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CHAPTER IV

PRESENTATION, ANALYSIS AND INTERPRETATION OF DATA

In this chapter of the present study, “Employment Status of the

Non-CPA Graduates of the University of Luzon of the College of

Accountancy”, the data gathered from the respondents and other

resources are presented, analyzed and interpreted using the common

statistical method in percentage and in ranking form.

Gender

The table below shows the frequency and percentage distribution

of gender of the respondents.

Table No.1

FREQUENCY AND PERCENTAGE DISTRIBUTION OF THE

RESPONDENTS ACCORDING TO GENDER

n = 138

Gender f %

Male 41 30

Female 97 70

Total 138 100

Out of 138 respondents according to gender, 41 or 30% are male

while 97 or 70% are female. This means that most of respondents are

female.

Age

The table shows the age of the respondents.

Table No.2

FREQUENCY AND PERCENTAGE DISTRIBUTION OF THE

RESPONDENTS ACCORDING TO AGE

n=138

Age f %

20-21 33 24

22-23 64 46

24-25 38 28

26-27 2 1

28-29 1 1

Total 138 100

On this table, ages of 22-23 have the highest frequency

distribution with an equivalent percentage of 46% or 64 out of 138

respondents. While the ages of 28-29 have the lowest frequency

distribution with an equivalent percentage of 1% or 1 out of 138

respondents.

Year Graduated

The table shows the number of Non-CPA Graduates of University

of Luzon from batches 2011 to 2014.

Table No.3

FREQUENCY AND PERCENTAGE DISTRIBUTION OF

RESPONDENTS ACCORDING TO YEAR GRADUATED

n = 138

Year Graduated f %

2011 25 18

2012 24 18

2013 35 25

2014 54 39

Total 138 100

The table shows the frequency and percentage of the school year

the respondents graduated in the University of Luzon. Based on the

above data, in the year of 2011, the number of non CPA graduates is

25 or 18%. In the year of 2012, the number of non CPA graduates is 24

or 18%. In the year of 2013, the number of non CPA graduates is 35 or

25%. In the year 2014, the number of non CPA graduates is 54 or 39%

with the total of 138 or 100%.

Civil Status

The table below shows the civil status of the respondents,

whether they are single or married.

Table No.4


RESPONDENTS ACCORDING TO CIVIL STATUS

n=138

Civil Status F %

Single 130 94

Married 8 6

Total 138 100

Based on the above table, out of 138 respondents, there are 130

or 94% who are still single while the rest are married with 8 or 6%. This

means that most of the respondents are single.

Employment Status

Employment status is one of the bases used in determining the

marketability of the respondents. The table below shows the frequency

and percentage distribution of respondents according to their

employment status.

Table no. 5


RESPONDENTS ACCORDING TO THEIR EMPLOYMENT STATUS

Employment Status F %

Employed 115 83

No, but have been employed

before

5 4

Never been employed 18 13

Total 138 100

n = 138

The overall picture of the non-CPA 2011-2014 graduates’ labor

placement is inspiring since everybody was able to find employment as

reflected in Table no. 5. The data revealed that eighty-three (83%)

percent of the respondents were “employed” while four (4%) percent

were “unemployed, but have been employed before” and eighteen

(18%) percent were “never employed”. For those who are not

employed but have been employed before and those who were never

been employed; family concern, health related reasons, further study,

lack of job opportunity, lack of interest in finding a job and

dissatisfaction forced them to quit in their job.

This implies that the College flagship program yields higher

demands in labor market thus offered massive opportunity for the

graduates to be employed. It further indicates that even though they

are non-CPA graduates they were able to “hit the ground running” and

employers trust their strong skills and competencies for the job.

Therefore, it is inspiring to note that even they lack the “Certified

Public Accountant” title, the non-CPA graduates are successful in the

school’s tasks to prepare and produce competent graduates capable of

making a positive contribution over their profession and society in

which they work.

Length of Waiting Period

One of the bases in determining the employability of the

respondent is by knowing the length of waiting period they had before

landing on their initial job after graduation.

Table no. 6

LENGTH OF WAITING PERIOD TO THEIR INITIAL EMPLOYMENT

n = 115

Length of waiting period f %

Less than 3 months 74 65

3 months to less than 6 months 15 13

6 months to less than a year 13 11

1 year to less than 2 years 7 6

2 years or more 6 5

Total 115 100

The table above shows that 65 % of the respondents waited for

less than 3 months, 13% of them waited within the range of 3months

to less than 6 months, 11% of which waited for 6 months to less than a

year, 6% of the respondents 1year to less than 2 years, and 5 %

waited for 2 years or more.

