Need Assement For Graduate Users Through Tracer Study on Lecturer Groups of Beauty Education Study Program Universitas Negeri Medan

Abstract

The results of the tracer study on curriculum implementation carried out in 2011 obtained graduate competency results not link and match with stakeholders 'needs and graduates' academic achievements (very high achievement index, but not in accordance with performance in the field). The purpose of this study was to develop the alumni of cosmetology education website. The population of this study were all alumni who were netted through the website and filled out questionnaires that had been developed previously, using the snowball method. This type of research is a Development research, which is developing the Makeup Cosmetology Alumni website, which starts from website product development, then is validated on the expert team, then individual trials and field trials are carried out. The instrument used is a questionnaire that is to capture alumni data, the presence of alumni, work, suitability of alumni works with competence, suitability of the curriculum with work, long working income, then the data is descriptive, to draw conclusions. The results of this study are the competence of graduates who still do not meet the criteria for the required competencies. Stakeholders where alumni work have not adjusted their graduates' competencies, there is still low information in the community in mastering competencies, income is not in accordance with alumni competencies. The conclusion of the above is to gather the existence of Makeup Arrangements alumni, the Cosmetology Study Alumni Program community is formed through a tracer study website, so that there is a forum for alumni and keep monitoring the presence of the Alumni.