The relationship between employability, career adaptability, and psychological capital amongst non-degreed youth at an educational institution

Abstract

The world of work is advancing and dominated by the demands of the Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR) and ever-faster technological developments. Employability, rather than just finding employment, is required today. Consequently, employees, but increasingly the youth, must adapt and adjust their skills, knowledge, and behaviour to maintain employability in our contemporary work context. An adaptability mindset and a set of psycho-social career resources are needed to enable youths to sustain employment in a fluid work climate. To remain employable, people must adopt a protean career by adapting to their circumstances and updating their skills and knowledge to stay relevant in the 4IR work environment and contribute to their employers’ success. Career adaptability is a critical skill linked to a person’s ability to identify ideas to find or create employment opportunities. Due to the pressures of the 4IR, students and workers will experience stressors and pressure to find and maintain employment. Therefore, they may need to be equipped with psycho-social career resources to assist them in managing challenges and setbacks and adjusting their careers to find employability.

Die wêreld van werk moet voldoen aan die eise van die vierde industriële revolusie (4IR) en met algaande sneller tegnologiese vooruitgang tred hou. Deesdae word indiensneembaarheid vereis eerder as bloot ʼn betrekking vind. Gevolglik moet werknemers en veral jong mense aanpasbaar wees en hulle vaardighede, kennis en gedrag aanpas om indiensneembaar te bly. ʼn Ingesteldheid van aanpasbaarheid en psigo-sosiale loopbaanhulpmiddels is onontbeerlik in ʼn vloeibare werksklimaat. Mense moet proteïese beroepe kan beoefen, hulle by omstandighede kan aanpas, en hulle kennis en vaardighede kan verbeter om relevant te bly en tot hulle werknemer se sukses by te dra. Beroepsaanpasbaarheid is ʼn kritiese vaardigheid wat verband hou met iemand se vermoë om idees aan te toon of werksgeleenthede te skep. Weens die druk van die 4IR sal studente en werknemers stressors en druk ondervind om werk te vind en te behou. Hulle moet daarom toegerus word met psigo-sosiale beroepshulpmiddels om aan uitdagings en terugslae die hoof te bied en hulle beroep aan te pas om indiensneembaar te wees.

Lefase la mošomo le tšwela pele go hlabologa ebile le laolwa ke dinyakwa tša legato la bone la phetogo ya diintasteri (4IR) gammogo le ditlhabollo tša theknolotši tšeo di hlangwago ka lebelo. Bokgoni bja go thwalega, go fapana le go no hwetša mošomo, bo a nyakega matšatšing a lehono. Ka lebaka leo, bašomi, kudu ka koketšego, go šupša baswa, ba swanetše go fetoša le go beakanya bokgoni, tsebo le maitshwaro a bona gore ba kgone go thwalega ka go seemo sa rena sa mešomo ya sebjalebjale. Mogopolo wa go kgona go fetoga le kgoboko ya methopo ya mananeo ao a ikemišeditšego go godiša mabokgoni a setšhaba a mešomo a hlokega go kgontšha baswa go kgotlelela mešomo mo maemong a diphetogo mešomong. Gore ba dule ba thwetšwe, batho ba swanetše go amogela mešomo ye e iphetogelago nako le nako ka go itlwaetša maemo a bona le go mpshafatša bokgoni le tsebo ya bona gore ba dule ba hlokega tikologong ya mešomo ya 4IR go tsenya letsogo katlegong ya mongmošomo. Bokgoni bja go amogela phetogo mošomong ke bokgoni bjo bohlokwa bjo bo amantšhwago le bokgoni bja motho bja go hlatha dikgopolo tša go hwetša goba go hlola menyetla ya mošomo. Ka lebaka la dikgatelelo tša 4IR, baithuti le bašomi ba tla itemogela matshwenyego a maikutlo le kgatelelo ya go hwetša le go swarelela mešomo. Ka lebaka leo, ba ka swanelwa ke go hlahlwa ka methopo ya mananeo ao a ikemišeditšego go godiša mabokgoni a setšhaba a mešomo go ba thuša go laola ditlhohlo le ditšhitišo gammogo le go beakanya mešomo ya bona gore ba thwalege.