It was encouraging to note that majority of the non-CPA

graduates have been employed on their first job in less than a year

period after graduation. This means that the employability of the non-

CPAs is high.

Scope of Practice

This table shows the frequency and percentage distribution of

the respondents according to the scope of practice they are currently

engaged in; Academe, Public, Government, and Commerce and

Industry/Private Practice.

Table no. 7


RESPONDENTS ACCORDING TO THE SCOPE OF PRACTICE

n = 115

Scope of Practice f %

Academe Practice 0 0

Public Practice 9 8

Government Practice 8 7

Commerce and Industry/Private Practice 98 85

Total 115 100

Based on the above table, 83% of the respondents are currently

employed under the Academe Practice, 8 % of which are engaged in

Public Practice, 7 % of them are exercising their expertise in the field

of Government practice and 2 % of the Non- CPA Graduates are under

Commerce and Industry or Private Practice.

Present Occupation

This table shows the frequency and percentage distribution of

respondents according to their present occupation. Some of those jobs

are enumerated below.

Table no. 8


RESPONDENTS ACCORDING TO THEIR PRESENT OCCUPATION

n = 115

Occupation F %

Accountant 30 26

Accounting Clerk 26 23

Accounting Assistant 6 5

Auditor 16 14

Bank Teller 4 3

Bookkeeper 5 4

Financial Advisor 1 1

Professor/Instructor 0 0

Others 27 24

Total 115 100

As reflected in the Table No. 8, 26% of the total gathered

responses are employed as Accountants, 23% of are working as

Accounting clerks, 5% of the respondents are working as Accounting

Assistant, 14% are employed as Bank Tellers, 3% are composed of

Bookkeepers, 1% are Financial Advisors, while there are no Non- CPA

Graduates that are employed as Professors or Instructors. Lastly, there

are 24% who are employed other than the above mentioned

occupations.

Current Position/Work Status

The work status of someone is either classified as an employee

(regular/permanent, part-time, contractual and probationary) or

working on their own account (self-employed). Permanent employment

is a full-time, salaried position with a contract to work the average

amount of 8 hours each day. Part-time means that you work less than

the normal schedule either by working fewer days or fewer hours while

Contractual means working for as little as one day or for as long as a

few years for an employer. The real difference is that you have a

definite end date for your employment period. A probationary

employee is one who, for a given period of time, is being observed and

evaluated to determine whether or not he is qualified for permanent

employment Self-employed are those who earn a living by working for

themselves and not as an employee of someone else.

Table no. 9


RESPONDENTS ACCORDING TO THEIR WORK STATUS

n = 115

Work Status F %

Regular/Permanent 91 79

Part-Time 0 0

Contractual 23 20

Self-employed 0 0

Probationary 1 1

Total 115 100

From the above table, 91 out of 115 respondents or 79% of the

sample size are permanently employed. As for the respondents

working part-time, none of them were under this status which means

that there is a 0 % in the total sample. 20 % of the respondents are on

a contractual basis. For those who are self-employed, again, there’s a

0% rate and 1% are under probationary.

Since the vast majority of the respondents are on a

regular/permanent contract, their financial security is better which

means that they have a certain amount of money paid to every month

which allows them to budget effectively. Career opportunities are more

accessible and they will have set goals to achieve within their role.

They generally have a greater sense of job satisfaction as they become

integrated into the team and make long term friendships with

colleagues. Employees have greater benefits or rights and it's as much

for the protection or the employer as it is for the employee.

Monthly Salary

After knowing the employment status of the respondents, it is

reasonably just to know the range of their monthly salary. This table

below shows the percentage and frequency distribution of

respondent’s monthly salary.

Table no. 10


RESPONDENTS ACCORDING TO THEIR MONTHLY SALARY

n = 112

Monthly Salary F %

Below Php 10,000 24 22

Php 10,000-Php 20,000 65 58

Php 20,001-Php 30,000 17 15

Above Php 30,000 6 5

Total 112 100

Based on the table presented above, 22% of the respondents

have their salaries below Php 10,000. 58% or 65 out of 112 receive Php

10,000-Php 20,000 monthly salaries. For respondents having a salary

range of Php 20,001-Php 30,000, a 15% rate was calculated. A 5% rate

was computed for those whose salaries are above Php 30,000.

