CHALLENGES OF BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN TOURISM MANAGEMENT GRADUATES IN SEEKIN

PART I. RESPONDENTS PROFILE

YEAR GRADUATED ƒ GENDER ƒ

1. 2019 7 1. Male 29
2. 2020 10 2. Female 49
3. 2021 8 3. LGTQ+ 3
4. 2022 16 81
5. 2023 19
6. 2024 21
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PART II
SKILL AND ABILITY
Respondents SA1 SA2 SA3 SA4 SA5
R1 3 4 4 3 4
R2 1 4 4 3 4
R3 2 2 4 4 4
R4 3 2 2 1 3
R5 2 2 3 3 3
R6 2 2 3 3 3
R7 3 3 3 4 3
R8 2 4 4 4 4
R9 3 3 4 4 3
R10 3 3 4 3 4
R11 3 2 3 3 4
R12 3 3 2 1 2
R13 3 1 2 3 3
R14 4 4 4 4 4
R15 3 2 2 1 1
R16 3 2 2 1 2
R17 2 2 1 1 2
R18 2 2 2 2 1
R19 2 1 2 1 2
R20 2 2 2 1 1
R21 3 3 3 3 3
R22 4 2 4 2 2
R23 3 3 2 3 3
R24 3 1 1 2 1
R25 4 2 2 2 1
R26 3 3 3 3 3
R27 4 4 4 3 3
R28 3 1 2 2 2
R29 3 3 2 3 2
R30 2 2 2 1 1
R31 2 2 2 3 2
R32 3 2 2 3 2
R33 3 3 2 2 1
R34 3 2 3 2 2
R35 4 3 2 2 2
R36 3 3 2 2 2
R37 3 3 2 2 2
R38 4 3 2 2 2
R39 3 3 2 2 2
R40 3 4 2 1 2
R41 3 3 2 2 1
R42 3 3 2 1 2
R43 3 4 2 1 1
R44 3 3 1 1 1
R45 3 4 2 2 2
R46 3 4 2 1 2
R47 3 3 2 2 2
R48 3 4 2 2 1
R49 4 4 2 1 2
R50 3 3 2 2 2
R51 3 3 3 2 3
R52 4 3 3 4 4
R53 3 3 3 3 3
R54 2 3 3 4 3
R55 4 3 4 4 3
R56 2 3 3 3 3
R57 2 3 3 4 4
R58 2 2 3 3 2
R59 3 4 3 3 3
R60 3 2 2 2 1
R61 2 2 3 3 1
R62 3 3 2 2 2
R63 4 2 1 2 3
R64 3 2 2 3 3
R65 3 3 2 3 2
R66 3 3 2 2 1
R67 3 3 2 2 3
R68 3 3 1 2 2
R69 3 3 2 2 3
R70 3 3 2 2 2
R71 4 3 3 4 4
R72 3 3 3 3 3
R73 3 3 4 4 3
R74 3 3 4 3 4
R75 3 4 4 4 3
R76 3 2 2 3 2
R77 3 2 2 2 1
R78 2 1 2 1 2
R79 3 2 2 2 2
R80 2 1 2 1 2
R81 3 2 3 2 2

PART III

CURRENT EMPLOYMENT STATUS ƒ NO. OF MONTHS/YEARS FROM GRA

20
1. Employed in tourism/hospitality
2. Employed in another field 47
3. Unemployed and seeking a job in tourism/ 10
4. Unemployed and seeking a job in another 3
5. Pursuing further studies 1
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PRIMARY METHOD OF JOB SEARCHING (CHECK ALL OPTION THAT APPLIES)

1.Online Job Portal
2. Referrals
3. Career Fair
4. Direct Application to companies
5. Social Media

Did you face any challenges in tailoring your resume and cover letter to the specific requir

Did you feel that your lack of experience was a disadvantage in the job application proces

Did you receive any job offers that were not related to the tourism and hospitality i

PART IV.

