A RESEARCH STUDY ON THE

EMPLOYABILITY OF MECHANICAL
ENGINEERING GRADUATES IN EASTERN
VISAYAS STATE UNIVERSITY, ORMOC CITY-
CAMPUS 2007-2016

BY:

WILLIAM DAVE H. DOMASIN

MARCK JUNNELLE P. MAHUSAY
JAYVE W. PACABIS
RESEARCH ABSTRACT

This research study aims to determine the employability

of mechanical engineering graduate which also explores the
importance of the curriculum and nature of employment and
work-related behavior to the job placement of the graduate
respondents.
Findings showed that engineering graduates shows their
knowledge and skills learned from the important factors in the
field of employment.
It was concluded that improvements are needed in the
Eastern Visayas State University in order to produce competent
and productive graduates.
CHAPTER I. ( Introduction)

Globalized scenario of product design, production and

manufacturing opened huge employment opportunities in all the
industrial sectors like automotive, aerospace, energy,
infrastructure, medical and others, more particularly to
engineering professionals graduating out from the Institution.
Under the scenario of large business and employment
opportunities, industries also face the challenges like globally
competing market, usage of technologies into the products,
getting the products early to market. Hence, the expectations
from the industries are that, the fresh engineering graduates
delivered by the Institutions to be employable, should be able to
work on actual assignments with least trainings or handholding’s
on-the job.
Employer’s expectations of fresh hires are available as job-ready,
throws a lot of challenge on the educational system, more
particularly to the institutions and their existence. This results in
significant percentage of graduates left-out as unemployable, a
concern for the society and even to the country.
Employability of engineering graduates is a global issue
of varying percentage and a concern for both developing and
developed nations. Various nations across the globe are making
progress in addressing this issue have joined together in
developing standards for accreditation and facilitate reforms in
engineering educational institutions by sharing the best practices
amongst them. This enhances the quality of engineering
education and profession as a whole.
Aim

This study aims for the enhancement and the increase of

the employability rate by obtaining several factors that helps
improve employability of mechanical graduates IN EVSU-OCC
and to provide the adequate benefits for being a job ready
employee.
Objectives of the Study
• To determine whether the application knowledge of theory into
practice is a factor in employability of mechanical engineering
graduates.
• To determine whether being licensed or unlicensed varies in
having a high salary job.
• To identify the importance of Quality knowledge, application
tools and the factors significant to them towards practical
application.
• To identify the importance of analytical and problem solving
skills and the factors influencing them as perceived by employer
towards practical application.
• To test and quantify whether this gap in application of theory
into practice is carried forward to the profession.
Significance of the Study
The improvement of the employability is also the improvement
of its institution. The conveyance of knowledge to application and
standardized implementations may be a huge asset in employability of
mechanical engineering graduates. The data gathered will be unusually
good for improving employability around the globe simply by means of
analyzing the information that is being gathered.

Lower percentage of the employability of engineering

graduates in India, is a complex problem and comes from various
sources, like students admitted with varying curriculum of boards of
studies, varying qualifying marks in the admission process, varying
culture and languages from urban and rural parts of India, varying
institutional infrastructures etc., Unfortunately most of the engineering
educational institutions have controls only on few of these factors to
address at their level, as rest of them are to be addressed by regulatory
bodies, affiliated universities, government etc.,
 Under the above context, this study revolves around,
identifying the factors as perceived by the employers, which
make significant impact on employability, implementable at
the institutional level and their interrelationship. The study
is focused to mechanical engineering domain and under
graduate engineering students.
This study will not only improve employability but
also the improvement of lives of many, opportunity comes
with great ideals and attributes in the domain of industries.
 Theoretical/Conceptual
Framework

Employability

Self-esteem
Self-efficacy Self-confidence

Reflection &
Evaluation

Knowledge
Career Experience skills & Emotional
Development of work in understandin Genetic Skills Intelligence
Learning life g of the
degree
CHAPTER II. ( Review of Related Literature)

Literature survey deals with employability of mechanical

engineering graduates in India, gap reported in literatures made
by other researchers, national bodies understand etc. has been
proposed to be present in this chapter along with research gap
identified.
The unmet expectations of the industry arise from many
factors such as lack of theoretical knowledge relevant to the
current day needs of the industry, lack of analytical ability to
analyze risks, lack of communication ability to convey the
thoughts and ideas, lack of knowledge and its impact on quality
and cost, cultural differences due to the presence of multi-
national companies in India and consequent higher expectations
in a globally competitive market.
 Each of the above factors contributes to the employability of
engineering graduates in its own way. Some of the above mentioned
factors might be common across all the branches engineering. The issues
arising out of domain skills and their interactions have to be studied with
the inputs from the respondent who are knowledgeable on mechanical
engineering domains needs for the job roles and across regions of India.

