TY - JOUR ID - UNY24463 KW - employability skills KW - the world of work KW - curriculum 2013. SN - 2301-7147 Y1 - 2014/// N2 - Demands on job skills amended from time to time . The world of work is not only demanding to understand and perform their jobs well practiced in the field , but also must have the competencies and skills that can sustain continued employment with better conditions . One of the characteristics of vocational education is to prepare students to enter the workforce , so that vocational education should be based on the need for a demand-driven workforce . Because of the alignment of vocational education with the demands of the workplace in terms of competence is a necessity. Competence in the world of work is defined as aspect-Musty personal skills in managing behavior and attitude to work as expected by the world of work (employability skills). Employability with regard to activities that prepare a person to work in the long run. One element of the curriculum change curriculum level education unit (KTSP) 2006 and 2013 were on the competence of graduates, which includes competency attitudes, knowledge, and skills to be achieved in a balanced way. Domain stance on curriculum in 2013 became a significant element of change which is in line with the efforts of alignment with the world of work. Thus the implementation of the curriculum in 2013 is expected to have a positive impact in addressing and aligning with the needs of the workforce. Keywords: employability skills, the world of work , curriculum 2013. A1 - Rina, Febriana PB - Yogyakarta State University AV - public TI - IMPROVED EMPLOYABILITY SKILLS VOCATIONAL STUDENTS THROUGH THE IMPLEMENTATION OF CURRICULUM 2013 UR - http://uny.ac.id JF - International Conference On Vocational Education And Training (ICVET) May 14 th, 2014 ER -