IV1 IV2 IV3 IV4 IV5 IV6

3 3 3 2 2 3
1 1 1 1 1 1
2 2 3 4 4 4
4 2 5 4 4 4
2 3 3 2 1 2
3 3 3 3 3 3
5 5 5 5 5 4
3 3 2 3 3 3
4 4 4 3 4 4
3 4 3 4 4 4
3 5 4 3 4 5
4 3 4 5 4 4
4 4 5 4 5 5
3 3 3 3 3 3
4 4 4 4 3 4
3 4 4 3 4 2
5 5 5 4 5 5
4 4 3 2 4 4
5 4 4 5 5 5
5 3 4 5 4 5
5 3 3 4 4 5
5 3 4 3 2 4
5 3 5 5 3 4
4 4 4 4 5 4
5 5 4 4 4 5
3 3 3 3 3 3
4 4 4 3 4 5
4 4 4 4 4 3
3 4 4 3 4 4
4 4 3 3 3 5
4 4 3 3 3 4
3 3 3 4 3 5
3 3 4 4 3 5
2 3 4 4 3 4
3 5 5 3 4 5
4 3 3 3 4 4
2 3 3 3 4 5
4 3 3 3 4 5
4 4 3 3 4 4
3 4 4 3 4 4
3 4 4 4 4 4
3 4 4 3 4 4
3 4 4 3 3 4
4 5 5 4 4 5
4 4 3 3 4 4
4 4 4 3 3 4
4 4 3 3 4 4
3 3 3 3 4 4
5 5 4 4 5 5
3 3 3 4 3 4
4 3 2 2 2 3
4 4 4 4 3 4
3 2 2 3 2 3
4 1 2 3 4 4
3 3 3 3 3 3
3 1 3 4 3 3
3 2 2 2 3 2
2 2 3 3 2 3
4 3 2 3 4 3
5 3 4 3 5 5
4 3 3 3 4 5
5 3 4 3 4 5
5 3 3 4 5 5
3 3 4 3 5 5
4 3 5 5 4 5
4 3 5 4 5 5
4 3 4 4 5 5
5 3 3 5 5 5
5 3 3 4 5 5
4 4 5 4 5 5
3 4 4 3 4 4
3 2 3 4 3 3
2 3 2 1 2 2
4 4 3 4 3 3
2 4 3 3 2 3
4 5 4 4 4 4
4 4 4 4 4 4
4 4 4 4 4 5
4 4 4 4 4 4
4 4 4 4 4 5
4 5 4 3 4 4
RADUATES IN SEEKING A CAREER IN TOURISM AND HOSPITALITY INDUSTRY

AGE ƒ
1. 22-24 46
2. 25-27 30
3. 28-30 4
4. 31 and above 1
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KNOWLEDGE GAP JOB MARKET COMPETITION

KA1 KA2 KA3 KA4 KA5 JMC1 JMC2
3 4 4 4 4 3 4
4 3 3 3 3 4 4
4 3 4 3 4 4 4
2 3 1 2 2 2 3
3 3 3 3 3 4 3
3 3 3 3 3 3 3
3 4 4 3 3 4 3
4 4 4 4 4 4 4
3 3 3 3 4 2 4
4 4 4 4 4 3 4
3 3 3 3 3 3 3
3 3 1 2 2 1 1
1 1 2 1 1 2 3
4 4 4 4 4 4 4
1 1 2 2 1 1 3
1 1 1 2 1 2 1
1 1 1 2 1 2 3
2 3 1 1 2 1 3
3 1 2 2 1 1 1
2 1 1 2 1 2 1
2 2 2 1 1 3 3
4 2 2 3 3 2 2
4 3 2 2 4 4 2
1 1 2 1 1 1 1
1 1 2 1 2 1 1
4 3 3 3 3 3 3
4 3 4 4 4 3 4
1 2 4 2 4 1 2
2 2 2 1 2 2 2
2 1 1 1 2 2 2
1 1 2 2 2 2 2
3 2 3 3 2 3 2
2 2 1 3 2 3 2
1 2 2 2 1 1 2
3 2 2 1 1 2 1
2 2 1 1 1 1 3
2 2 1 1 2 2 1
1 2 3 2 1 1 2
1 1 1 1 2 2 1
1 1 1 2 2 2 2
2 2 2 2 1 1 1
1 2 1 2 1 2 2
2 1 1 1 1 1 2
2 2 2 2 1 1 2
2 2 1 1 1 1 2
2 2 1 1 1 1 2
2 1 2 1 2 1 2
1 2 1 2 2 2 1
1 2 1 2 2 2 1
2 3 2 2 3 2 2
3 3 3 3 3 3 4
3 4 4 3 3 3 3
3 3 3 3 3 3 3
4 4 3 4 3 3 2
4 4 4 3 4 3 4
3 3 3 3 3 3 3
3 4 4 4 3 3 3
3 4 3 3 2 2 2
3 3 3 3 3 3 3
3 3 2 2 2 2 2
4 3 2 2 2 2 2
3 4 2 2 2 2 2
4 2 3 3 1 3 2
2 1 3 2 2 3 2
2 2 3 1 3 3 2
4 3 2 2 3 3 2
3 2 2 3 1 3 4
2 2 3 3 2 4 3
2 4 3 2 2 3 3
3 4 2 2 3 3 3
3 4 4 4 3 4 3
3 3 3 3 3 3 3
3 4 3 3 4 3 4
3 3 4 4 4 3 3
3 3 3 4 3 3 4
2 2 1 2 2 3 2
2 1 2 2 1 1 2
 2 1 2 3 2 2 2
2 2 2 2 2 2 2
2 2 1 2 1 3 2
2 3 2 2 2 2 2

