Job Marketable for Student with Disability: What We Should Know for Career Transition Programme

Abstract

People with disabilities face the greatest challenge of getting a job. This is because of thelow marketability skills of this group. Career transition programme (CTP) has been introduced to students with disabilities (SWDs) to prepare and train them for job market.Skills training in the field of employment is provided to SWDs in the implementation of CTP. However, it is still difficult for this group to get a job despite having good skills.A survey study was conducted to identify the marketability skills required in planning and implementing CTP in schools. Four teachers in a secondary school in Selangor who have implemented CTP were selected as study participants. The data from interview were recorded and analysed thematically. Through the findings of this study, itshows the four main marketability skills required by SWDs namelybasic academic skills, emotional management skills, communication skills and self-management skills in ensuring a successful CTP. The findings also demonstrate that it is important to ensure that SWDs are ready to enter the job market. It is also valuable to reflect the good results from CTP.

Implementation of Career Transition Program for Students with Learning Disabilities in Sabah

“…For example, students with strong and clear communication skills can indirectly develop a good working relationship with other students or future co-workers (Lindsay et al, 2019). Besides that, students who can manage themselves can avoid from feeling discomfort in a new working environment and thrive to achieve excellence in work (Zainal et al, 2020).…”

“…Although SSEN is exposed and trained with various skills throughout CTP, it was found that SSEN working ability is low (Ratnam et al, 2018;Zainal et al, 2020) while having attitude and communication problem, hard to understanding instruction and difficult in adapting to working environment . Besides that, employers have less knowledge regarding SSEN (Azlan & Alias, 2016), unconfident of their working abilities and reluctant to accept them as a trainee (Abdullah et al, 2015).…”