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VI. CONCLUSION

1. The greatest number of respondents is single, female and 71% are residing in Alfonso Lista, Ifugao

where the institution resides. Majority of the respondents chosen the institution due to its

affordable tuition fee, reputation as an academic institution, reputation in the files of study and

siblings and alumni are graduates of this institution.

2. Most of the respondents are working in Private Firm such as Business Process Outsourcing and

Telecommunications. Others works in Local Government units, Academic Institutions, private firm

(multinational company) and some put up their own businesses. A small ration of the respondents

are unemployed due to family responsibility, lack of work experience and job offered is not suitable.

3. Majority of the employed graduated are on contractual/job order basis working as service worker,

in academe, sales, trade and most of them in technical or associate job. There are some working in

managerial level, supervisory, professional but majority is in rank or file.

4. The longest span of time the graduates employment is 6 months to 1 year. Salaries and Benefits are

the main reasons of the graduates in choosing their first job, followed by proximity to residence,

related to special skills, least are family influence.

5. In relevant to curriculum, problem solving skills is extremely helpful to the graduates, followed by

the Information Technology skills, entrepreneurial skills, human relation skills and communication

skills.

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VII. RECOMMENDATIONS:

1. The Ifugao State University Potia Campus, Administrative and Academic Officials to organize seminars,

symposium, lectures and trainings to the graduating students of the university focusing in finding jobs

after college and through channeling to other departments of the government and other companies for

helping the graduates finding their jobs after graduation and for professional growth.

2. A job placement office in IFSU Potia Campus should be created to help graduates in their search for job

vacancies and to enable them to make use of job fairs and other government employment agencies. An

alumni information services center and information database system should be created to easily track

the whereabouts of the graduates.

3. The graduates should aim for reaching higher job position in their respective jobs, for them to be able to

be honored that they are competing in the world of professionals with true excellence.

4. The future researchers of the same study should have all the drive to trace the graduates in timely and

systematically manner for them to arrive in a very satisfactory result and to include other variable of

concerns such as perceive degree of efficiency and institutional methods and facilities; provisions of

library and IT facilities, etc.; and correlations between socio biography and employment variables.

VIII. BIBLIOGRAPHY (STANDARD CITATION)

Ngohayon, Serafin L., et. al. Tracer Stdudy on the College Graduates of Ifugao State College of Agriculture

and Forestry, Lamut Campus, SY 2001 2004.

Dulinayan, Victoria P. The External Productivity of the College Graduates of ISCAF, SY 1989-1995. Saint

Marys University, Bayombong, Nueva Vizcaya, 1998.

Gonzales, Nancy Ann P. External Productivity of the Education Graduates of the Ifugao State College

of Agriculture and Forestry, Nayon, Lamut, Ifugao, 2005.

Malingan, Mary Ann, P. Tracer Study of Graduates of the Institute of the Graduate Studies of Ifugao State

College of Agriculture and Forestry, Nayon, Lamut Ifugao, 2003.

Genoni, Paul, et.al Result of a Longitudinal Study of Employment Outcomes for Australian ILS Graduates.

A Research Paper, Curtin University of Technology, Western Australia, 2005.

Mohamed, Fazda, Interim Report on Alumni Tracer Study Programme. A Research Paper. Maldives

College of Higher Education, Maldives, 2003.

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IX. ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

The researchers would like to give due recognition, thanks and acknowledgement to the following

for their contribution in the implementation of this research:

To Dr. Serafin L. Ngohayon for his enthusiasm and generous support and encouragement in the

implementation of this study.

To RDET Main Campus Personnel for their encouragement, constructive criticisms and by giving

us the opportunity to conduct this research

To IFSU Employees and students for boosting their morale thru their encouragement, appreciation

and showing their interest to this research.

To the Graduates who are open mindedly shared their experiences during the survey.

C. SUMMARY OF YEARLY COMMENTS OF EVALUATORS AND ACTION TAKEN BY RESEARCHERS

Research

Title/Proposals

Researchers Comments/ Suggestions of

Panel

Action Taken by

Researchers

Mr. Roderick Y

Vicente

- If possible, includes other

programs without tracer study.

- Other program

without tracer study

is on going still on

process of retrieving

of data.

D. PROBLEMS ENCOUNTERED AND RECOMMENDATIONS

The researcher did not encounter any problems in terms of technical and administrative because

the research personnel is very supportive to us beginners in conducting research.