THE ASSESSING FACTORS ON EMPLOYABILITY SKILLS AT GIATMARA GRADUATES IN MALAYSIA: A CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK

Abstract

Employability skills are needed to face the era of technology. However, the employers find a lack of skills and knowledge among job seeker. An employability skill is very important for the graduates as a preparation to enter the labor market. The purpose of the paper was to access how effect of skills and knowledge on employability skills among Technical and Vocational Education and Training graduates in Malaysia. Graduates from GIATMARA were selected as respondents in order to complete the study. The simple random was used to select the sample size. In order to analyze the data of this study, the quantitative data analysis was done using descriptive statistics such as frequency, mean and standard deviation. The data was collected by questionnaires which adapted from a few studies with modification in order to make it appropriate with the objective of the study. The unit of analysis for this research study was individual. As the main references, the literature reviews in this research were derived from science direct and Scopus database. The implications of literature review were provided the information and recommend a set of frameworks for GIATMARA to improve the employability skills of GIATMARA graduates. The discussions of findings were presented according to the research questions. The framework indicates the importance of skills and knowledge toward GIATMARA curriculum for the production of employable and marketable GIATMARA graduates in Malaysia