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This study is grounded on the following theories and concepts: First is the Theory
on Employability of Knight and Yorke (2004), and second is the Human Capital Theory
The researchers also used the following studies as related literature: The Tracer
Communication from 2009 to 2012 of Angeles, et. al. in 2015; Concept and
and personal qualities. The theory highlights on the feeling of students in “making a
Most fresh graduates would go for a job that they would enjoy and be happy with,
for them to perform well and become committed to this career they are in for longer
periods of time. If they have found this “dream job” then, they would likely describe their
Psychological Association (APA), 67% of the respondents say they enjoy the work they
do because it is suited to the area of their lives. The survey looked into 1,240 adults,
who are ages 18 and above. The participants were residents of the United States of
America who were both employed on part-time and full-time bases (APA, 2012). The
managers and government policy makers. Moreover, the results showed that
the same time letting them know that what they are doing is right are essential to the
employees’ success.
improve the employees on how far they can achieved. This is made possible when an
employee examines himself by checking his productivity and efficiency in the workplace.
Also examining himself, the employee is given a chance to be molded and to start his
own career path according the knowledge and skills he has acquired during his college
(Ferrazzi, 2015).
successful individuals. When the members of a group have a common goal to achieve,
the individuals would most likely be oriented to do their jobs with unity and
cooperativeness. With this, no one is left behind in the group and that it is likely to have
social loafers.
Another factor that the theory highlights on is the students feeling of “making a
difference” in the workplace is the employer’s understanding towards their crises and
appreciation in the things that they do. Being underemployed can also be a factor in the
duration of employment. When a student is employed to a job that is not related to his
degree finished, then he would likely look for a job suited to the diploma he has earned.
Such would be termed as fair play because the student, not only get the right amount of
compensation needed, but also a sense of fulfillment that his years of study has not
However, money talks. Employees that give more amount in labor but is not rightly
compensated (either the pay checks are delayed, no benefits, or low-grade salary) tend
to have either poor working performance or abruptly resign from the job taken. Most of
the employees look for a more flexible job that not only compensate them, but also
According to Smith, a staff writer at Forbes (2013), job hopping now a day
provides the employee new skills and knowledge in various fields and work categories.
Though, managers and employers find this act as indecent, disloyal and unethical, it is
This argument was also agreed by Jeanne Meister of Future Workplace during
an interview with Forbes (2013). To her, job hopping can also lead to greater job
fulfillment. It could mean that employees could try different roles while acquiring new
a capital. Hence, the Human Capital Theory is described as workers making a variety of
investment incentives, and the structure of wages and earnings (Arcemuglo, 2015).
Lori Jazvac (n.d.) has listed Ten set of marketable skills deemed to be necessary
inside the workplace. The types of marketable skills necessary inside the work place are
Learning and Shock Learning; Communication described as the most vital marketable
skill and is concise of the following means to gain effectiveness Concise Messages,
Effective thoughts and emotions delivery, Pacing, Listening Skill, Adaptability, Work
One of the researchers’ backbone for this research is the Commission on Higher
Education’s (CHED) Graduate Tracer Study that was co-authored by Adriano A. Arcelo
then president of the Fund for Assistance to Private Education (FAPE), and Educational
The CHED Graduate Tracer Study had the following objectives for the tertiary
education that led to the formulation of the Tracer Study: (1) to provide General
Educational Program that will assist each individual to develop his potential as human,
enhance the quality of citizen participation in the basic functions of society, and promote
a sense of national identity, cultural consciousness, moral integrity and spiritual vigor in
every student; (2) To train the nation’s manpower in the skills required for national
development, and to instill and foster the appropriate and relevant attitudes, skills, and
knowledge to enable each individual to become a useful, productive and gainfully
employed member of the society; (3) to develop and maintain the integrity of the
possessions or disciplines that will provide leadership for the nation; and (4) to advance
the frontiers of knowledge through research work, and apply the technology gained for
improving the quality of human life and responding effectively to changing societal
With these objectives, the CHED Graduate Tracer Study saw the need of tertiary
education to provide the focus on the graduates’ skills, knowledge and values to enable
development. Therefore, the better the curriculum of the academic institution, the better
citizens.
The researcher of the CHED Graduate Tracer Study stated that employability of
challenge for all profession. New graduates facing the transition phases of a career (age
of production, age of knowledge, newly develop careers, marketable skills and growing
industries) projects the importance of the trends in labor market paid with close
attention.
Tertiary graduate labor force follows the job opportunities of the new sets of
graduates to befitting in their respective fields of study. It includes studies on the waiting
new graduates encounter not only the dilemma of unemployment but also
underemployment.