Study of the Contribution of Entrepreneurial Insights and Industrial Work Practices to Work Readiness by Student Graduates in Vocational High Schools

Abstract

Vocational high schools are expected to prepare students to be productive people, able to work independently in accordance with their expertise competencies. The mission of the vocational high school is to prepare prospective skilled workers and mid-level professionals in their fields. But the reality is that not all vocational high school graduates are absorbed by the workforce well. There are vocational school graduates who work not in accordance with expertise in their fields, even some vocational high school graduates are unemployed after graduating from school. Based on the background as described above, the problem can be formulated as follows: how far is the influence of entrepreneurial insight and industrial work practices on student work readiness in vocational high school? the purpose of this study was to determine the extent of the influence of entrepreneurial insight and industrial work practices on job readiness of vocational high school graduates. Based on the literature review, the following conclusions were obtained: entrepreneurial insight and industrial work practices have a positive and significant influence on vocational readiness of vocational students. Therefore, schools need to improve entrepreneurial insight and the quality of industrial work practices to produce students with good quality vocational high school job readiness. Keywords—entrepreneurial insights, industrial work practices, work readiness.