Soft Skills of Students Demonstrated during Internship

Authors

  • Luke Ivan Moro University of Makati Author
  • Florante Delos Santos University of Makati Author
  • Rey Medenilla Author

Keywords:

soft skills, internship, OJT students, supervisor’s feedback

Abstract

This study was conducted to determine the soft skills students were able to demonstrate in their host training establishments during their internship as viewed by their immediate superiors. The study is exploratory in nature and made use of reports that summarized the comments of supervisors on the strengths and weaknesses of the trainee as observed during the duration of the internship. The report covers the OJT performance of students for SY 2017-2018 and 2018-2019. A total of 1,019 positive feedbacks and 948 negative comments were analyzed and dissected into seven attributes: professionalism/integrity, reliability, communication, problem-solving/adaptability, teamwork/interpersonal, self direction, and creativity. Results of the study show that the top two attributes that were most valued by supervisors were reliability and professionalism/integrity. The same attributes were also the top two supervisors viewed as most lacking among trainees. This study recommends further studies that will investigate the level of engagement of organizations in the internship specifically in the development of soft skills of trainees as previous studies suggested that it is influenced by the quality of the professional relationship between the trainee and supervisor and their ability to provide students a wide range of exposure.

Author Biographies

  • Luke Ivan Moro, University of Makati

    Luke Ivan B. Moro is a Chemical Engineer from the Adamson University, is the University Secretary of the University of Makati (UMAK). He earned his Master’s Degree in Business Administration at the University of the Philippines Diliman, and has completed his academic requirements for his Doctoral degree in Business Administration at Eulogio “Amang” Rodriguez Institute of Science and Technology. He was designated as UMak Research Director from 2013 to 2019. During his time as Research Director, he reviewed submitted research works of faculty members on acceptability and integrity and published those in the university research journal.

  • Florante Delos Santos, University of Makati

    Florante E. Delos Santos is a tenured assistant professor at the University of Makati. He was a former Assistant Director of the Center for Guidance Services and is the current University Research Director of UMak. He has academically completed his Master’s degree in Pastoral Ministry at the Immaculate Conception Graduate School of Theology and finished his Master’s degree in Education major in Guidance Counseling at the University of Makati. He has taught philosophy, theology, English, and social sciences courses. His research interests include philosophy, particularly Wittgenstein and Wojtyla; student services, and counseling. He is also a licensed professional teacher and a Registered Guidance Counselor, and also a certified peer reviewer by the Publons Academy/ Web of Science.

  • Rey Medenilla

    Rey S. Medenilla currently serves as Director of the Center for Curriculum and materials Development (CCMD) of the University of Makati primarily in charge of reviewing curricular programs in adherence to the requirements of the Commission of Higher Education and the Association of Local Colleges and Universities, Inc. (ALCU). He has joined the University of Makati in early 2000 and since then has been assigned in various administrative positions while on the side has taught occasionally in the College of Arts and Letters and College of Education. A graduate of Bachelor of Science in Human Ecology, major in Human Settlements from the University of the Philippines Los Baños, Dir. Medenilla also earned a Master’s Degree in English Language Teaching and currently working on his dissertation on evaluating online teaching for completion of his Doctorate in Educational Management. Presently, he is the Associate Editor of the University Research Center and a member of the pool of peer reviewers for the Universitas and other research output in the University of Makati.

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Published

30-09-2021

Issue

Vol. 9 No. 1 (2021): Universitas - The Official Journal of University of Makati

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UNIVERSITAS Research Articles

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How to Cite

Moro, L. I., Delos Santos, F., & Medenilla, R. (2021). Soft Skills of Students Demonstrated during Internship. UNIVERSITAS - The Official Journal of University of Makati, 9(1). https://journals.umak.edu.ph/universitas/article/view/8