Jurnal Empowerment Volume 7 Nomor 2, September 2018 e-ISSN : 2580-7692 p-ISSN : 2252-4738 224 UTILIZATION OF LIFE SKILLS TRAINING RESULTS IN ENHANCING SELF-EMPLOYED ALUMNI LKP NUNING KOTA CIMAHI Nisma Nurul BiladIKIP Siliwanginismabilad@gmail.com ABSTRACTEntrepreneurship is the right choice to improve the life of the economyindependently. Whether it's the economy of ourselves personally, even theeconomy in general in a bigger scope. Cimahi City as one of the cities inIndonesia that has the number of unemployed as many as 2,903 people in2015. Based on data obtained from the Department of Manpower Cimahi Cityin 2016, it is known that only about 25.2% alone the amount ofunemployment that can be absorbed on the job there is. Based on theconditions in this field, needed an empowerment to overcome the condition.One of the empowerment activities that can be done to overcome thiscondition through life skills training in the field of bridal makeup organizedby Course and Training Institute. But the activity of the alumni of post lifeskill training training needs to be seen again. Like what the alumni areapplying the results of training in entrepreneurship.This research usesqualitative approach with descriptive method. The subject of this research isalumni of LKP Nuning Kota Cimahi in bridal make up. Data collectiontechniques in this study using interview techniques, observation, anddocumentation studies. The results of this study indicate that the life skillstraining process in bridal makeup field consists of preparation process,implementation process, evaluation process, and mentoring process. It can besaid that 75% of LKP Nuning alumni in the field of bridal makeup havesuccessfully entrepreneurship independently. This bridal makeup trainingreally helps the alumni in improving their economic and social position in thecommunity. After the training, the alumni began to pioneer their businessindependently. Promoting online and offline, improving existence throughprofessional organization activities, as well as setting aside funds forupgrading on her dressing skills. In addition, they begin to encounter theobstacles in it. In general, the obstacles faced are divided into 4 issuesnamely, capital constraints, business competition obstacles, barriers to trendchanges that are too fast, and hambantan management of businessmanagement. However, not all alumni succeeded in becoming bridalcosmetic. There are also alumni who return to their original job or remain ahousewife. Keywords : Entrepreneurship Independence, Life Skills, Bridal Makeup Jurnal Empowerment Volume 7 Nomor 2, September 2018 e-ISSN : 2580-7692 p-ISSN : 2252-4738 225 A. INTRODUCTIONEntrepreneurship is the right choice to improve the life of the economy. Whether it's theeconomy of ourselves personally, even the economy in general in a bigger scope. Forthis reason, Ilik (2010) in (Takdir, Mahmudin, & Zaid, 2015) states thatentrepreneurship has a fundamental advantage that is, the opportunity to not dependon others, can manage financially, the opportunity to develop business concepts, havestrong moral legitimacy to achieve prosperity and create employment opportunities.Entering the era of competitive and challenging globalization, much affect the economic,social, and cultural conditions in this country. If we just keep silent and become theaudience alone, of course we will only feel the negative impact. That is the narrownessof available jobs. The narrowness of employment makes the unemployment rateincreasing.Cimahi city as one of the cities in Indonesia that has the number of unemployed as manyas 2,903 people in 2016. Based on data obtained from the Office of Manpower CimahiCity, it is known that only about 25.2% alone the amount of unemployment can beabsorbed in the existing jobs. So there are still 74.8% unemployment that must besolved. Referring to these conditions, needed a solution to overcome unemployment inCimahi City. One of them by providing education, skills, and life skills for people whostill interfere with ragar can be independent.One education that can be a bridge for the progress of entrepreneurship is life skillseducation or life skills. Life Skills Education is an education that can provide practical,usable skills related to the needs of the job market, business opportunity and potentialof the economy or industry in society (Anwar, 2015). This is in line with the goal of anentrepreneurial process that requires individuals to be independent and useful for theircurrent and future environments.The education unit that organizes life skills training is the Course and Training Institute(LKP). Various areas of expertise are owned by the LKP in accordance with the needs ofthe community. One of the LKP in Cimahi City is LKP NUNING. The flagship program ofLKP NUNING is the field of bridal makeup. The reality in the field shows that the skills inthe field of bridal makeup have a good prospect and have high selling power. This isrelated to the needs of bridal makeup services as a primary requirement for familieswho organize wedding party celebrations.Post-training needs to be done coaching and monitoring of alumni who have graduated.It aims to examine whether the bridal makeup training has succeeded in making itsalumni an independent entrepreneur or not. So in this case researchers will conductresearch on the utilization of life skills training results (Rachman, 2009) bridal makeupfield to alumni LKP NUNING. B. THEORY REVIEWMalik Fajar. 