Skills Proficiency and Marketability of BS in Office Administration: Input Training Program Ed Jesson G. Valiente, LPT, PhD edjesson.valiente@lspu.edu.ph Faculty Member, College of Buiness Mangement and Accountancy, Laguna State Polytechnic University, Brgy. Bubukal, Sta. Cruz, Laguna, 4009, Philippines Abstract The researcher being so much interested in this issue, intend to investigate the BSOA vis-à-vis business offices. The result of this research project will go a long way in determining the importance of the skill to the BSOA students and its position, in relation to other courses. The participants of the study were composed of 46 BSOA graduating students and 18 industry workers. The purpose of the study is to assess the level of skills proficiency among BSOA graduating students in terms of stenography skills, computer/typing skills, record management skills; written communication skills/business correspondence; To test if there is a significant relationship between the level of skills proficiency of BSOA and its extent of marketability; Based on the results of the study, what training plan may be proposed to further enhance the skills proficiency of BSOA students? The researcher used descriptive survey method in gathering and treating the data for this study. In the employment of this kind of research design, the researcher observed thoroughly the population frame of the study through careful definition and specific delimitation in order to set the precise parameter for answering the discreteness of its characteristics. Therefore, particular attention that will safeguard the data from the influence of bias by organizing and presenting them systematically so that valid and accurate conclusions had drawn as a basis for viable recommendations therein (Calmorin and Calmorin 2017). Purposive sampling technique was used. The questionnaire was employed to gather data. The frequency distribution, weighted mean, standard deviation. t- test paired two sample for means was employed. Keywords: stenography skills, business correspondence, maketability, record management skills, skills proficiency Introduction Today’s business office is like a beehive with so much work, which consists principally of the administrative support and clerical activities associated with handling information. The information is needed for many decisions making and therefore, it needs to reach the ‘right persons’ in the ‘correct form’ at the ‘appropriate time’. Here is where the role of the administrative support personnel comes into play. He/she is primary employed to assist the manager/executives in correspondence, literary work, getting information and other confidential matters. His/her duties are categorized into primary and secondary functions. The primary functions have to do with the basic administrative support personnel and clerical skills such as, typewriting, taking dictations, answering telephone, handling mail etc. 192 www.ijrp.org IJRP 2022, 95(1), 192-206; doi:.10.47119/IJRP100951220222881