First Destination Report: 2019-2020 Undergraduate Degree Recipients for Pamplin College of Business

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Response Rate

Number of Respondents %
Category
1161 Not Applicable Total Graduates
611 53% Reported first destination / respondents
550 47% Unreported / non-respondents

Outcome

503 82% Working
10 2% Military
0 0% Volunteering
50 8% Continuing Education
0 0% Fellowship
45 7% Still Seeking Employment
2 0% Still Seeking Continuing Education
1 0% Not Seeking (traveling, gap year, taking time off, other)

Continuing Education Details

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Working Details

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Salary and Bonus

Question for working and military respondents.
Medians are shown when four or more individuals reported salary or bonus.
See Salary Detail Report which includes 25th and 75th percentiles where sufficient Ns were reported.
See Bonus Detail Report which provides more detail on numbers and percentages reporting.
399 78% Number and percent of working and military who reported salary.
Not Applicable Not Applicable Salary median for working and military: $60000
195 38% Number and percent of working who reported receiving a bonus above $0.
Not Applicable Not Applicable Bonus Median: $5000

Job Source

Question for working respondents.

Regarding the job you accepted: Which best describes the way you first made contact with this employer?

43 9% Worked / volunteered with this employer in the past.
64 13% Knew / met the employer through someone I know (networking).
149 30% Career fair.
51 10% Handshake.
26 5% On-Campus Interviewing Program (employer interviewed in Smith Career Center).
40 8% Went directly to employer website.
43 9% Used job-seeker website, other than Handshake.
13 3% Information posted or messaged from my academic department.
15 3% Employer spoke at a presentation I attended.
59 12% Did not answer

Job related to Career Goals

Question for working respondents.

Do you consider your job to be related to your career goals?

304 60% Very
143 28% Somewhat
9 2% Not
47 9% Did not answer

Job Related to Major

Question for working respondents.

Do you consider your job to be related to your major?

285 57% Very
157 31% Somewhat
14 3% Not
47 9% Did not answer

Number of Job Offers

Question for working respondents.

As best as you recall, how many job offers have you received?

172 34% One
130 26% Two
98 19% Three
37 7% Four
20 4% Five or more
46 9% Did not answer

Career Planning and Preparation

Learned Job Search Skills | Source of Learning

Questions for working and still seeking employment respondents.

Which best describes the extent to which you learned job search skills during college?

202 37% Learned most that I needed.
239 44% Learned some, but not all, that I needed.
35 6% Learned nothing, or very little
72 13% Did not answer

If you learned job search skills, where did you learn them? Check all that apply.

245 45% Career & Professional Development; advising, presentations, website, resource center.
72 13% Career Planning Guide; booklet free to VT students from CPD.
33 6% Other books, magazines, print materials.
197 36% Websites external to Virginia Tech.
163 30% Academic-credit course in my major or college.
31 6% Not-for-credit program in my major or college.
239 44% Advisors, staff, professors in my major or college.
74 14% Other VT advisors, staff, professors, NOT in my major or college.
291 53% Employers, mentors at jobs, internships.
271 49% Parents, adult relatives, family friends.
265 48% Peers.
100 18% Did not answer

Advising on Continuing Education

Question for continuing education respondents only.

Where did you get advice about graduate or professional school? Check all that apply.

0 0% Professors at Virginia Tech.
0 0% Academic advisors at Virginia Tech.
0 0% Pre-professional school advisors at Virginia Tech.
0 0% Career center advisors at Virginia Tech.
0 0% Professionals working in the field I want to pursue.
0 0% Faculty or staff at the graduate or professional schools I considered.
0 0% Websites of the graduate or professional schools I considered.
0 0% Websites about professions and graduate schools.
0 0% Parents, adult relatives
0 0% Peers.
0 0% Print information: books, magazines, etc.
50 100% Did not answer
Experience during College
Questions for all respondents.

Did you have any type of career-related experience during college?

474 78% Yes
53 9% No
84 14% Did not answer

If yes, what types of experience did you have? Check all that apply.

79 13% Volunteer work
156 26% Part-time job
161 26% Summer job
59 10% Unpaid internship
441 72% Paid internship
7 1% Co-op
21 3% Undergraduate research
35 6% Field study
128 21% Did not answer

If you checked "UNPAID internship," how many did you have?

65 11% One
9 1% Two
4 1% Three
1 0% Four or More
532 87% Did not answer

If you checked "PAID internship," how many did you have?

229 37% One
154 25% Two
46 8% Three
10 2% Four or More
172 28% Did not answer

Used Career Center

Question for all respondents.

As you recall: During college, did you use any resources provided by the Virginia Tech career center? (could include advising, books, workshops, publications, website, Handshake, employment interviews, etc.)

55 9% Never
48 8% Don't recall or unsure
305 50% Yes, but not often
119 19% Yes, often
84 14% Did not answer

Regrets

Question for all respondents.

If you could start over in college, is there anything you would do differently related to career planning

213 35% No. Mostly I did what I needed to achieve my goals.
246 40% Yes. I would do something differently.
107 18% Did not answer

If yes, please check all that apply.
I wish I had...

212 35% Learned more, or earlier, about career options.
77 13% Learned more, or earlier, about graduate or professional school.
127 21% Asked advisors, staff, professors for advice, earlier, or more often.
145 24% Gotten more experience related to my major or career goals.
116 19% Started my job search earlier.
91 15% Used more or different job search resources.
342 56% Did not answer