Challenges Encountered by Universidad de Manila Criminology Graduates while Employed in Companies other than Law-Enforcement Agency

The term job mismatch refers to a scenario in which a worker is placed in a role that does not correspond with their educational attainment, skills, or personal interests. A study in Thailand found that the likelihood of education-job mismatch decreases significantly when students select their academic paths based on self-motivated factors. On the other hand, individuals who are amotivated show an increased likelihood of mismatch. Additionally, when motivation is controlled, there is no significant effect on the probability of education-job mismatch. Given the existing situation, a significant segment of criminology graduates is inclined to enter professions unrelated to law enforcement. This research will explore the obstacles faced by criminology graduates in their applications to companies outside of law enforcement agencies, as well as their potential regrets regarding their choice of the criminology program and their commitment to pursuing a career in law enforcement. This study will focus on the experiences and possible challenges encountered by the UdM Criminology Graduate of class 2017 to 2019 while being employed in companies other than law-enforcement agency. This study will be conducted on the 3rd week of April up to 2nd week of May year 2024 that covers a period of 1 month. This study will be conducted by using a descriptive method. Findings of the study would be therefore true only for the subjects concerned and for the given period of time. Based on the findings and conclusions the following recommendations are created to the UdM Criminal Justice faculty should continue to track their graduates students to update in their current job and employment status so they can determine the actions they need to further improve the curriculum for the better of the future graduates they also should use this result as basis for intervention programs to teach their future graduates with the necessary skills and proper preparation for their alternative career path. To the employer should be remind that being a criminologist doesn‘t mean they only limited to criminal justice work. To Future Criminologist should be remind to have always an alternative career path. And to Future researcher should conduct further studies similar on related to the Challenges of Criminology Graduates while being employed in companies other than law enforcement.