Employability Skills Assessment (Decision Making) of Vocational High School Students

The wave of world industrial and economic progress that is rolling fast have a great impact on the economic and business competition of economies in the world. Indonesia was ranked number 37 in the global competitiveness index during the period 2015-2016 with a score of 4.52 which subsequently decreased during period 2016-2017 to 4. 25 and was ranked 41 out of 138 countries. In 2017-2018, Indonesia is anticipating to be ranked the 36th out of 137 countries in the world with a score of 4.68. Graduates with relevant skills will be able to meet the demands of the world of work. Employability skills are transferable core skills and traits which are indispensable on job. Decision making is an essential employability skill. This study was aimed to examine decision making by bakery students who were trained through teaching factory at Cibadak 1 public Vocational High School and Pacet 1 public Vocational High School. The mixed method of the concurrent triangulation mix design was used. Extracted results showed that decision making improved trainee performances at both Vocational High Schools, with the highest achiever and lowest achiever being found at Cibadak 1 public Vocational High School aand Pacet 1 public Vocational High School respectively. Keywords—decision making; employability skills; teaching factory