Importance of Career Development and Satisfaction of Job Contract Employees Amidst Pandemic (COVID-19) at the Central Luzon State University

Abstract

The study is conducted involving 58 randomly selected Job Order/ Contractual Employees at the Central Luzon State University. The study focused on the importance of career development and satisfaction of job contract employees amidst pandemic (COVID-19) at the Central Luzon State University. The survey respondents were picked accordingly to availability and no further stratification was employed in a bid to generate unbiased findings. The respondents were comprised of 31 (53.4%) females, a majority (58.6%) belonging to the age bracket of 15-24 years old. Most respondents are single (79%) while education-wise, the majority are college graduates (89.70). Classified accordingly to their assigned jobs, namely: Academic, Technical/ Research, Administrative/ Clerical, Creative/ Consultancy, Support/ Janitorial/ Utility/ Messenger, majority are assigned to administrative/ clerical job (43.90%).The common salary rate most are receiving is about PhP 10,972.00 for the exact amount while the highest at PHP 24, 940.00. Most of the respondents have no eligibilities (62.10%). On the importance of Career Development enumerated aspects, the respondents give premium to Job-Specific Training, Career Development Opportunities with the Opportunities for Merits and Promotions and Opportunities to Use Skills and Abilities only at the third spot. Likewise, no association on the Importance of the Career Development Aspects surfaced as it was correlated with Sex of the Respondents; therefore none of the said aspects were influenced by gender or sex. Measurement of the respondent's Current Job Satisfaction using the same career development parameters, responses mostly corresponded to "Slightly Satisfied" only of which the aspect Opportunities to Use Skills/Abilities was on the lead seconded by Organization's Commitment to Professional Development and tied at rank 3 are Agency-paid General Training and Career Development Opportunities. Regardless of gender, job satisfaction has no difference at all.