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

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Response Rate

Number of Respondents %
Category
1843 Not Applicable Total Graduates
562 30% Reported first destination / respondents
1281 70% Unreported / non-respondents

Outcome

410 73% Working
7 1% Military
2 0% Volunteering
75 13% Continuing Education
0 0% Fellowship
61 11% Still Seeking Employment
4 1% Still Seeking Continuing Education
3 1% 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.
359 86% Number and percent of working and military who reported salary.
Not Applicable Not Applicable Salary median for working and military: $73000
172 41% Number and percent of working who reported receiving a bonus above $0.
Not Applicable Not Applicable Bonus Median: $6000

Job Source

Question for working respondents.

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

52 13% Worked / volunteered with this employer in the past.
55 13% Knew / met the employer through someone I know (networking).
147 36% Career fair.
23 6% Handshake.
10 2% On-Campus Interviewing Program (employer interviewed in Smith Career Center).
29 7% Went directly to employer website.
30 7% Used job-seeker website, other than Handshake.
3 1% Information posted or messaged from my academic department.
8 2% Employer spoke at a presentation I attended.
53 13% Did not answer

Job related to Career Goals

Question for working respondents.

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

275 67% Very
87 21% Somewhat
4 1% Not
44 11% Did not answer

Job Related to Major

Question for working respondents.

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

276 67% Very
81 20% Somewhat
9 2% Not
44 11% Did not answer

Number of Job Offers

Question for working respondents.

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

128 31% One
110 27% Two
70 17% Three
23 6% Four
34 8% Five or more
45 11% 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?

143 30% Learned most that I needed.
200 42% Learned some, but not all, that I needed.
45 10% Learned nothing, or very little
83 18% Did not answer

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

177 38% Career & Professional Development; advising, presentations, website, resource center.
76 16% Career Planning Guide; booklet free to VT students from CPD.
31 7% Other books, magazines, print materials.
180 38% Websites external to Virginia Tech.
132 28% Academic-credit course in my major or college.
21 4% Not-for-credit program in my major or college.
170 36% Advisors, staff, professors in my major or college.
52 11% Other VT advisors, staff, professors, NOT in my major or college.
247 52% Employers, mentors at jobs, internships.
236 50% Parents, adult relatives, family friends.
250 53% Peers.
100 21% 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.
75 100% Did not answer
Experience during College
Questions for all respondents.

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

429 76% Yes
26 5% No
107 19% Did not answer

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

67 12% Volunteer work
92 16% Part-time job
116 21% Summer job
27 5% Unpaid internship
385 69% Paid internship
88 16% Co-op
150 27% Undergraduate research
7 1% Field study
131 23% Did not answer

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

37 7% One
5 1% Two
2 0% Three
0 0% Four or More
518 92% Did not answer

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

127 23% One
163 29% Two
71 13% Three
33 6% Four or More
168 30% 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.)

71 13% Never
41 7% Don't recall or unsure
286 51% Yes, but not often
60 11% Yes, often
104 19% 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

182 32% No. Mostly I did what I needed to achieve my goals.
196 35% Yes. I would do something differently.
132 23% Did not answer

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

134 24% Learned more, or earlier, about career options.
70 12% Learned more, or earlier, about graduate or professional school.
111 20% Asked advisors, staff, professors for advice, earlier, or more often.
129 23% Gotten more experience related to my major or career goals.
92 16% Started my job search earlier.
75 13% Used more or different job search resources.
349 62% Did not answer