International Journal of Advanced Engineering, Management and Science (IJAEMS) ISSN: 2454-1311 Vol-7, Issue-1; Feb, 2021 Journal Home Page Available: https://ijaems.com/ Journal DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.22161/ijaems Article DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.22161/ijaems.72.1 www.ijaems.com Page | 1 Employability of Bachelor of Science in Information Technology (BSIT) Graduates of Nueva Ecija University of Science and Technology-San Isidro Campus Ellen Jane G. Reyes 1 , Rodella F. Salas 2 1 Faculty Member of College and Communications Technology, NEUST, San Isidro Campus, Philippines 2 Chairman of College and Communications Technology, NEUST, San Isidro Campus, Philippines Received: 01 Dec 2020; Received in revised form: 16 Jan 2021; Accepted: 21 Jan 2021; Available online: 14 Feb 2021 ©2021 The Author(s). Published by Infogain Publication. This is an open access article under the CC BY license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Abstract— This study generally aimed to trace the current status and employment of the BSIT graduates of Nueva Ecija University of Science and Technology, San Isidro Campus Academic Year 2018-2019. The descriptive method was used with a questionnaire as the major data-gathering instrument. There were 168 total graduates but only 146 of them responded to the study. Descriptive statistics such as frequency counts, ranking, and percentage were used. This study aimed to determine the profile of employed, self-employed, and unemployed respondents. Based on the tallied results, there is a high rate of employability with regular/permanent status outside Nueva Ecija. The majority of employed respondents landed their job in one to six months duration as walk-in applicants with initial gross monthly earning of 5,000 to less than 10,000 pesos. The findings also revealed that based on the respondents' perspective, the BSIT curriculum is relevant to their first job. The majority of the self-employed respondents were on-line resellers and contented in none existence of a boss. The majority of unemployed respondents considers family concern and decided not to find a job and supported by parents as a way of financing daily living. Keywords— COVID-19, employment, graduates, information technology, tracer study. I. INTRODUCTION Covid-19 affected higher educational institutions not just in Wuhan, China where the virus originated but all other higher educational institutions in 188 countries as of April 06, 2020 (Toquero, C. M.,2020). Educational institutions like the Nueva Ecija University of Science and Technology was also disturbed by this unforeseen event. Likewise, despite the Covid-19 virus, the university is serious about implementing one of its core values "excellence”. The university continually tracks graduates every year as a parameter of excellence by conducting annual tracer studies. Tracer studies are means of maintaining curriculum relevance and providing targeted benefits to graduates to enhance the marketability of educational programs. Adequate knowledge on employment outcomes of training graduates could assist in formulating policy towards combating some of social problems such as unemployment. Students, particularly graduates of any course, are required to earn a sense of competence in their chosen field and develop confidence to explore new possibilities and new employment specially that there is increasing competition among rivals at work (Mathed, 2008). The Nueva Ecija University of Science and Technology, specifically, the faculty of the College of Information and