Identifying the Dimensions and Components of Soft Skills for the Work Readiness of Technical and Vocational Students

This research intended to identify the dimensions and components of soft skills for readiness to enter the labor market. The research was conducted with a documentary method based on qualitative content analysis with an inductive approach. The studied texts are all scientific-related sources, which were published between 2003 to 2023 about soft skills necessary for enter to the labor market. Keywords of soft skills, work readiness, and technical and vocational students searched from databases Magiran, Irandoc, Noormags, Ganj, Ensani, Psychological Abstract, SID, Pro Quest, Eric, Science, Scopus, Google Scholar, Sage Journals, Science Direct, and related theses, and books. The results displayed by examining 48 sources out of 2287 primary sources, six main components and 41 secondary components can be identified as software skills to start jod and enter to the labor market in the following order; personal skills including (developmental insight, self-awareness, commitment, lifelong learning, questioning spirit, etc.), social skills including (effective communication, teamwork, adaptability and conflict management etc.), basic skills (problem solving, decision-making, creative thinking, critical thinking, etc.), professional skills including (information and media literacy, etc.), policymaking and entrepreneurship skills including (leadership skills, systemic thinking and planning) strategic and...) and emotional skills including (emotional intelligence, resilience, realism and humility...).