Employability Skills of Higher Education Graduates: Analysis of the Undergraduate Program of Building Construction Education

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10.2991/978-2-38476-152-4_197How to use a DOI?

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Employability skills; Undergraduate program of building construction education; Graduate skills; Skills required by industry

Abstract

The 21st century is the century of knowledge, information technology, and the industrial revolution 4.0. In this century, changes occur very quickly and are difficult to predict. Results Based on a survey of graduates in 2020 of The Undergraduate program of building construction education, Faculty of Engineering, Universitas Negeri Surabaya, there are 43% of graduates are not yet working. The purpose of this study is to analyze the skills of graduates possessed and needed by the industrial world. This research is descriptive research with a quantitative approach. The subjects of this research are all alumni of the Bachelor of The Undergraduate program of building construction education who graduated in 2020. The results of this study are as follows. (1) The highest skills possessed by graduates are ethics, use of information technology, communication, self-development, and teamwork. (2) The highest skills needed by industry are communication skills, ability to work under pressure, analytical skills, responsibility, and ethics (3) Overall the value of skills required by industry is higher than the average score skills possessed by graduates.

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Wahyu Dwi Mulyono
AU  - Gde Agus Yudha Prawira Adistana
AU  - Agus Wiyono
PY  - 2023
DA  - 2023/12/19
TI  - Employability Skills of Higher Education Graduates: Analysis of the Undergraduate Program of Building Construction Education
BT  - Proceedings of the International Joint Conference on Arts and Humanities 2023 (IJCAH 2023)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 1963
EP  - 1969
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/978-2-38476-152-4_197
DO  - 10.2991/978-2-38476-152-4_197
ID  - Mulyono2023
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