclusion articles. By reading abstracts and further snowballing searching, we found 12 articles for the meta-analysis and 33 articles for the systematic review. Results: Among 12 articles of the meta-analysis, 9 articles showed positive correlation between SCL and class performances. Three studies reported that SCL had no effect on the class performances. None of the articles reported any negative impact. We utilized the Comprehensive Meta-Analysis software to analyze the data and found r = 0.46 and 95% CI: 0.32 - 0.57. It showed a statistically significant correlation between SCL and class performances. On the systematic review, we found that SCL improved communication skills, team work, and learning motivation.Conclusion: From the meta-analysis we found that SCL improved class performances about 46%. It was showed that SCL methods were superior in improving soft skills such as communication skills, teamwork, and learning motivation.

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Nixing Engineerese

Mechanical Engineering ◽

10.1115/1.2009-aug-3 ◽

2009 ◽

Vol 131 (08) ◽

pp. 30-31

Author(s):

Jean Thilmany

Keyword(s):

Soft Skills ◽

Working Relationships ◽

Soft Skill ◽

Skill Levels ◽

Instant Message ◽

Management Consultants ◽

Engineering Department ◽

Engineering Team ◽

E Mail

This article focuses on requirement of soft skills for communicating across departments in an organization. Fortunately, laying the foundation for good working relationships with other departments is a learned skill as experienced by management consultants. It starts with evaluating the role of the engineering department in an enterprise and continues with learning how to best communicate with employees of all personalities and skill levels. One soft skill that is easily learned and honed over time is the ability to communicate clearly. Another tip is to treat the person making a request of you the way you would for an outside customer. If another customer request supersedes, explain that to the employee requesting your time. Always take the time to proofread an e-mail or instant message, or any other form of written communication. Always treat employees from other departments just as you would for those in your own engineering team.

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ECOTOURISM AS A SOFT SKILL PRACTICE FOR MILLENIALS

Jurnal Entrepreneur dan Entrepreneurship ◽

10.37715/jee.v8i2.1121 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 8 (2) ◽

pp. 22-29

Author(s):

I Dewa Gde Satrya ◽

Thomas Stefanus Kaihatu ◽

Lexi Pranata

Keyword(s):

Qualitative Study ◽

Human Resources ◽

Communication Skills ◽

Interpersonal Skills ◽

Soft Skills ◽

Self Control ◽

Soft Skill ◽

Human Resource Capacity ◽

Younger Generation ◽

Resource Capacity

Traveling not only creates fun for tourists. Tourism activities are believed to also improving human resources ability. It is a significant aspect related to human resource capacity that soft skills ownership which can be trained to modern travellers through ecotourism activities. This descriptive qualitative study describes soft skills trained to tourists from among younger generation in ecotourism destinations. Statement of the problem in this research is what is the relevance between ecotourism and soft skill ownership? This study identifies soft skills trained in ecotourism activities that are interpersonal skills characterized by communication skills, like others, have empathy and concern, warm, forgiving, open, adaptive and self-control abilities. The interpersonal skills that are part of this soft skill are believed to be important and will help younger generation to succeed in living their lives.

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The effect of the project-based learning model on the soft skill of vocational school students

Technium Social Sciences Journal ◽

10.47577/tssj.v27i1.5569 ◽

2022 ◽

Vol 27 ◽

pp. 180-193

Author(s):

Listyana Hartati ◽

Marsono Marsono ◽

Yoto Yoto

Keyword(s):

Communication Skills ◽

Significant Influence ◽

Soft Skills ◽

Learning Model ◽

Project Based Learning ◽

Vocational School ◽

School Students ◽

Soft Skill ◽

Ex Post ◽

Ex Post Facto

This study aims to analyze the project-based learning model on the soft skills of SMK students. The Project-Based Learning model requires students to have skills in solving a problem. The approach used in this research is quantitative using ex-post facto research, the type of correlation research. The sample used for the study was 170 students. The results of the study found a significant influence between the Project-Based Learning Model in the Network Infrastructure Administration Subject on students' communication skills, discipline, responsibility, creativity, and collaboration. Through the Project-Based Learning model, teachers are advised to often train students to complete tasks that can improve students' soft skills in other subjects.

