About Us

The Placement, Alumni, and Linkages Office was formed on the first quarter of 2023. It is primarily focused in three key areas: students’ application of their learning from the course in the workplace and application of learning from the workplace in the course, industry-ready and morally-upright graduates, and creation, monitoring, and evaluation of local, national, and international mutually beneficial networks in the Asia-Pacific Region.

Placement

PALO facilitates placement of students to give them an important direction to move forward in life. This stage in senior high school and college life allows the learners to decide whether they will join the working industry, engage in entrepreneurship, or take up another degree. Interaction within the workplace helps the students build confidence to face real life challenges. Placement provides a venue for the initial grooming process in preparation of the students to have a positive outlook in facing interviews for future employment.

Alumni

PALO creates the link between the institution and its graduates. In coordination and collaboration with the with the Alumni Office, programs and services such as alumni tracking and profiling, distribution of alumni cards and graduation yearbooks, design and monitoring of alumni plans and programs, and facilitating tribute for board passers are conducted. These programs and services apply to all alumni of Laguna University to ensure positive alumni relations.

Linkages

PALO helps establish mutually beneficial collaborative relationships with other academic institutions, community, and profit and non-profit organizations in local, regional, national, and international levels. The office is in-charge of creating, monitoring, and evaluating institutional networks. This applies to all departments and offices of the university.

Objectives

The Laguna University Placement, Alumni, and Linkages Office aims to:

1. Facilitate the implementation of CHED Memorandum Order Number 104 Series of 2017 (Revised Guidelines for Student Internship Programs in the Philippines) and Department of Education Order Number 30 Series of 2017 (Guidelines for Work Immersion);
2. Assist industry-ready and morally upright graduates match the demand of the labor market;
3. Track alumni employment, career growth, and entrepreneurship; and
4. Create, monitor, and evaluate local, national, and international mutually beneficial networks in the Asia-Pacific Region.

Services

Placement

1. Implementation of CHED Memorandum Order Number 104 Series of 2017 (Revised Guidelines for Student Internship Programs in the Philippines)
2. Creation, Evaluation, and Monitoring of MOA, MOU, and TOR with On-the-Job Training Partners
3. Provide Non-fee Charging Employment Facilitation Services to its Students and Graduates in Coordination with the LGU PESO under its Area of Jurisdiction
4. Provide Career Advocacy and Employment Coaching Services in Partnership with other Service Providers
5. Facilitate the Implementation and/or Provision of Livelihood and Self-Employment Programs and Services
6. Coordinate and Promote the Adoption of Special Program for the Employment of Students (SPES) and other similarly Enrolled Youth Programs or Opportunities and Encourage Qualified Employers to Participate in Related Programs and/or Activities
7. Initiate and Organize Job Fairs Provided that such Job Fairs are Pursuant to DOLE guidelines

Alumni

1. Coordination and Collaboration with the Alumni Office in the implementation of Plans and Programs for the Graduates

2. Alumni Tracking and Profiling
3. Distribution of Graduation Yearbooks

4. Tribute for Board Passers

5. Career Coaching
6. Job Opportunities

Linkages

1. Establish Mutually Beneficial Collaborative Relationships with other Academic Institutions, Community, and Profit and Non-profit Organizations

2. Link the University to Local, Regional, National, and International Organizations in the Field of Research and Community Extension
3. Take Charge in Creating, Monitoring, and Evaluating Institutional Networks.