Kebolehpekerjaan Graduan Institut Latihan Perindustrian Kuala Langat, Selangor (Employability of Graduates from Industrial Training Institute Kuala Langat, Selangor)

Abstract

Unemployment in Malaysia is a critical issue that gives negative impacts toward national development. This study is to determine the employability of graduates from Industrial Training Institute (ITI) Kuala Langat, Selangor. This study identified employability of graduates from ITI Kuala Langat, analysed job sectors for graduates and observed the average salary of graduates of ITI Kuala Langat (ITIKLS) in the current job market. 755 graduates from ITIKLS were selected at random as respondents in this study, which were conducted using internet-based questionnaires and telephone interviews. The results indicated that 24.78% of the respondents have continued their studies at a higher level, whereas 60.9% of the respondents are employed, with 69.13% of them have permanent jobs after graduated from ITIKLS. About 80.48% of the students that are already employed are working in their field of training and 73.24% of the graduates have receivedstarting salaries of over 1000 MYR in accordance with the government’s proposition to increase the high-income population. Based on this study, only 6.09% of the graduates are still finding jobs that are suitable to their skills. This study concludes that the majority of the graduates from ITIKLS have found their first jobs with required skills and appropriate salaries.

Keywords

• graduate marketability
• graduate unemployment
• employability
• vocational education
• skilled graduates