2002 in (Rachman, 2009) defines life skills as a skill to work in addition tothe skills to be oriented to academic pathways. While the Broad-Based Education Team Jurnal Empowerment Volume 7 Nomor 2, September 2018 e-ISSN : 2580-7692 p-ISSN : 2252-4738 226 (2002) in (Rachman, 2009) interprets life skills as the skills that a person has for willingand courageous to face human development. While Brolin (1989) in (Anwar, 2015)defines more simply the interaction of various knowledge and skills so that one is ableto live independently. Based on the above three understandings about life skills can beconcluded that life skill is the ability to survive and develop through a variety ofknowledge and communication.One of the educational units that implement life skills is the Institute of Courses andTraining (LKP). The existence of Course and Training Institutions in the process iscapable of generating empowerment activities. (Mulyana, 2008) concludes that"empowerment is an effort to enable small communities or subordinates who have beenperceived as lacking role in increasing and having better capabilities with respect totheir status and role in the social system". The purpose of this empowerment is to leadto community independence. One means of achieving this independence by maximizingentrepreneurial potential.Kindervatter 1979 in (Mulyana, 2008) outlines 8 steps of Outside School Education asempowerment: "(1) organizes small groups as early recipients of empowermentprogram plans; (2) identifying groups of study participants at the regional level; (3)selecting and training group facilitators; (4) group activation; (5) organizing facilitatormeetings; (6) support the activities of the existing group; (7) developing relationshipsamong groups; (8) organizes a workshop for evaluation ".One form of empowerment activities can be realized in a bridal cosmetology training.Bridal makeup is the whole set of someone to be beautiful. According to a largeIndonesian dictionary, bridal makeup is an attempt to arrange decorations of an objectto be performed. While the bride is a person who is holding a marriage. According to(Santoso, 2010) in the bridal makeup approach done in meriasnya done on the bridefrom hair to toe, which includes makeup, hair, clothing to accessories worn on thegroom and woman. So bridal makeup is the effort to make up the decoration of makeup,hair, clothing and bridal or bridal accessories that are going to be married to be shownin public.In learning bridal makeup is done with adult learning approach and called andragogy.Knowles (1977) in (Mulyana, 2008) says that "andragogy is the art and science ofhelping adults learn". (Musa, 2010) mentions also that "Adult education or Andragogy isas an art and science to help adults do learning activities". So in adult education learningactivities are organized and have a clear purpose where the purpose of helping adultsimprove their skills, both with respect to aspects of knowledge, skills and attitudes forbehavior change.The main purpose of life skills training in bridal makeup is to create entrepreneurialsociety independently. Mandiri is where a person wants and is able to realize his / herdesire that is seen in action / real action in order to produce something (goods /services) for the sake of fulfilling the needs of his life and each other. Supporting thatopinion, (Geoffrey & Meredith, 1996) states that independence as a personality or Jurnal Empowerment Volume 7 Nomor 2, September 2018 e-ISSN : 2580-7692 p-ISSN : 2252-4738 227 mental attitude that must be possessed by everyone in it contained elements with thecharacter of nature that is in it needs to be developed to grow together in everymovement of human life. The assumption shows that independence can determine theattitude and behavior of a person toward entrepreneurship.Some characteristics of entrepreneurship according to some experts, Kao.1991,Meredith 1989 and Inkeles 1974 in (Mulyana, 2008) mention that:"Entrepreneurialman has a high spirits enterprenezrrial, such as high moral, optimistic, proactive, hardwork, persistence and tenacity, sincerity, self-confidence, determination, achievement-oriented, responsible, enthusiastic, jovial and humorous, brave to bear the risk, jurdil ,motivation and compete high, originality, exemplary, task-and produck-oriented, andothers ". Entrepreneurship is an attitude and entrepreneurial behavior.Entrepreneurship is a mental and soul attitude that is always actively trying to improvethe results of his work in the sense of increasing income. Entrepreneurship is a processof a person in order to pursue opportunities to meet needs and wants throughinnovation, regardless of the resources they control (Takdir, Mahmudin, & Zaid, 2015).Based on some opinions above opinion can be concluded that self-employmentindependence is a forward-thinking, courageous, innovative, creative, highly motivated,and dare to take risks for the actions taken for the creation of a profit-oriented ideasand activities for the welfare of life and each other. C. RESEARCH METHODSThe research method used is descriptive method with qualitative approach. Datacollection techniques used are interview and observation techniques, while dataanalysis techniques with data descriptions, data reduction and conclusions. Sources ofdata in this study as many as four informants consisting of one person LKP NUNINGleadership, one instructor and two alumni LKP NUNING. D. RESULTS