C2C: COLLEGE TO CAREER

WEBINAR SERIES FOR GRADUATING COLLEGE STUDENTS

I. OVERVIEW

The Philippine Government’s Universal Access to Education Policy,

implemented through the Commission on Higher Education, has enabled
millions of Filipino youth to be able to acquire higher education. Despite the
pandemic, around 700,000 students will be graduating in 2021 and will be
joining the workforce.

Our graduates are already considered winners in their own right because
they were able to triumph over all the adversities they faced during their
entire stay in college. Acquiring a college degree, however, is just the
beginning of their journey towards a better life that they envision for
themselves and their families. They will have to join the professional world
and compete with other graduates, both past and present, for the available
job opportunities.

It is necessary to provide a mechanism that will enable college graduates to

carefully carve-out their own niche and to prepare them for a life outside the
classroom, which may be that of a worker, an employee, or an entrepreneur.

The Office of Cong. Ron P. Salo (KABAYAN Partylist), in partnership with

the Chevening Alumni Foundation of the Philippines, Inc. (CAFPI), and the
Commission on Higher Education (CHED), wishes to launch a 14-part
webinar series that aims to empower our graduates to carefully choose which
sector or industry they wish to join in order to increase their chances of
getting hired, and to equip them with the tools and skills in order to thrive in
their chosen careers.

In this endeavor, five (5) universities have signified their intent to co-host all
webinars, namely: Polytechnic University of the Philippines (PUP), Cebu
Normal University, Tarlac State University (TSU), and Eulogio “Amang”
Rodriguez Institute of Science and Technology (EARIST), Cavite State
University (CavSu).

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Each of the fourteen (14) topics will be undertaken in partnership with all four
universities as co-hosts. However, every topic will have one university as the
main co-host of the Office of Cong. Ron Salo. Each of them will be assigned
as main co-hosts of at least two (2) topics, with the possibility of hosting more
topics in the future.

II. TOPICS AND TITLE

Topic Title Main Co-Host Date

Institution/s
1 Resume The Ultimate PUP May 14,
Preparation, Guide to Job 2021
Writing an Hunting:
Application Letter, Marketing
Acing an Interview Oneself
Effectively
2 Career in Carving-out a PUP and CSC May 28,
government – Career in 2021
application Government
process,
requirements,
benefits
3 Considering a You’re my Hero: EARIST June 11,
career in the Joining the 2021
military military
4 Considering a To Serve & EARIST June 25,
career in law Protect: Life as a 2021
enforcement Law Enforcer
5 Considering a Being a Diplomat: Cavite State July 9,
career in the Serving our University 2021
foreign service Kababayans
Abroad
6 Considering to Ang Bagong Cavite State July 23,
work abroad Bayani: OFW Ako University 2021
7 Considering to Call Center Agent EARIST Aug 13,
apply in a BPO Ako: Say Mo? 2021
industry
8 Considering to DepEd, Pwede PUP and Aug. 27,
work with the ba Ako? DepEd 2021

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 DepEd, the biggest
employer in the
Executive
Department, either
as a member of the
teaching or non-
teaching personnel
9. Considering to Musta, Attorney? TSU Sept. 10,
pursue law Me Ikukunsulta 2021
Ako
10 For those Healing Bodies Cebu Normal Sept. 24,
considering a and Saving Lives: University 2021
career in medicine Life as a Doctor
11 How to deal with Managing Stress PUP Oct. 8,
stress at work and in the Workplace 2021
maintaining mental
health
12 Discussion on Employees’ TSU Oct. 22,
statutory rights of Rights, Benefits, 2021
employees, and Remedies
benefits and
available remedies
in cases of legal
issue
13 Discussion on Be Your Own TSU Nov. 12,
being an Boss! 2021
entrepreneur and
starting own
business
14 Scholarships Dream Come Cebu Normal Nov. 26,
abroad for those True! University 2021
considering to
enhance their
academic
credentials
(Chevening,
Fullbright,
Erasmus, etc.)

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 III. PARTNERSHIP AND ROLES

General Tasks:

• The Project will be an endeavor of the following: Office of Rep. Ron P.

