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First-Class Human Capital and Graduates' Marketability in Johor
Nur Amira binti Mohd Yatim
Supervisor: Dr. Noorhaslinda binti Kulub Abd. Rashid
Bachelor of Economics (Natural Resources)
School of Social and Economic Development
Quality human capital is often associated with the availability of graduates in the
workforce. Recently, graduates seems less marketability to gain a place in the work
environment as they do not equip themselves with various factors such as experience,
training, skills and so on. Accordingly, the objective of this study is to identify factors
that influence first-class human capital. A set of questionnaires containing 67 items
were distributed over 100 post-graduate respondents in Johor. The results of the pilot
study for each instrument show that the value of Cronbach's Alpha exceeds 0.7
indicates that each question item can be used. This study uses descriptive analysis
and inferential analysis. The findings show that there are three significant factors in
influencing first-class human capital is family, education and gross income. The
government is committed to improving the quality of human capital towards the
graduates' marketability through various initiatives and support institutes such as
SL1M towards providing added value to graduates.
Keywords: first-class human capital, graduates' marketability, descriptive
analysis, inference analysis
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