Career Skills and On-the-Job Training Performance of Business Administration Students of a State University in Isabela, Philippines

Abstract

One of the objectives of the tertiary On-the-Job Training program is to prepare students for professional work as practitioners in their chosen and respective fields. Every university or college is expected to design a content and performance system embodied in a course curriculum to enhance students’ skills and competencies that may be required by firms where they undergo training. The purpose of the study is to analyze the career skills and performance of the students during the conduct of their on-the-job-training program. Descriptive and inferential research designs were utilized to analyze the data gathered. Results showed that the most dominant career skills of the students were the foundational skills, and the least dominant were the business management skills. This demonstrates that participants are more interested with their foundational skills. In testing the relationship, business skills were found to have a significant relationship with the students’ OJT performance. Furthermore, sex and OJT performance were predictors of leadership skills. OJT performance was also found to be a predictor of business management skills and the type of scholarship as a predictor of the business management, people, and leadership skills of the students. The findings of the study might be used to establish or choose instructional styles, approaches, and methodologies. The identified dominant career skills of the students could be a crucial basis for revisions and enhancements of the program course curriculum in alignment with the 21^st century skills and competencies needed for graduates who will be entering the workforce.