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A TRACER STUDY FOR GRADUATES OF THAI NGUYEN UNVERSITY OF ECONOMICS AND BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION (TUEBA) AND CENTRAL PHILIPPINE UNIVERSITY (̽»¨¾«Ñ¡) JOINT DEGREE PROGRAMS AT THAI NGUYEN CITY, VIETNAM

Lucio T. Encio, Nelia G. Bonete, Rowena M. Libo-on, Nonito S. Baldeviso

and Teresita E. Crucero

ABSTRACT

This tracer study assessed the employability of graduates of TUEBA and ̽»¨¾«Ñ¡ joint degree programs at Thai Nguyen City, Vietnam for the year 2016.  There were 113 graduates involved in this study who were chosen randomly from a population of 157 graduates of TUEBA and ̽»¨¾«Ñ¡ joint degree programs at Thai Nguyen City, Vietnam.  The results of the study showed that the graduates were predominantly  male, married, with the age between 41-50 years old,  and  mostly MBA graduates;  majority had regular or permanent employment status; a vast majority of graduates had managerial and supervisory positions and predominantly employed in the private sector; most graduates got their first job promotion after 6 months but not more than 1 year from the date of their graduation; communication skill was ranked as first among the professional skills deemed necessary for employment, and most had income of 5 million- 8 million vnd.   Significant relationship existed between educational attainment and graduates’ employability in terms of job position level, employment sector, employment status, and monthly salary/income.  Also, there was significant relationship between age and graduates’ employability in terms of job position level, professional skills, and monthly salary/income.  There were few graduates who preferred to be under-employed because they had better opportunity to earn higher monthly income. The respondents provided inputs for improvement of facilities, specifically in the maintenance of cleanliness of classrooms and rest rooms; improvement in the area of faculty and instruction by allowing the faculty-student interaction and student-student brainstorming activities, use the internet or relevant social media networks; improvement of the administrative support services by providing annual student orientation program to update students of school policies that affect them while studying at the University.