Job Satisfaction

This section presents the level of satisfaction of respondents

whether they are highly satisfied, moderately satisfied, slightly

satisfiedor not satisfied.

Table no. 11

THE LEVEL OF SATISFACTION OF THE RESPONDENTS TO THEIR

PRESENT EMPLOYMENT

n = 115

Level Of Job SatisfactionHighly Satisfie

d4

Moderately

Satisfied3

Slightly Satisfie

d2

Not Satisfie

d1

Mean

AD

Salaries and Benefits

24 (96) 63 (189) 21 (42) 7 (7) 2.90 MS

Career Challenge

38 (152) 55 (165) 20 (40) 2 (2) 3.12 MS

Workplace 47 (188) 48 (144) 15 (30) 4 (4) 3.18 MSJob Interest 35 (140) 58 (174) 21 (42) 1 (1) 3.10 MSSpecial Related Skills

28 (112) 21 (63) 65 (130) 1 (1) 2.66 MS

Proximity to Residence

37 (148) 44 (132) 32 (64) 2 (2) 3.01 MS

Weighted Mean

3.00 MS

Legend:

Level Scale Adjectival Description

4 3.26-4.00 HS=Highly Satisfied

3 2.51-3.25 MS=Moderately Satisfied

2 1.76-2.50 SS=Slightly Satisfied

1 1.00-1.75 NS=Not Satisfied

As reflected in the Table no. 11, 24 out of 115 are highly

satisfied, 63 are moderately satisfied, 21 are slightly satisfied and 7

out of 115 are not satisfied based on their salaries and benefits

received in their present employment. On the other hand career

challenge has 38 out of 115 respondents are highly satisfied, 55 are

moderately satisfied, 20 are slightly satisfied and 2 out of 115 are not

satisfied on how challenged the respondents with their job. The extent

of satisfaction according to their proximity of residence has 47 out of

115 respondents are highly satisfied, 48 are moderately satisfied, 15

are slightly satisfied and 4 out of 115 are not satisfied with their

workplace. The job interest of the Non- CPA Graduates with their

current job has 35 out of 115 respondents are highly satisfied, 58 are

moderately satisfied, 21 are slightly satisfied and there is only 1 out of

115 respondents are not satisfied with their preferred job. The extent

of satisfaction according to their special related skills has 28 out of 115

respondents are highly satisfied, 21 are moderately satisfied, 65 are

slightly satisfied and there is only 1 out of 115 respondents who are

not satisfied with their related skills on their job.

Table no. 12

THE PROPOSED EXTENT OF NECESSITY OF THE RESPONDENTS TO IMPROVE THE EMPLOYMENT STATUS OF THE FUTURE NON-

CPA GRADUATES

n = 138

Extent of NecessityHighly Neede

d(4)

Moderately Needed

(3)

Slightly

Needed

(2)

Not Neede

d1()

Mean AD

Skills enhancement trainings/ seminars

112 (448)

23 (69) 3 (6) 0 (0) 3.79 HN

Career Guidance and counselling

80 (320)

53 (159) 5 (10) 0 (0) 3.54 HN

Closer 91 38 (114) 9 (18) 0 (0) 3.59 HN

Linkage between institution and industry to ensure graduates know where to go to look for jobs

(364)

Job fair 73 (290)

46 (138) 16 (32) 3 (3) 3.36 HN

Weighted Mean

3.57 HN

Legend:

Level Scale Adjectival Description

4 3.26-4.00 HN=Highly Needed

3 2.51-3.25 MN=Moderately Needed

2 1.76-2.50 SN=Slightly Needed

1 1.00-1.75 NN=Not Needed

As reflected in the Table no. 12, 112 out of 138

responded that Skills enhancement trainings/ seminars is highly

needed, 23 responded moderately needed, 3 responded slightly

needed and no one responded not needed. On the other hand Career

Guidance and counselling has 80 out of 138 responded highly needed,

53 responded moderately needed, 5 responded slightly needed and no

one responded not needed. While 91 out of 138 responded highly

needed on Closer Linkage between institution and industry to ensure

graduates know where to go to look for jobs, 38 responded moderately

needed, 9 responded slightly needed and no one responded not

needed. Lastly, Job Fair has 73 out of 138 responded highly needed, 46

responded moderately satisfied, 16 responded slightly needed and

there is only 3 out of 138 responded not needed.

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