Salo (KABAYAN Partylist), CAFPI, CHED, and the partner institutions.
• Office of Rep. Salo is the lead entity. It shall oversee the entire
webinar series, including the program, speakers, and promotions. It
will shoulder the required expenses. It will provide the Zoom webinar
platform.
• CHED will disseminate the information to all SUCs and private
universities and colleges; officially endorse the project to all academic
institutions under it to enable them to participate; and to promote the
project in its website and to all its available list of students and
graduates.
• The Partner Universities will be co-host to the event. It may also
provide a possible speaker for the event. The partner institutions for
the said event will promote the topic to their students, who shall be the
live participants in the Zoom.
• CAFPI will promote the webinars and tap its members who are experts
on specific topics to be the possible speakers.

Specific Tasks:

a. Office of Rep. Ron P. Salo

• The office shall be the lead organizer and shall oversee the
entire webinar series including the programs and
promotion, including posters for the webinars;
• It shall provide for the general structure of the content of
the topics to be discussed;
• It shall provide for the online platform for the webinar series;
• It shall shoulder the required expenses for the conduct of
the webinar series;
• It shall oversee the arrangements of the cross posting of
the webinar in multiple online platforms;

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 • It shall issue the certificates of participation for the live
participants in the Zoom;
• The Office may assign more topics to be co-hosted by
partner universities;
• The Office shall provide for the honorarium, tokens and
certificates for the speakers; and
• Other tasks necessary to carry out the objectives of this
project.

b. Commission on Higher Education (CHED)

• The Commission shall officially endorse the project to all

academic institutions under it to enable them to participate;
• It shall promote the event as an official CHED project in its
website and to all its available list of students and
graduates;
• CHED shall disseminate the event to all SUCs and private
universities;
• CHED shall also provide its logo to the Office of Rep. Salo
for the promotional materials; and
• Other tasks necessary to carry out the objectives of this
project.

c. Partner Universities

• The universities shall be co-hosts of the entire webinar

series. However, one (1) university shall be the main co-
host for every topic;
• Each university shall be assigned at least two (2) topics as
main co-host with the possibility of co-hosting more in the
future webinars;
• Each university shall commit and require the attendance of
its graduating students as part of the live
audience/participants in the Zoom consistent with its
allotted slots;
• The main co-host for the topic may recommend speaker/s
of their choice;

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 • The universities shall arrange with the Office of Rep. Salo
for the cross posting of the webinar in their school’s official
Facebook page, and other media;
• The partner universities shall promote the webinar series to
their students, faculty, staff, other employees, alumni, and
other persons in the school’s community;
• The university shall provide the Office of Rep. Salo with
their school’s official logo for the promotional materials;
• The head of the university which is the main co-host for the
topic shall co-sign with Rep. Salo the certificates of
participation for its assigned topic/s; and
• Other tasks necessary to carry out the objectives of this
project.

d. Chevening Alumni Foundation of the Philippines, Inc. (CAFPI)

• CAFPI shall provide support to the webinar series by

promoting it to their members;
• CAFPI shall provide for moderators of the webinars;
• It shall also invite its members who are experts in the
specific topics to possibly become resource speakers for
the webinars; and
• Other tasks necessary to carry out the objectives of this
project.

IV. WEBINAR EVENT DETAILS

Frequency: Twice a month

Day: 2nd & 4th Friday of every Month
Starting Date: May 14, 2021
End Date: November 26, 2021
Period: May to November 2021
Time: 3-5pm
Length of each Webinar: approximately 1 hr. and 45 mins.
Speakers: There will be two (2) speakers for every webinar.
Medium: via Zoom for the Speakers and early registrants. It will be live-
streamed at KABAYAN Partylist FB page and the co-host’s FB page or
website.

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Tentative Program

• Invocation (2 mins)
• National Anthem (2 mins)
• Opening Remarks (5 mins) – CHED
• Welcome Remarks (5 mins) – Rep. Ron P. Salo
• Introduction of the 1st Speaker (2 mins)
• Speaker 1 (35 mins)
• Introduction of the 2nd Speaker (2 mins)
• Speaker 2 (35 mins)
• Question and Answer (10 mins)
• Awarding of Certificates (2 mins)
• Closing Remarks (5 mins) – Main Co-host

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