Interns’ Feedback on Industry Partners Inputs for an Enhanced Internship Program

On-the-Job Training (OJT) programs expose the students to work in their field and prepare them once they get out of the university or college. It ensures the possibility of good performer graduate; thus, a quantitative study conducted among (76) senior CEAS students with practicum subjects in Lyceum of the Philippines University-Batangas enrolled during the 2nd semester of SY 2015-2016 revealed that the industry partners of CEAS support the interns to a great extent in terms of work ethics, collaboration and teamwork, regard for people, decision making and empowerment; however, lowest in communication. Interns consider some problems in the workplace like trainer not having enough time to teach and supervise, lacking good working relationship and having instructions that are not clearly defined. Moreover, the interns’ program affects his feedback on his industry partner’s performance. The industry profile variables such as industry name, type of business, number of employees and length of operation are related with the problems encountered by the interns during their internship. Therefore, the Internship Office may review the current Memorandum of Agreement / Understanding between CEAS interns specifically by program and their partners to address the problem regarding extent of supervision and training.

Keywords –industry partnership, linkage, on-the- job training, training