In a highly competitive global marketplace, the academic preparation of graduates provides them with better job opportunities and a higher chance of employment. With graduate studies, one will be more qualified, eligible, and competent to face new jobs and work assignments, especially when holding managerial positions. This study generally aimed to trace the graduates of a State Higher Education Institution in the Philippines. Specifically, it determined the profile of graduates, employment status, employability characteristics, the extent of contribution and applicability of the skills gained, assessed the graduate program offerings, and recommendations to improve the services of the Graduate School. The study used a descriptive research design. The study gathered data from ninety-two graduates of the three program offerings of the Graduate School. The questionnaire was used to gather the necessary data and analyzed using descriptive statistics such as frequency count and percentag.
See Full PDF See Full PDFThe conduct of a tracer study is a potent tool that documents the profile of the graduates which gives implications of how well pre-service training is given. This study focused on the employment profile of the graduates of Bicol University Gubat Campus, Philippines from 2015 to 2017 and analyzed the congruence of courses taken and the employment of the graduates. It gathered feedback from the employers of the graduates as to extent of the competencies they demonstrated in the performance of the job assigned to them. The study covered the seven (7) courses offered namely: Bachelor in Secondary Education, Bachelor of Elementary Education, AB in Peace Studies, BS in Computer Science, BS in Entrepreneurship, BSBA major in Microfinance, and Bachelor of Agricultural Technology. Using the descriptive data analysis method, the study probed on the frequency of responses of its key informants/subjects. Data generated were taken from two sets of instruments administered to both graduates and .
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Psychology and Education: A Multidisciplinary Journal
Colleges play a crucial role in preparing students for the job market by providing a comprehensive education, equipping students with job-ready skills, and aiding graduates in securing suitable employment opportunities. To assess the effectiveness of their programs, a study was conducted on the graduates of Davao de Oro State College New Bataan from 2018 to 2019. The primary objective of the study was to collect detailed demographic data from the alumni and assess their perceptions of the course program, training, job, and employment status. The study used a descriptive research design and collected data from the second batch of graduates through a survey questionnaire. The findings revealed that while some graduates secured employment, most had contractual positions. Furthermore, some alumni were not employed due to lack of job experience, health issues, or limited job opportunities in their field of study. The study also indicated that most respondents who found employment had been working for less than two years. These results highlight the need for colleges to continually evaluate their programs and provide graduates with the necessary tools and resources to secure long-term employment opportunities. Finally, conducting another tracer study with graduate employers or supervisors is recommended to assess the graduates' job competitiveness. This can provide valuable feedback on the effectiveness of the college's programs and help the college identify areas for improvement to ensure that graduates are well-prepared for the job market.
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The cases of employment mismatch have been a recurring situation to which some graduates of higher education face themselves to be in. Actions have been taken to resolve these issues such as establishing a law to address employment mismatch happenings in the country, a series of Labor Market information and Job seminars and to the point of restructuring the curricula offered by the higher education institutions (HEIs) in the Philippines. This study aimed to determine the employment opportunities acquired by the respondents, the College of Liberal Arts graduates of Batches 2019 and 2020 of the Western Mindanao State University, and whether their degree programs finished really matches their present employment, based on the series of CHED Memorandum Orders on the outcomes of the courses offered. The conduct of this research will serve as reference to other graduates and present them how the skills and gained knowledge affect one’s employability. Moreover, this study employed a methodology of descriptive and quantitative design and utilized checklist in order to gather the data needed. The 100 respondents are purposively selected and are graduates from the College of Liberal Arts batches 2019 and 2020. Demographic profiles of the respondents were gathered and utilized in the analysis of this study. As such, their employment statuses and their courses taken serve as the main variables in order to determine whether they have matched or mismatched their employments. vi In sum, based on the results, there were cases of job mismatches among the graduates (23 out of 100 respondents). This concludes that the cases of mismatch are unavoidable and there is a need to make thorough resolutions regarding the employment mismatches.
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International Journal of Multidisciplinary: Applied Business and Education Research
Graduates' employability is vital in assessing higher education institutions’ performance. The results of tracer studies serve as a basis to identify graduates’ needs to succeed in the workforce. This undertaking aimed to determine graduate school graduates' employment and employability characteristics in a state higher education institution in the Philippines. Specifically, it determined the profile of graduates, employment status, employability characteristics, the extent of contribution and applicability of the skills gained, assessed the graduate program offerings, and recommendations to improve the services of the Graduate School. The study used a descriptive research design. The study gathered data from graduates of the two program offerings of the Graduate School. The questionnaire was used to gather the necessary data and analysed using descriptive statistics such as frequency count and percentage and mean. Based on the results, the graduates have the necessary eligi.
