THE ROLE AND THE IMPACT OF PUBLIC SPEAKING MASTERY OF VOCATIONAL STUDENT GRADUATES IN THE WORLD OF WORK

Abstract

Public Speaking as one of hard skills is one of the important abilities that must be possessed in the world of work. Therefore, vocational schools, in this case Vocational High Schools and Polytechnics, as educational institutions for preparing the workforce are expected to equip their graduates with adequate Public Speaking skills as required by industry. This article aims to examine the role and impact of mastering Public Speaking and its relevance in the world of work using literature studies and sampling methods carried out by 70 workers from various work fields in the areas of education, retail, banking, finance, services, creative industries, employees. government, technicians, military, health, entrepreneurship and so on from various cities in Indonesia. Most of the respondents' positions are as Human Resource Department (HRD), directors, managers and leaders in the company or agency where they currently work. Data collection was carried out using a questionnaire and analyzed using the path analysis method. The research results show that (1) Public Speaking skills are needed in all types of work. (2) Most of the public speaking skills of vocational school graduates are still below standard. (3) There is a correlation between socio-economic background and a person's public speaking ability. However, it should be noted that this correlation is not deterministic. Everyone from whatever background can still develop their Public Speaking skills by practicing a lot by taking advantage of the many things around them.