DESCRIPTION: This book is an edited collection of articles on tracer studies of graduates in any specialization and levels and their employment skills. The paper should contain insights on the profile of graduates and their employment characteristics, the challenges of employment and the predominant employability skills on their employment success. The main purpose of the book is to provide academic institutions with baseline information on the success of the different programs in producing employable graduates.

EDITORS:

PROPOSED CHAPTERS:

1. Graduates and their Employment
   • Tracer studies of graduates with focus on:
     • Graduation to employment duration
     • Job transfer
   • Employment Profile with focus on:
     • Mismatch of qualifications
     • Predominant jobs for new graduates
2. Graduates Employability
   • Tracer studies of graduates with focus on:
     • Match of knowledge, skills and values
     • Match of subjects applied in the job
     • Match of skills applied in the job
     • Readiness for the job

ARTICLE REQUIREMENTS:

1. The article has a single focus or theme. For example, trace study of BSBA graduates of X University, Employability Skills of BSEd Graduates.
2.  The required number of words is 3000 to 5000 including references.
3. Literature review articles can use thematic format while research articles can use IMRAD format.
4. The paper should focus more on the theory than the results (for research articles). Limit the use of tabular results while preferable to use diagrams or figures for literature or theoretical parts.
5. The paper can also focus on the development and evaluation of the learning material.

BOOK PUBLICATION CHARGE (BPC) – $50 (P2500 for Philippine authors) per paper

HOW TO SEND A BOOK CHAPTER?

This book accepts any type of paper (research article, review article, literature review, technical paper, case study) as long as it suits the topic and requirement of the book. Authors need to submit the MS Word manuscript through the online submission. The author uploads two files: book chapter title page and book chapter article. The author ensures to read and follow the prescribed structure for the chapter, download the templates and use the same in formatting the paper.

The submission is an original article, not have been nor considered for publishing elsewhere. If it is a republication, the author must write any declaration in the book title page. The author must obtain permission or cite any materials within the article.

Submit your book chapter NOW! For more questions, you can send email to publications@iiari.org.