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Asia Pacific Journal of Multidisciplinary Research
This research determined the impact of the master's degree programs offered in the Graduate School such as Master in Business Administration, Master in Public Administration, Master in Management majors in Human Resource Management and Educational Planning and Management on its graduates from 2009 to 2013. Descriptive-survey method supplemented by interview was employed to identify specifically the profile of the graduates of master's degree programs in terms of age, sex, civil status, level of appointment before and after taking the master's degree program, monthly income before and after taking the master's degree program, number of promotions after graduation, and years in service and the impact of the CNSC Graduate School's Master's Degree Programs along professional practice, career development; and employment. Results show that majority of the respondents are in the middle age from 31-37 years old, married, mostly females, 6-10 years in service and have one promotion after they have graduated from their respective master's degrees. The level of appointment of the respondents has a positive movement from rank and file to supervisory and managerial levels positions. The Graduate School's Master's degree programs provided high impact on the graduates' professional practice, and on employment while average impact on career development.
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Annals of Tropical Research
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International Journal of Evaluation and Research in Education (IJERE)
Every higher education institution (HEI) needs to monitor the employability status of its graduates as this reflects the quality education that HEIs provide to their students. In this study, a retrospective approach was used to analyze the employment status of graduates of a state university in the Philippines from 2015 to 2019. A data mining procedure was adopted to obtain necessary data and analysis. It was hypothesized in the study that the employment rates are the same across programs per year. Also, the employment rates from 2015 to 2019 are the same as the targeted employment rate in the strategic plan of the university. Statistical treatments such as mean, median, and standard deviation, Shapiro-Wilk test, and Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) were used to test the hypothesis. Results show that the employment rate of graduates of 2015-2019 is in the high-level category and significantly higher than the targeted employment rate in the university strategic plan. Similarly, findings .
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International Journal of Multidisciplinary: Applied Business and Education Research
The current undertaking aimed to trace the employability of Bachelor of Science in Biology and Bachelor of Science in Psychology graduates of a State University in Central Luzon, Philippines from 2005 to 2020. Descriptive- quantitative research design was utilized in order to describe and trace the participants’ demographic profile, employment status, and their professional development. Graduates' personal, educational and employment background, as well as their perception to the relevance of the baccalaureate degree in their employment were collected using a survey- questionnaire anchored from CHED’s graduate tracer instrument. The study gathered data from 173 graduates through convenience sampling. Electronic survey forms were used in gathering the data and utilized SPSS version 23 for statistical analysis. Consequently, the collected data revealed that 94.7% of the participants were employed and 67% of them perceived that their degree is relevant to their employment. Lastly, .
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Graduate education is part of the most effective means of developing capacities related to doing research that will improve educational theory and practice in the many different aspects of the educational process. Thus, this study traces the employability and productivity of a Private Higher Education Institution's (PHEI's) Graduate School graduates from 2010-2015 regarding employment status, position in the present job, and gross monthly income in the present job. The school-related factors relevant to graduate's employability and the competencies/ skills/ and values learned in the graduate school are important factors considered to further improve the curricular offerings. The descriptive-survey is used. Majority of the Ed. D., MA, MBA and MPM graduates are employed in a regular or permanent status. Thus, the Graduate School is continuously nurturing and embracing the quality of education as revealed by the graduates. They are occupying supervisory and managerial job level positions. Education graduates are school supervisors and head teachers, while the MBA and MPM graduates are supervisors and executives. The graduate programs are responding to the needs of various industries. Ed.D. graduates are highly satisfied with basic salary; the MA and MBA graduates were receiving at least Php30,000; and at least Php25,000 a month for the MPM graduates. Administration and governance, curriculum and instruction, research, professional and cognate courses, student services, library, internet laboratory, interdisciplinary learning, and teaching/ learning environment are the school-related factors relevant to their current employment. Communication, human relations, entrepreneurial, information technology, problem-solving, critical thinking, and research skills are considered relevant skills learned at the graduate school. Love of God, honesty, punctuality, obedience to superior, perseverance, creativity, professional integrity, unity, fairness, love for other, nationalism and eco-friendly are the values evidently manifested in their workplaces as part of the hidden curriculum of the institution.
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