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KOMUNIKASI VISUAL DI ERA DIGITAL MELALUI PELATIHAN FOTOGRAFI

Jurnal Bakti Masyarakat Indonesia ◽

10.24912/jbmi.v3i2.9422 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 3 (2) ◽

Author(s):

Wulan Purnama Sari ◽

Lydia Irena

Keyword(s):

Social Media ◽

Soft Skills ◽

Human Life ◽

Educational Institutions ◽

Practical Skills ◽

Soft Skill ◽

Digital Era ◽

The Times ◽

Activity Questionnaires

The existence of educational institutions plays a very large role in educating human resources in Indonesia. Because in essence education has two main objectives, namely to help educate humans and make intelligent humans become good. Not only intellectually intelligent but also have a strong character, especially to face the times and globalization. Therefore the role of educational institutions must also pay attention to the development of students in the scope of soft skills by equipping them with practical skills. Photography is an important part of visual communication which is now an integral part of people's lives. Coupled with the trend of social media, human life is centered in it. So that this PKM activity aims to be a form of education for students regarding the function of photography in today's digital era. The method used in PKM activities is to conduct training for partners with student and female participants. PKM activities are carried out online using the Zoom application. The results of PKM activities indicate an increase in participants' understanding of photography, which can be seen through the pre and post PKM activity questionnaires. In addition, participants also have an interest in photography in the scope of social media, including photography techniques and recommendations for editing applications using smartphones. Suggestions from the team regarding this activity are to carry out further activities that focus on photography using smartphones for upload needs on social media.ABSTRAK:Keberadaan lembaga pendidikan sangat besar peranannya dalam mencerdaskan sumber daya manusia di Indonesia. Sebab pada hakikatnya pendidikan memiliki dua tujuan utama yaitu membantu mencerdaskan manusia dan menjadikan manusia cerdas tersebut menjadi baik. Tidak hanya cerdas secara intelektual tetapi juga memiliki karakter yang kuat, terutama untuk menghadapi perkembangan zaman dan globalisasi. Oleh karenanya peran lembaga pendidikan juga harus memperhatikan pengembangan peserta didik dalam ruang lingkup soft skill dengan membekali mereka keterampilan yang bersifat praktis. Fotografi menjadi bagian penting dalam komunikasi visual yang sekarang ini menjadi salah satu bagian integral dalam kehidupan masyarakat. Ditambah juga dengan adanya tren media sosial yang menjadikan kehidupan manusia berpusat di dalamnya. Sehingga kegiatan PKM ini bertujuan untuk menjadi bentuk edukasi bagi para siswa terkait fungsi fotografi di era digital saat ini. Metode yang digunakan dalam kegiatan PKM adalah dengan melakukan pelatihan kepada pihak mitra dengan peserta siswa dan siswi. Kegiatan PKM dilaksanakan secara daring dengan menggunakan aplikasi Zoom. Hasil kegiatan PKM menunjukkan adanya peningkatan pemahaman peserta mengenai fotografi, yang dapat dilihat melalui kuesioner pra dan paska kegiatan PKM. Selain itu, peserta juga memiliki ketertarikan terhadap fotografi dalam lingkup media sosial, termasuk didalamnya teknik fotografi dan juga rekomendasi aplikasi editing dengan menggunakan smartphones. Saran dari tim terkait kegiatan ini adalah dilaksanakannya kegiatan lanjutan yang berfokus pada fotografi dengan menggunakan smartphones untuk kebutuhan unggah di media sosial.

