Preparedness for the World of Work Among Malaysian Diploma Students in a Local Institution
Keywords:
world of work, local institution, diploma students, job interview
Abstract
The purpose of this study is to investigate the use of appraisal system-attitude and cooperative solidarity principle and also the perception of interviewees and interviewer of the job interview interactions. The data was collected in one of the local education institutions in Kuala Lumpur Malaysia. There were 20 students participated in the study. Job interviews were recorded and analysed qualitatively by using appraisal system-attitude and cooperative solidarity principle theories. Semi-structured interviews as well as in-depth interview were done on the interviewees and interviewer to triangulate the study. The findings show that most of interviewees were covered the categories affect, judgment and appreciation but due to lacked English language proficiency, certain occurrences were not reflected to these categories. In relation to cooperative solidarity principle both interviewer and interviewees attribute to the interaction. The findings further reveal that most of the interviewees had difficulty in comprehending the standard interview questions and feeling nervous and anxious to answer the questions. Based on the in-depth interview with the interviewer, it was found that most of the interviewees were not able to expose to the standard interview questions and not able to understand the questions. It is hoped that the present study would be helpful for undergraduates, fresh graduates or in general job seekers as well as interviewer to carry out a smooth interaction in job interviews by having a better understanding on the standard interview questions.
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Grice, H. P. (1975). Logic and conversation. 1975,41-58.
Halliday, M. A. K. (1979). Modes of meaning and modes of expression: types of grammatical structure, and their determination by different semantic functions. Function and context in linguistic analysis: A Festschrift for William Haas, 57-79.
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Sarah Rahim. (2017, January 13). Gap year option: varsity students to get a year off from study. New Straits Times. Retrieved January 14, 2017, from http://www.nst.com.my/news/2017/01/203878/gap-year-option-varsity-students-get-year-study
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Schuh, A. J. (1973). Effects of interview rating form content and rater experience on the evaluation of a job applicant1. Personnel psychology, 26(2), 251-260.
Sheith Khidhir Abu Bakar. (2018, January 18). Looking for jobs? Learn how to speak first. Free Malaysia Today Online. Retrieved January 18, 2018, from http://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/nation/2018/01/18/looking-for-jobs-learn-to-speak-english-first-says-mef/
Sinclair, J. (1981). Planes of discourse. The two-fold voice: Essays in honour of Ramesh Mohan, 70-89.
Smet, H. D., & Verstraete, J.-C. (2006). Coming to terms with subjectivity. Cognitive Linguistics, 17(3), 365-392.
Stewart, C. J. (2010). Interviewing: principles & practices: Tata McGraw-Hill Education.
Tomilson, M. (2017). Forms of graduate capital and their relationship to graduate employability, Education + Training, 59(4), 338-352.
Truman, H. S. (2011). Management study of communication skills. Journal of Human Resource, 1(3), 11-32.
Wodak, R. (2013). Critical discourse analysis. London, UK; Sage.
Zulita Mustafa. (2018, July 11). Proficient way to be better English. New Straits Times. Retrieved July 12, 2018, from https://www.nst.com.my/education/2018/07/389562/proficient-way-better-e
Published
2020-04-26
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Isai, K., Govindasamy, M., Ramalingam, R., Ching, H. and Kausalya, M. (2020) “Preparedness for the World of Work Among Malaysian Diploma Students in a Local Institution”, Malaysian Journal of Social Sciences and Humanities (MJSSH), 5(4), pp. 56 - 70. doi: 10.47405/mjssh.v5i4.388.
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