Relationships between Employability Skills, Academic Self-Efficacy, and Student Proficiency of the Hotel and Restaurant Management TVET Graduates

The Hotel and Restaurant Management Program under the Center for Applied Technology Programs, as a premier institution in producing graduates needed in the hospitality and tourism industry, conducted a research study. This study aimed to determine the employability skills of the HRM Modular program graduates of Valencia Colleges for the academic years 2021-2023. A quantitative research design, specifically a Causal Descriptive Design, is adopted to examine causal relationships and describe the study population characteristics. It also determines the efficacy of the curricular offerings of the program. The study used a descriptive method design. Respondents were selected randomly from the abovementioned academic years composed of one hundred (100) graduates who politely returned the survey questionnaire upon reaching them through social media, phone calls, and personal interviews.

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