THE RELATIONSHIP OF CAREER DEVELOPMENT, SALARY AND BENEFIT, AND EMPLOYER REPUTATION TOWARDS JOB SELECTION AMONG NORTHEN POLYTECHNIC ACCOUNTING STUDENTS.

Abstract

This study was conducted to investigate the realtionship between career development, salary and benefit, and employer reputatuion towards job selection preferences among accounting students of northern polytechnic. There are lots of determinants that influence accounting students’ perceptions on job selection especially professional accounting career. Limited study has been conducted among polytechnic students so far. All participants were accounting students at the northern polytechnic, which are Politeknik Tuanku Syed Sirajuddin (PTSS), Politeknik Sultanah Bahiyah (PTSB) and Politeknik Seberang Perai (PSP). A set of questionnaire was distribute using convenience sampling.and analyzed using SPSS. The findings show that there are sigificant relationship between career development, salaries and benefits, and employer's reputation towards Job Selection Preference. Future researchers can explore another method of analysis such as multiple regression.

Keywords: career development, employer reputation, job selection preferences