As observed earlier, problem of lower employability of

engineering graduates is a complex issue under the influence of many
factors on which institutions have less or no controls. An attempt has been
made through this research study to bring the factional information to the
extent possible, by capturing the voice of customs (VoC) who are
employers representatives involved in hiring process, knowledgeable on
mechanical engineering.
 Literatures towards employability, but found to have a
short in capturing the voices of domain experts in the given field
of engineering, as most of the respondents were human resource
professionals. Employability issue’s in higher education,
education is appeared to be an issue across institutions and global
poles with varying percentages, not specific to India.
Employability and quality in higher education, though the
employability is measured as the output quality of higher
education, but it has been observed that literatures have not
brought out the constraints or limitations of the institutions like
variations in student inputs to higher educational institutions and
practical knowledge gap carried over.
CHAPTER III. ( Methodology )

The exploratory research of this study was conducted in

multi stages, for identifying important factor that affect the
employability of mechanical engineering graduates. Respondents
are the employers’ representatives, involved in hiring process of
fresh engineering graduates and are experts in mechanical
engineering domain and its needs in employment.
A. Research design:
This employability study used the descriptive research
design wherein according to shuttle worth; it is a scientific
method which involves observing and describing the behaviour
of a subject without influencing it in any way. The subject is
being observed in a completely natural and unchanged natural
environment. Descriptive research is often used as a pre-cursor to
quantitative research designs, the general overview giving some
valuable pointers as to what variables are worth testing
quantitatively. Quantitative experiments are often expensive and
time consuming so it is often good sense to get an idea of what
hypothesis are worth testing.
B. Research Instrument and Locale:
The research was done by the group at home,
each having their own selected chapters with the aid of a
laptop, desk, dictionary and an internet connection.
Most of the data and information gathered from the
internet at the internet cafe most likely of the review
related literatures and study and background of the
study. Data from various source in the internet are also
being utilize for the output of this project.
C. Data Gathering Procedures:
All the chapters are being shared to each members of the
group, each have their own portion. Each member performs
independently for their own portion that allows us to come up
with a good data and output. The gathered data where
consummated by the group for its final documentation and
fabrication.
GENERAL INFORMATION
CIVIL STATUS

MARRIED

CIVIL STATUS

SINGLE

0 20 40 60 80 100
GENERAL INFORMATION
DISABILITY

W/O DISABILITY

DISABILITY

W/ DISABILITY

0 20 40 60 80 100 120
GENERAL INFORMATION
GENDER

FEMALE

GENDER

MALE

0 20 40 60 80 100
EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND
80

70

60

50

40 PASSED
FAILED
30

20

10

0
BOARD PASSER
TRAINING ADVANCE STUDIES
ATTENDED AFTER COLLEGE

100
90
80
70
YES
60
NO
50
40
30
20
10
0
TRAINING & SEMINAR
CHAPTER V. ( Conclusions )

The employability of graduates must be ensure by the data

shown on the theoretical framework. Every student must gain all
essence as a basic ground for one to be employed. We concluded
that employability does not matter if one is licensed or not, male
or female or married or single. On our survey, all have their jobs
although not all got their license, this gives a fact that being
licensed doesn’t gives a very big impact on employment each one
can attain their future jobs and become successful. We also
concluded that in order that the employability rate will increase,
students should be willing to study and strive for success.
Everyone can attain something high by a long and steady process
Recommendation
It is recommended that the mechanical engineering
students may be given curricular activities focusing on the
enhancement of oral communication skill and working with
multidisciplinary teams. The university may strengthen their
linkages with engineering and manufacturing firms that will serve
as the training ground of students for their internship and as
potential future work environment. Ensure that the graduates
possessed the student outcomes of the engineering program
through appropriate assessment tools in the specific period as
deemed necessary. Seminars may be conducted by the college of
engineering focusing on the total quality management or any
quality assurance mechanism as common area of concern for all
institutions and industries. Conducting research collaboration
with the industries through engineering graduates or alumni to
strengthen partnership with the employers.
Results
NAMES CIVIL DISABILITY GENDE BOARD SEMINARS
STATUS R EXAMINATI AND
ON TRAINING
PANTINO SINGLE N/A MALE PASSED OK
BANEZ SINGLE N/A FEMAL PASSED OK
E
MENDOZA SINGLE N/A MALE PASSED OK
GINOBIAGON SINGLE N/A MALE PASSED OK
OJEDA MARRIED N/A MALE FAILED OK
TORSINO SINGLE N/A MALE PASSED OK
MORILLA SINGLE N/A MALE PASSED OK
NAVIA SINGLE N/A MALE PASSED OK
MOSGUERA SINGLE N/A MALE PASSED OK
GELIG SINGLE N/A MALE FAILED OK
CASTANEDA SINGLE N/A FEMAL PASSED OK
E
PANA SINGLE N/A MALE PASSED OK
SANCHEZ SINGLE N/A FEMAL FAILED OK