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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.