期刊名称：Asia Pacific Journal of Multidisciplinary Research
印刷版ISSN：2350-7756
电子版ISSN：2350-8442
出版年度：2019
卷号：7
期号：2-PART3
页码：67-74
出版社：Lyceum of the Philippines University - Batangas
摘要：Education is the basic response to challenges of the socio-economic status of a nation. The
higher education, particularly, is tasked to develop human resources that will become a productive and
relevantly employed member of the society. One of the important metrics in the implementation of the
quality and relevant education is the realization of the graduates of the program in attaining their
professional goals. Anchored on the concept that tracking system is a vital basis of information to determine
the status of graduates of academic programs, this descriptive study aims at specifying the profile of the
graduates of a Teacher Education Institution in their current employment and earned employability skills.
Through the use of an institutionally crafted instrument adapted from the Commission on Higher Education,
a total of 178 graduates from 2009 to 2017 identified via criterion-referenced purposive sampling positively
responded to the survey instrument. Analysis revealed that the strategies employed for employment show
that advertisement, referrals, and personal connections were the major approach employed by education
graduates for employment. This study also unveils two major criteria when applying for a job: (i)
Compensation, Opportunity for Development, and Proximity Criterion, and (ii) Time Flexibility and Sociocultural
Criterion. This study concludes that the learning and skills developed in the university were
relevant to the present job of the graduates. The curriculum enhanced their problem-solving and research
skills, as well as, their communication and information skills. This made them satisfied in their current
employment.