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Mastery of Soft Skills Through Co-curricular Uniform Body

Journal of Social Transformation and Regional Development ◽

10.30880/jstard.2020.02.03.019 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 2 (3) ◽

Author(s):

Fadillah Ismail ◽

Keyword(s):

Higher Education ◽

Problem Solving ◽

Communication Skills ◽

Soft Skills ◽

Longitudinal Survey ◽

Survey Study ◽

Soft Skill ◽

Before And After ◽

Moral Ethics ◽

Ministry Of Higher Education

Involvement students in the co-curricular of uniformed bodies is one of the significant alternatives in the effort to apply elements of soft skills among students in IPT. This study is a longitudinal survey study aimed at measuring the level of mastery of soft skills among 912 students who took a uniformed body co-curriculum course. There are seven attributes of insaniah skill (soft skill) for IPT students as outlined by the Ministry of Higher Education Malaysia (KPTM) including communication skills, leadership, teamwork, critical thinking and problem solving, lifelong learning, entrepreneurship and professional moral ethics skills (KPT 2006) applied . Statistical Package for Social Science Version 20 software was used to analyze the findings of this study. The results show that there is a change in the mastery of the mastery of the seven soft skills among students before and after joining the uniformed body.

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THE INFLUENCE OF GENDER AND ETHNIC FACTORS ON THE SOFT SKILLS OF STUDENTS OF THE FACULTY OF ECONOMICS AND LAW, TRA VINH UNIVERSITY

Tạp chí Nghiên cứu dân tộc ◽

10.25073/0866-773x/421 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 9 (2) ◽

Author(s):

Nguyễn Thị Thu Diềm

Keyword(s):

Communication Skills ◽

Soft Skills ◽

Self Esteem ◽

Management Skills ◽

Soft Skill ◽

Skill Gaps ◽

Significant Difference ◽

Ethnic Factors ◽

Work Management ◽

Self Learning

This study has been conducted to identify the soft skill gaps between students and graduates as well as analyze the influence of gender and ethnicity to soft skills in TraVinh university. Quantitative data were collected at School of Economics and Law with a sample of 362 students and 300 graduates to measure their soft skills. The results show that both students and graduates are still unconfident about their soft skills in general, leading to an effect on the self-esteem aspects of students. Moreover, people also acknowledge the significance of soft skills, namely critical thinking, problem-solving, self-learning, work-management skills and teamwork as well as communication skills; generally need to be prioritizing equipped with for any kinds of workplaces. Nonetheless, the aforementioned skill gap is significantly remarkable, especially regarding the communication skills. Beside that, there is a significant difference in skills level by gender (male and female) and ethnic group (Kinh, Cham and Khmer). From these analyses, a number of solutions for the work recruitment, schools, graduateshave proposed to lessen the skill gap and meet the demand of labour-markets.

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Penilaian diri kompetensi komunikasi pencari kerja dalam memasuki dunia kerja

Jurnal Komunikasi Profesional ◽

10.25139/jkp.v5i2.3414 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 5 (2) ◽

Author(s):

Sri Hapsari` Wijayanti ◽

Novia Utami ◽

Brigita Kania Novia Putri ◽

Stephanie Maria Mantiri

Keyword(s):

