INTRODUCTION
What are the significant factors that a teacher applicant would be better off prepared to secure
his/her successful employment? A cursory glance at Philippine advertisements on job openings for teachers reveal varied information that seem to hold no common factors, except that the teacher applicant has an Education degree. One may not have teaching experience. Feedback from teacher applicants, however, discloses the actual significant factors utilized by schools to hiring process. These include, among others: passing the licensure exam for teachers, the interview and the demonstration teaching performance.