Effects of career guidance, internship experience, emotional intelligence, and soft skills on students’ work readiness

Reno Fitlova Chaspi; Usmeldi Usmeldi; Dedy Irfan; M. Giatman

doi:10.32698/02632

Effects of career guidance, internship experience, emotional intelligence, and soft skills on students’ work readiness

Reno Fitlova Chaspi⁽¹⁾, Usmeldi Usmeldi⁽²⁾, Dedy Irfan⁽³⁾, M. Giatman⁽⁴⁾,
(1) Universitas Negeri Padang

Indonesia
(2) Universitas Negeri Padang

Indonesia
(3) Universitas Negeri Padang

Indonesia
(4) Universitas Negeri Padang

Indonesia

Corresponding Author

DOI : https://doi.org/10.32698/02632

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Abstract

This study aimed to examine the effects of career guidance, internship experience, emotional intelligence, and soft skills on the work readiness of students at SMKN 7 Sijunjung. This study employed a quantitative correlational design involving 73 twelfth-grade students selected using purposive sampling. Data were collected through Likert-scale questionnaires and analyzed using descriptive statistics, assumption tests, simple and multiple regression analyses, t-tests, F-tests, and coefficients of determination. The results revealed that career guidance, internship experience, emotional intelligence, and soft skills each had positive and significant effects on work readiness, contributing 21.6%, 35.3%, 20.2%, and 24.7%, respectively. Simultaneously, these variables explained 46.2% of the variance in work readiness. These findings indicate that strengthening educational support and personal competencies is essential for enhancing vocational students' readiness for employment.

Keywords

Career Guidance; Internship Experience; Emotional Intelligence,; Work Readiness

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