Communication Skills ◽

English Language ◽

Formal Education ◽

Soft Skills ◽

Job Seekers ◽

Soft Skill ◽

Low Education ◽

Work World ◽

Younger Generation ◽

Data Collection Technique

Formal education is not sufficient as a provision to find a job, it needs to be equipped with soft skills, such as the ability to communicate. This study aims to reveal the basic communication skills and soft skills of job seekers with low education and their readiness to enter the world of work. Respondents of this study are the younger generation who are looking for a job. They live in Rusunawa Marunda, Cilincing, North Jakarta. There are 37 respondents involved in this study. This study is descriptive quantitative with case studies. The data collection technique used a Likert scale questionnaire with five scales. The data analysis technique was carried out with descriptive statistics used SPSS 25. The results of this study indicate that the respondents are ready and confident enough to compete in the work world with their communication skills and other soft skills. The skill that the majority of respondents felt lacking was communication in English. This study suggested doing intervention by mentoring and training of communication and English for respondents, the younger generation of productive age with low education. Keywords: Formal Education; Communication; Hard Skill; Soft Skill; English Language AbstrakPendidikan formal belum cukup sebagai bekal untuk mencari pekerjaan, lulusan perlu dibekali dengan soft skill, seperti kemampuan berkomunikasi. Penelitian ini bertujuan mengungkap keterampilan komunikasi dasar dan soft skill pencari kerja yang berpendidikan rendah dan kesiapan mereka memasuki dunia kerja. Responden dalam penelitian ini adalah generasi muda yang sedang mencari pekerjaan. Mereka tinggal di Rusunawa Marunda, Cilincing, Jakarta Utara. Ada 37 responden yang terlibat dalam penelitian ini. Penelitian ini bersifat deskriptif kuantitatif dengan studi kasus. Teknik pengumpulan data menggunakan angket skala likert dengan lima skala. Teknik analisis data dilakukan dengan statistik deskriptif melalui bantuan SPSS 25. Hasil penelitian ini menunjukkan bahwa responden cukup siap dan percaya diri untuk bersaing di dunia kerja dengan kemampuan komunikasi dan soft skill lainnya. Keterampilan yang dirasakan sebagian besar responden kurang adalah komunikasi dalam bahasa Inggris. Penelitian ini menyarankan agar dilakukan intervensi melalui pendampingan dan pelatihan komunikasi dan bahasa Inggris bagi mereka yang berpendidikan rendah, tetapi tergolong generasi muda yang produktif. Kata Kunci: Pendidikan Formal; Komunikasi; Hard Skill; Soft Skill; bahasa Inggris

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Understanding Landscape Architecture Industry Needs: A Preliminary Review of Graduates Communication Proficiency Model (CPM)

e-Academia Journal ◽

10.24191/e-aj.v10i2.16296 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 10 (2) ◽

Author(s):

Amir Zuhairy Alias ◽

Nurhayati Abdul Malek ◽

Noriah Othman ◽

Noralizawati Mohamed

Keyword(s):

Communication Skills ◽

Landscape Architecture ◽

Interpersonal Relations ◽

Soft Skills ◽

Working Environment ◽

Employability Skills ◽

Preliminary Review ◽

Soft Skill ◽

Architectural Practice ◽

Current Trends

Communication is a fundamental part of the working environment that comprises interpersonal relations and communication between groups and individuals and other social interactions within the active community. Communication and soft skills have become an important issue due to the lack of study and development, especially in the Landscape Architectural practice. It can be seen that the lack of communication and soft skills by current graduates has affected employability leading to a large quantity of unemployment and lack of advancement within the landscape industry. Hence, to keep up with the current trends of what employers seek within these landscape architecture graduates, it is believed that a paradigm shift in the training of students must take into account the development of Communication Skills within the curriculum to help aid the development of graduate employability skills. A method of assessing communication skills is also required to rate a Landscape Architect’s level of communication competence to further enhance the graduates’ career in the industry. Keywords: Soft Skill, Communication Skill, Landscape Architecture, Employability Skills

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Analisa Profil Soft Skill Mahasiswa Dan Alumni Politeknik Manufaktur Negeri Bandung

MIMBAR Jurnal Sosial dan Pembangunan ◽

10.29313/mimbar.v32i1.1741 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 32 (1) ◽

pp. 154

Author(s):

Achmad Muhammad ◽

Emma Dwi Ariyani ◽

Supriadi Sadikin

Keyword(s):

Communication Skills ◽

Soft Skills ◽

General Description ◽

Motivation To Learn ◽

Study Analysis ◽

Soft Skill ◽

High Motivation ◽

Study Motivation

This study analysis show not only the results of soft skills measurement among POLMAN Bandung students and alumni, but also the users satisfaction to graduate soft skills achievement. This study is conducted in POLMAN Bandung and in some industries that employing POLMAN Bandung graduates. The results of analysis depict the soft skills profile of POLMAN Bandung students and alumni. The analysis reveals that the general description of soft skills of POLMAN Bandung graduates and students is moderate, a little bit higher above the average. Among the elements measured in this study, motivation and communication skills have the lowest rates. This becomes a concern, especially for POLMAN Bandung institution and its students themselves. They should realize that without high motivation to learn and communication skills, it will be more difficult to achieve the successfulness in study. Therefore, some of the soft skill trainings need to be conducted by the institution and the students themselves.

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