AND DISCUSSION 1. Life Skills Training Process In Improving Self-Employment Alumni LKP IndependenceLife skills training is a training that has the purpose to provide skills to a person tosurvive and thrive through a variety of knowledge and communication. Life skillstraining is needed to improve skills in a job to deal with life problems. Course andTraining Institute (LKP) is one of the containers that can assist the training process. Theexistence of Course and Training Institutions in the process is capable of generatingempowerment activities. The purpose of this empowerment is to lead to communityindependence. One means of achieving this independence by maximizingentrepreneurial potential.One of the training programs held at LKP is the area of bridal makeup expertise. Theoutput of this training is to make the graduates become professional and independentbridal make-up. This bridal cosmetology training uses a competency-based curriculum.So that learning not only emphasize on skill, but also must be given training in the caseof knowledge and attitude of work. This is in line with research conducted by (Yuda Jurnal Empowerment Volume 7 Nomor 2, September 2018 e-ISSN : 2580-7692 p-ISSN : 2252-4738 228 Setia Laksana, 2017) which shows that the model bridal make up training in thistraining is using an independent business learning model where individual / traineestake initiative with or without the help of others.Some skills in bridal makeup training include facial makeup, hair styling, clothes pairingand accessories, as well as complementary skills such as flower meronce. Bridal makeuptraining is a training with adult learning approach or andragogy. Adult learning worksbest when it involves both physical and emotional. So it can be said that in adultlearning, the students can not be forced. The learners must have the desire and interestfrom within himself to learn. In addition, training activities in adult learning should bepacked with a fun atmosphere so that learners are not easily bored.Practical activities are considered more enjoyable because they can be directly done bylearners, so that learners can directly measure their ability in the results of temporarytraining. Often the learners are also quite critical in responding to the subject matterthat is adapted to the trend or the mode that is in popular society. As well as comparecompare with the training materials being taught. 2. Results of Life Skills Training Utilization In Improving Self-Employment Alumni LKP NUNING CimahiPost training activities are important. Post-training activities were undertaken to shapeand develop the entrepreneurial attitudes that exist in alumni bridal makeup training.In this guidance activity began to see the spirit of business, conflict, and prediction ofprogress of the alumni. One of the coaching activities conducted by LKP NUNING is byholding monthly meetings of the alumni. This alumni gathering is a place to expandbusiness relation for junior alumni.Through this alumni meeting, LKP NUNING also socialized the bridal makeup professionorganization KATALIA. Joining a professional organization is an important thing to do toform a wider partnership network. Research conducted (Ekasari, 2014) shows that thehigher the ability of a person in building relationships the higher the entrepreneurialmotivation he has. So this alumni meeting strategy is a solution to improve the businessrelation.Sandjojo 2004 in (Rakib, 2010) identifies factors that affect the growth of small-scaleenterprises, namely (1) business environment, (2) entrepreneurial nature, (3)entrepreneurial motivation, and (4) entrepreneurial learning. So through this monthlymeeting, is expected to form a business environment that is able to cultivateentrepreneurial motivation and become an entrepreneurial learning by sharingexperiences between alumni.Referring to the research in the field, the initial goal of the alumni to follow life skillstraining in the field of bridal makeup is to be able to help the family economy throughskills that already have. This is in line with research conducted by Russell M. Knight(1983) in (Alim, 2013) which states some of the motivation of one's entrepreneurship is"The housewife refugee where housewife who was initially busy taking care of her Jurnal Empowerment Volume 7 Nomor 2, September 2018 e-ISSN : 2580-7692 p-ISSN : 2252-4738 229 household tries to help her husband in finance because of the growing needs of olderchildren".Armed with the reason that alumni have entrepreneurial spirit with bridal makeupskills that they have today. Although getting a job to be a major bridal wedding is quitedifficult. But being the assistant of bridal makeup was enough to deliver these alumni toentrepreneurship independently. The turnover earned by alumni in 2017 is around Rp4,000,000 per month. They acknowledge that life skills training provides great benefitsand changes in their lives, especially in terms of improving the family economy.An entrepreneur must be required to always create new things by combining theresources around him, developing new technologies, finding new knowledge, findingnew ways to produce new products and services more efficiently, improving existingproducts and services, and find new ways to give satisfaction to consumers (Takdir,Mahmudin, & Zaid, 2015). Increasing consumer demand and demanding higher abilityto alumni make them desire to improve their skills in the world of makeup. So they setaside some of their income to follow other cosmetology courses as a form ofresponsibility as an entrepreneur who must follow the demands and developments ofthe times.The upgrading of these alumni skills is in line with the opinions of Meredith (1989) andInkeles (1974) in (Mulyana, 2008) which says some characteristics of entrepreneurialhuman beings are optimistic, proactive, hard work, persistence and tenacity, andachievement-oriented. Through this skill improvement shows that the alumni are atenacious and willing to work hard to achieve success and appreciation in thecommunity. 