HS/YEARS FROM GRADUATION BEFORE GETTING A JOB ƒ

32
1. 󠇁6 months and below
2. 6 months – 1 year 29
3. More than 1 – 2 years 17
4. More than 2 – 3 years 2
5. More than 3 years 1
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ƒ THE NUMBER OF JOB APPLICATIONS SUBMITTED

31 1. Less than 5 applications
21 2. More than 5-10 applications
9 3. Less than 10-15 applications
68 4. More than 15 applications
34
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to the specific requirements of tourism and hospitality jobs? ƒ

1. Yes 55
2. No 26
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b application process? ƒ
1. Yes 69
2. No 12
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m and hospitality industry? ƒ

1. Yes 69
2. No 12
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COMPETITION INDUSTRY CAREER REQUIREMENTS
JMC3 JMC4 JMC5 ICR1 ICR2 ICR3 ICR4
4 4 4 3 4 4 4
4 4 4 3 4 4 4
4 3 4 4 3 4 4
3 2 2 2 1 1 1
3 4 3 4 3 3 3
3 3 3 3 3 3 3
4 3 4 3 3 3 4
4 4 4 4 4 4 4
4 4 3 3 3 3 3
4 4 4 4 4 4 4
3 3 4 4 4 4 2
1 2 2 2 3 2 2
2 2 2 1 3 1 1
4 4 4 4 4 4 4
1 1 1 2 2 1 2
1 2 2 2 2 2 2
2 1 2 3 2 3 1
3 1 2 1 1 1 1
1 1 2 2 1 1 1
1 2 1 2 1 1 2
1 1 2 2 2 3 3
3 3 3 2 2 3 3
2 2 2 1 2 3 3
1 1 1 2 2 1 1
1 1 2 2 2 2 1
3 3 3 3 3 3 3
3 4 4 4 4 4 3
2 3 1 1 1 1 2
2 2 2 2 2 2 2
2 2 1 1 1 1 1
2 1 1 1 2 3 2
1 2 1 1 2 2 2
2 2 3 2 2 1 3
2 1 1 1 3 3 2
2 2 2 3 2 1 2
3 2 1 2 2 3 2
2 2 1 2 2 1 2
1 2 1 1 1 1 2
2 1 2 2 1 1 2
1 2 2 2 1 2 2
1 2 2 2 1 2 1
2 1 1 1 1 2 2
2 2 1 2 2 3 1
3 2 1 1 2 1 2
2 1 2 2 1 2 1
1 2 1 1 1 2 1
1 1 1 2 2 2 1
1 1 2 1 2 2 3
2 2 2 2 1 2 2
3 2 2 2 2 2 1
3 3 3 4 4 3 3
3 4 3 4 4 4 3
3 3 3 3 3 3 3
4 3 3 3 4 4 4
3 4 4 4 3 3 4
3 3 3 3 3 3 3
4 4 3 4 3 4 3
3 2 2 3 2 2 3
3 3 3 3 3 3 3
3 3 2 3 2 3 2
3 2 2 3 2 3 3
3 3 1 3 4 2 3
2 3 1 4 3 2 2
2 1 2 4 3 2 2
3 3 3 3 3 2 2
2 3 2 2 2 1 3
2 2 2 3 2 2 3
2 2 3 3 2 2 3
3 3 1 3 3 2 2
2 2 3 4 3 2 3
3 3 4 3 4 3 3
3 3 3 3 3 3 3
4 4 3 3 4 4 3
3 4 4 3 3 3 3
4 4 4 3 3 4 3
2 2 2 2 3 3 2
1 2 1 2 2 1 3
 1 1 3 2 2 3 2
2 2 3 2 2 3 2
2 1 2 2 2 1 2
3 2 2 2 2 2 2

TYPE OF EMPLOYMENT FOR THOSE WHO ARE CURRENTLY EMPLOYED ƒ

1. Full- time
49
2.Part-time 6
3. Contractual 16
4. Freelance 1
5. None 9
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15
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