EXPLORING ENGINEERING EMPLOYABILITY COMPETENCY

Authors

  • Hazmilah Hasan

Abstract

The objectives of this study are to assess whether the suggested lack of interpersonal and enterprise skills competencies cause unemployment amongst engineering graduates in Malaysia, critically appraise if engineering undergraduates have received a quality work placement (appropriate to their learning, knowledge and employability skills and to enhance interpersonal and enterprise skills competencies awareness amongst engineering undergraduates in Malaysia. This sudy employed mix-method survey and open-ended questionnaire. The survey result was analysed using the SPSS software package. The open ended data was interpreted. The qualitative result revealed that the students industrial training was valuable session to help them to be employed and they had received the appropriate task during the training.

 

Keywords: exploring, engineering, employability, competency

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Published

2008-01-01

How to Cite

Hasan, H. (2008). EXPLORING ENGINEERING EMPLOYABILITY COMPETENCY. Journal of Human Capital Development (JHCD), 1(1), 11–20. Retrieved from https://jhcd.utem.edu.my/jhcd/article/view/2507

Issue

Vol. 1 No. 1 (2008)

Section

Skills and Competency Development

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