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International Journal of Academic Research in Business and Social Sciences

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ISSN: 2222-6990

The Effect of Compromising Factors on Career Choice Tendency: A Case of Malaysia Community College Graduates

Ahmad Rosli Mohd Nor, Norazlan Anual, Nurul Hidayah Ahmad Alemi, Siti Aishah Ab Jalil

http://dx.doi.org/10.6007/IJARBSS/v13-i9/12889

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Compromise process in choosing careers that is not in line with the field of study is widely happening not only in Malaysia, but throughout the globe. This is because the reality of career selection is a very complicated challenge to be addressed especially by those who have just graduated. This study was conducted to gaze at predictive factors that influence community college graduates in compromising aspects during the job search processes. A total of 223 community college graduates involved in this study as respondents and data was analyzed using SPSS 23.0. Multiple Regression analysis was conducted to answer the research questions and normality test was also conducted to prove that the data obtained was normally distributed. Normality test analysis using skewness & kurtosis showed that both were valued between 1.96 and +1.96. Hence, this data has a normal distribution as the value of skewness = -0.894 and the value of kurtosis = 1.794. Further Multiple Regression analysis has shown that there is a significant involvement of predictive factors in compromising factors among community college graduates. Four (4) factors namely: Lack of Prospects (? = 0.134, p = 0.03), Personality Imbalance (? = 0.182; p = 0.03), Low Return (? = 0.297; p = 0.00) and Interest Changing (? = 0.264; p = 0.00) are significant predictors that play the roles in influencing career compromising. Another factor that is Obstacle (B = 0.02; p = 0.95) is proven not to be a significant predictor in influencing the tendency to compromise among community college graduates. The results of this study could be used by community colleges’ management and lecturers to strategically plan and review their curriculum and the result could also serve as a guide to their graduates for future career decisions. It is also recommended that the top management of community colleges add subjects of relevant soft skills to equip the students with multiple skills to face the reality of the working world.