Employment Status of the Bachelor of Science in Industrial Technology (BSIT) Graduates of Guimaras State College-Salvador Campus

Abstract

This study was conducted to determine the employment status of Bachelor of Industrial Technology graduates of Guimaras State College. Descriptive research design was used in the study. The respondents of the study were BIT graduates of Guimaras State College from AY 2006-2007 to 2012-2013. The instrument used was the CHED Standardized Tracer Questionnaire. Since it was already a standardized instrument, no validation and reliability testing was done. The statistical tools used were frequency count, mean, and percentages.

Results revealed that majority of the respondents were male, single, were born on the year 1987, and were residents of the Province of Guimaras. As to their parents’ occupation, majority of the fathers were laborers, farmers, forestry workers, and fishermen while the mothers were mostly housekeepers or unemployed, with the average annual family income of less than 50,000.00 and with a household size of more than five members.

Most of the respondents were bachelor degree holders. Majority of the respondents were employed and hired on a monthly income of 5,000.00 to less than 10,000 in the private sector. Majority of the respondents reasoned out they stay on a job because of salaries and benefits and their first job was not related to their course. The length of stay on the first job of the respondents was 1–6 months, and the reason why they left their previous job was due to low salary and lack of benefits. The skill that they acquired from their degree/course/program that was very much useful was the human resource skills.