THE EFFECT OF SOFT SKILL MASTERY AND CAREER GUIDANCE ON WORK READINESS OF XII CLASS STUDENTS OF SMK PGRI 1 PONOROGO THROUGH WORK MOTIVATION AS AN INTERVENING VARIABLES

Abstract

The main goal of vocational high school is to create human resources who are ready to work after graduation, but in reality there are not a few SMK graduates who do not have the readiness to work. This study aims to determine the effect of soft skill mastery and career guidance on job readiness through work motivation as an intervening variable. The data collection method used is a questionnaire. The sampling technique used proportional random sampling with the number of respondents 162 class XII students of SMK PGRI 1 Ponorogo. Data analysis was performed by simple regression analysis, path analysis, and Sobel test. The results of the study showed that there was a positive and significant effect of Soft Skill Mastery on Work Motivation, there was a positive and significant effect of Career Guidance on Work Motivation, there was a positive and significant effect Soft Skill Mastery on Work Readiness, there is a positive and significant effect of Career Guidance on Work Readiness, there is a positive and significant effect of Work Motivation on Work Readiness, there is a positive and insignificant effect of Soft Skill Mastery on Work Readiness with Work Motivation as an intervening variable, and there is a positive and insignificant effect of Career Guidance on Work Readiness with Work Motivation as an intervening variable.

Keywords: Soft Skill Mastery, Career Guidance, Work Motivation, and Work Readiness