SURVEY QUESTIONNAIRE

To PUP Banking and Finance Graduates:

The PUP Department of Banking and Finance is currently doing a tracer study on Career Path among Banking and Finance
Graduates of PUP. In connection with this, may we request you to fill out the survey instrument and rest assured that any data
disclosed will be treated with confidentiality. Thank you and more power!
Committee on Tracer Study
PERSONAL PROFILE
Year Graduated:
________________
Name: ___________________________________________________________ Age: ____________ Sex: ______________ Civil Status:
______________________
Address: _________________________________________________________________________________ Residence Phone No.:
_________________________
Email Adress: _____________________________________________________________________________ Cellular Phone No.:
___________________________
Part I
EMPLOYMENT HISTORY/WORK EXPERIENCE (Start with your first work. Include any part-time job or business if you are seflemployed)
Position

Currently, you are:

do you feel for

Name of
Company

Address

Inclusive Dates

If employed, you are:

Gross Monthly
Income

Reason for Living

If employed, how qualified

current employment:

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in full-time employment
[ ] regular employee
[ ] qualified
in part-time employment
[ ] contractual employee
[ ] overqualified
self-employed nature of business: _____________
[ ] others, pls. specify ______________________
[ ] under-qualified
unemployed

1. What action/s did you undertake while in university in preparation for future employment? (Check as many as apply to you.)
[ ] Had my CV checked by friends/relatives/mentors
[ ] Attended career orientation
[ ] Gained work experience
[ ] Visited employment agencies
[ ] Kept record of my achievements
[ ] Waited for the invitation of my practicum
station
[ ] Found out what skills/attributes/qualities employees are looking for
[ ] Visited university placement office
[ ] Did some research on specific careers that I was interested in
[ ] Regularly browsed job opening
information from newspaper
[ ] Visited job fairs
and websites
2. After graduation, did you immediately apply for a job?
[ ] Yes
[ ] No
If yes, where did you prefer to work?
If no, for what reason?
[ ] Private Companies
[ ] Government Corporations/agencies/instrumentalities
[ ] Not yet
prepared
[ ] Banking Institution
[ ] Will pursue further
study
[ ] Non-banking institution, specify ____________________________________
[ ] Others, pls. specify
_________
[ ] Call centers
[ ] Others, pls. specify _______________________________________________
3. After graduation, how long did it take before you were able to get a job?
4. How did you find your find?
[ ] Less than 3 months
[ ] Walk-in
[ ] Job Fairs
[ ] 3 to 6 months
[ ] Recommendation [ ] School Placement
Office
[ ] More than 6 months
[ ] Advertisement
[ ] On-line
application
[ ] More than a year
[ ] Others, pls. specify _________________________
5. How many firms/offices did you apply for before landing in your first job?
6. If you were not hired immediately, what
do you think were the reasons?
[ ] 1-5
[ ] Poor scholastic performance

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] More than 10

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] Lack of academic subjects related to job

[ ] Communication skills deficiency
] Lack of knowledge about the job
] School discrimination
] Palakasan way of landing
] Others, pls. specify

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7. During your job hunting, what were the problems you encountered?
[ ] Competition
[ ] Financial
[ ] Eligibility
[ ] Credibility
[ ] Others, pls. specify ____________________
8. Was your first job related to your course Bachelor in Banking and Finance? 9. Is your current job related to your course
Bachelor in Banking and Finance?
[ ] Yes
[ ] No
[ ] Yes
[ ] No
Part II
1. Please check as many as apply to you.
[ ] Honor Graduate
Honor Received
_____________________________________________
[ ] Recipient of other awards (Leadership, Service, Deans Lister, etc.)
Award/s Received
___________________________________________
[ ] Officer of an organization
Name of Organization/Position Held
_____________________________
[ ] Member of an organization
Name of Organization
________________________________________
[ ] Academic Contests winner/participant
Date of Contest/Award Received
_______________________________
[ ] Non-academic contests winner/participant
Date of Contest/Award Received
_______________________________
[ ] Underwent OJT
Name of Training Station
______________________________________
[ ] Working student
Name of Company
___________________________________________

] Attended seminars, conferences, workshops

a. Among those mentioned above, which do you think helped you a lot in finding a job?
__________________________________________________________
b. Among those mentioned above, which do you think would be the foremost consideration of companies in accepting job
applicants, particularly new graduates?
______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
2. To what extent do you agree or disagree with the following statements about your course (Bachelor in Banking and Finance)
Strongly
Agree

Agree

Neither
Agree or
Disagree

Disagree

Strongly
Disagree

The BBF graduates seem to be the one needed by the

agencies and industries
The development of skills needed for employment and
entrepreneurship is well provided
The curriculum is a combination of theories and practices
for its students
The curriculum subjects are relevant in our present
employment
The subjects which I took were very helpful in providing the
skills needed in my present job
The support activities and training I participated were
useful in my present job
3. From your perspectives as an employee/graduate, do you feel that during your Bachelor in Banking and Finance course, the
following areas were given too much, about right or too little attention?
Too Much
Written communication skills
Oral communication skills
Research skills
Interpretation skill/teamwork
Analytical skills

About Right

Too Little

Leadership skills
Entrepreneurship
Business Awareness
Career planning
Time Management
Working under pressure
Ability to work independently
Among those mentioned above, which areas helped to prepare you most for the workplace? Please choose 5 and rank them from
1-5 with being the most helpful.
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.