A Tracer Study about the

Employment Status of
the
Bachelor of Science in
Accounting Technology
Graduates
Batch 2014-2015

Chapter 1 : The Problem and Related

Studies
Introduction
Accounting Technology course is a promising course wherein
the students are prepared to be responsive to the global market
by providing technical skills and competencies in the areas of
accounting and finance. This course aims to support the
professional accountants in a business where there is a need for a
systematic keeping of counting records and financial processing.
A tracer study targets people who completed their courses and
then traces where they are living and working, whether they have
reached their goals and became successful.

Review of Related
Literature and Studies

Foreign Literature
onlinecollege.org, 2011
Factors Influencing Work Choices

Skills & Ability

Interest & Personality Type

Life Roles

Previous Experiences

Culture & Families

AGCAS Editors, 2016

Qualifications for Accounting Technicians

Association of Accounting Technicians

Association of Chartered of Certified Accountants

Survey Monkey, 2016

Demographic Questions

Gender

Civil Status

Income

Educational Needs

School Programs

Local Literature
Felicen, Ylagan & Buted, 2014
The Internship Program

Theories and Principles

Application of Knowledge and Acquired Skills

Experienced Different Scenarios

Actual Work Environment

Cognitive Ability

Garcia & Bay, 2011

Student Organizations

Attained Institutional Goals

Self- Reliant

Economic Productivity

Lisa S. Bernales, 2015 (Philippine Statistics

Authority)
Employment and Unemployment Statistics

Employment Status

Age

Educational Attainment

Foreign Study
Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment, 2016
Career In Accounting

Degree

Membership in Chartered Accountants

Work Experience

Further Studies

Harald Schomburg 2011

Benchmarking according to the needs of the universities not
rankings

Availability and Quality of Graduates

Work Match/ Mismatch

First Income

Stakeholder Perception

Competencies

Evaluation of Higher Studies

Dr. Jinnet Fowles, 2012

Employability and Experience of Graduates

High Employability Status

Length of Waiting Time Before Employment

Improvement in Skills

Diestro, 2013
Number of Employed and Unemployed

Course-Related Job

Reasons in Unemployment

Local Study
Levy Verona, 2011
Higher Eligibility for Job Application

Professional Examinations

Seminars, Symposiums, Lectures and Trainings

K.B. BS Accounting Technology; 2014

Specifications for Accounting Technician

Certified Cost Accounting Technician Examination

Civil Service Commission Examination

pinoyexchange.com
Bachelor of Science in Accounting Technology

Course Background

Reason for choosing the course

Conceptual Framework
1. General Profile:
1.1 Gender
1.2 Civil Status
1.3 Current Address
2. Educational
Background:
2.1 Certificates and
Awards
2.2 Professional Skills
2.3 Professional
Examination
2.4 Reasons for taking
the Course
3. Employment Data:
3.1 Employed
3.1.1 Presently Employed
3.1.2 Present Employment
Status
3.1.3 Present Occupation
or Position

3.1.4 Nature of Employing

Company
3.1.5 Place or Area of
work
3.1.6 Reason that
influence the work choice
3.1.7 Waiting Time for
the Graduate to Land on their
First Job
3.1.8 Job level position
3.1.9 Initial Gross
Monthly Earning
3.2 Unemployed
3.2.1 Reason/s for not
yet employed

Employment Status of
the Graduates

Statement of the Problem

1. What is the general profile of BS Accounting Technology graduates batch
2014 - 2015 in terms of;
1.1 Gender;
1.2 Civil Status;
1.3 Current Address;
2. What is the educational background of the graduates in terms of the
following:
2.1 Certificates and Awards
2.2 Professional Skills
2.3 Professional Examination
2.4 Reasons for taking the Course

3. What is the employment data of the graduates in terms of the following:

3.1 Employed
3.1.1 Presently Employed
3.1.2 Present Employment Status
3.1.3 Present Occupation or Position
3.1.4 Nature of Employing Company
3.1.5 Place or Area of work
3.1.6 Reason that influence the work choice
3.1.7 Waiting Time for the Graduate to Land on their
3.1.8 Job level position
3.1.9 Initial Gross
3.2 Unemployed
3.2.1 Reason/s for not yet employed

First Job

Significance of the Study

The study regarding the employment status of B.S.
Accounting Technology Graduates of PHINMA Araullo
University Batch 2014 - 2015 are important to the
following:

School

Accounting Technology Students

Graduates

Future Researchers

Scope and Delimitation

This tracer extends to the graduates who finished their
course from S.Y. 2014-2015 at the PHINMA Araullo
University. The researchers delimit the program of
concerns into Bachelor of Science in Accounting
Technology. Areas being considered for every graduate
are their personal qualities, academic factor and
employment factors. The focus of the investigation was
centered on the intentions of tracing the graduates
employment and on whether their acquired skills and
competencies during their college were significant and
relevant to their occupations upon employment.

Chapter 2 : Methodology
Research Method
The researchers will use a descriptive research design to
conduct this study. (The Association for Educational
Communications and Technology, 2011) The term
descriptive research refers to the type of research
question, design and data analysis that will be applied to
a given topic. It tells What is while interferential
statistics try to determine the cause and effect. It also
attempts at establishing some type of comparison or
contrast and tries to discover relationship between nonmanipulated variables.

Respondents of the Study

The samples will be identified using Total Sampling; It is a
type of sampling technique that involves examining the
entire population, because the size of the population that
the researcher are interested in is very small. All the
SCHOOL will be qualified as a respondent.
population
NUMBER OF
YEAR
GRADUATED

COURSE

GRADUATES

October 2014

BS ACCOUNTING
TECHNOLOGY

27

APRIL 2015

BS ACCOUNTING
TECHNOLOGY

140

TOTAL

167

Materials and Instruments

The primary instrument to be used by the researcher is a
survey questionnaire. The questionnaire is composed of 2
pages consisting of questions regarding the demographic
profile, educational profile of the respondents, their
employment status and questions seeking their reason
why they are unemployed. The type of the survey
questionnaire are checklist and fill-up form.

Data Collection
In the first phase of the study, data will be obtained from
the records section of the College through the Registrars
office.
A Survey Questionnaire will be formulated and will be
used to get the required data from the graduates. There are
two pages per questionnaires to be disseminated.
Each information of graduates will be sorted by location,
from the closest to the farthest place of the Graduates. The
research will start at Cabanatuan City, and to the nearby
towns and provinces. Informing the other Graduates through
the use of Cellphone, Facebook and E-mail.

Data Analysis
The total population is 167. The researcher will be using
Total Sampling to get the response rate of the
respondents. All the graduates of the Bachelor of Science
in Accounting Technology (BSAT) Batch 2014 2015 will
be a representative.