20Jan 2020

AN ASSESSMENT INEMPLOYABILITY OF HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT GRADUATESIN THE PHILIPPINES

  • College of Business Administration Graduate School, Polytechnic University of the Philippines
  • M. H. del Pilar Campus, Valencia St. near R. Magsaysay Blvd. Sta. Mesa, Manila, Philippines
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Every year, human resource graduates around the world want to have a place in the labor market. However, some are employed not based on their specialized degrees. Thus, this study focuses on the employability skills of a human resource graduate who wants to acquire a position in the labor market as a human resource as a profession. Because of continuous competition and specialization, graduates must acquire good solid business experiences, scholarly educational background and a variety of competencies skills to become more employable. The employability of human resource management in the Philippines was dominated by Human resources and Business-related degree graduates as a preferred profession in the Philippine labor market seconded by Psychology and accounting.


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[Mark Anthony R. Florese and Souvenir M. Gan (2020); AN ASSESSMENT INEMPLOYABILITY OF HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT GRADUATESIN THE PHILIPPINES Int. J. of Adv. Res. 8 (Jan). 441-449] (ISSN 2320-5407). www.journalijar.com


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Article DOI: 10.21474/IJAR01/10314      
DOI URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.21474/IJAR01/10314