The Urgency of Employability Skills for Vocational Graduates in the Job Market

Sapitri Januariyansah; Riansyah Putra; Erni Erni; Henry Iskandar; Safri Gunawan

Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Innovation in Education, Science and Culture, ICIESC 2022, 11 October 2022, Medan, Indonesia

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The Urgency of Employability Skills for Vocational Graduates in the Job Market

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    author={Sapitri  Januariyansah and Riansyah  Putra and Erni  Erni and Henry  Iskandar and Safri  Gunawan},
    title={The Urgency of Employability Skills for Vocational Graduates in the Job Market},
    proceedings={Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Innovation in Education, Science and Culture, ICIESC 2022, 11 October 2022, Medan, Indonesia},
    publisher={EAI},
    proceedings_a={ICIESC},
    year={2022},
    month={12},
    keywords={competence; labour; essential skills},
    doi={10.4108/eai.11-10-2022.2325390}
}

Sapitri Januariyansah
Riansyah Putra
Erni Erni
Henry Iskandar
Safri Gunawan
Year: 2022
The Urgency of Employability Skills for Vocational Graduates in the Job Market
ICIESC
EAI
DOI: 10.4108/eai.11-10-2022.2325390

Sapitri Januariyansah¹^,*, Riansyah Putra², Erni Erni³, Henry Iskandar⁴, Safri Gunawan⁴

1: Mechanical Engineering Education, Faculty of Engineering, Universitas Negeri Medan, Sumatera Utara 20221, Indonesia
2: Building Engineering Education, Faculty of Engineering, Universitas Negeri Medan, Sumatera Utara 20221, Indonesia
3: Fashion Education, Faculty of Engineering, Universitas Negeri Medan, Sumatera Utara 20221, Indonesia
4: Automotive Engineering Education, Faculty of Engineering, Universitas Negeri Medan, Sumatera Utara 20221, Indonesia

*Contact email: sapitrijanuariyansah@unimed.ac.id

Abstract

Vocational graduates are considered easy to get jobs for they have the characteristics of providing skills that follow the job market. However, the emergence of new types of work and the global crisis pose a threat to the workforce of vocational graduates. Therefore, many labour providers use employability skills as an alternative to deal with this change. This paper aims to determine the urgency of job skills in the face of changes in the labour market. This paper explores the essential components of the labour market based on Indonesia's main issues. Employability skills are the right choice in dealing with changes in the labour market. Job skills assure the workforce to find, retain and develop a career in a changing job market. The implications of this research will benefit labour providers who can deal with changes in the labour market. The model for forming the right work skills for vocational graduates is an exciting study for the future.

Keywords: competence; labour; essential skills

Published: 2022-12-22
Publisher: EAI

: http://dx.doi.org/10.4108/eai.11-10-2022.2325390