3. Obstacles Faced By Alumni LKP NUNING Cimahi City In Entrepreneurship Implementation As A Result Of Life Skills TrainingIn every business activity will always encountered obstacles that accompany it. Basedon research in the field can be known some obstacles encountered by the alumni in theactivities of coaching and entrepreneurship process. These obstacles include businesscapital constraints, the two business competition, the third turn of trend in the world ofmakeup is very fast, the fourth is managing business management.The obstacles encountered in the field, in line with the opinion of Wiyono (1999) in(Rakib, 2010) which identifies the factors that influence the success of small industries,namely "(1) experience, (2) education, (3) outpouring time, (4) ) mentalentrepreneurship, and (5) amount of capital ". Similarly, Yusri (1998) in (Rakib, 2010)said that "a beginner entrepreneur needs to integrate skills, knowledge, skills,opportunities, finances, with the resources available to the environment to achievesomething useful".Some of the capital obstacles encountered in cosmetology include the high price of thebridal makeup. So that the alumni difficulty completing the capital. While thecompleteness of this bridal makeup affects consumer confidence in choosing a bridal Jurnal Empowerment Volume 7 Nomor 2, September 2018 e-ISSN : 2580-7692 p-ISSN : 2252-4738 230 make-up. Every entrepreneur must be able to survive and compete in his business.Business competition in the world of cosmetology is arising because of the high interestof the community to do business in the world of wedding provider services. So alwayspopping up the new perfumes. Often this barrier of competition is lowering the spirit ofeffort, because it takes a positive environment that can menja morale andentrepreneurship to stay awake.Change is a sure thing in life. So that adaptive attitude is an attitude that must be ownedby an entrepreneur. Changes in this trend are also influenced by rapid technologicaldevelopments. An entrepreneur must be able to develop quickly in terms of marketingthrough social media. Various trend changes can also be known through some socialmedia. This should continue to be followed by the bridal make-up so that they are ableto adapt well.An entrepreneur should have good management skills. In line with the opinion ofZimmerer, and Scarborough, 1998; Kuratko & Hoodgets, 2007) in (Alim, 2013) whichsuggests one of the inherent characteristics of the entrepreneur is skill at organizingthat is to build a business from scratch requires the ability to organize resources ownedin the form of tangible economic resources and intangible economic resources to getmaximum benefits. Management barriers that are often encountered are in terms ofseparating personal finance and business finance. And the confusion of the alumni tostart a business. E. CONCLUSIONSBased on the results of research and analysis of the author, to be able to meet the needsand demands of the business world and industry, no other efforts can be done except toprovide the best course services. As a lucrative course institution to increase knowledgeand skills to learners, as evidence of the above questions are described as follows:1. The life skill training process at LKP NUNING begins with the planning,implementation and evaluation process. The training materials of bridal makeupinclude the basic theory of bridal makeup, theories about local bride culture, as wellas entrepreneurial theory. This theoretical material is useful to provide basicknowledge for the learners when entering the world of work or business world.Skills taught in bridal makeup training include facial makeup skills, hair styling orhoods, pairing clothing, pairing accessories, and making complementary crafts forthe bridal style. In addition, the provision of entrepreneurial material is veryimportant to be done so that the alumni can develop into a person who is tenacious,disciplined, innovative, highly competitive and communicative.2. The result of life skills training in the field of bridal make up conducted by LKPNUNING make the alumni have independent business in the field of makeup. It isrecognized by the alumni that the learning they get during the training is very usefulwhen applied in the field. Through these bridal makeup skills the alumni can helpthe family's economy. So get the full support of the family for a career in the world ofmakeup. After completing the training in LKP NUNING, the alumni are still trying toimprove their skills in the field of makeup by actively participating in the activities Jurnal Empowerment Volume 7 Nomor 2, September 2018 e-ISSN : 2580-7692 p-ISSN : 2252-4738 231 of professional organizations of cosmetology, attending seminars or other trainingthat can improve their skills in terms of makeup.3. 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