First Destination Report: 2019-2020 Undergraduate Degree Recipients for College of Liberal Arts and Human Sciences

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Response Rate

Number of Respondents %
Category
1180 Not Applicable Total Graduates
267 23% Reported first destination / respondents
913 77% Unreported / non-respondents

Outcome

115 43% Working
10 4% Military
3 1% Volunteering
61 23% Continuing Education
0 0% Fellowship
58 22% Still Seeking Employment
17 6% 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.
80 64% Number and percent of working and military who reported salary.
Not Applicable Not Applicable Salary median for working and military: $40000
8 6% Number and percent of working who reported receiving a bonus above $0.
Not Applicable Not Applicable Bonus Median: $2000

Job Source

Question for working respondents.

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

17 15% Worked / volunteered with this employer in the past.
21 18% Knew / met the employer through someone I know (networking).
6 5% Career fair.
2 2% Handshake.
3 3% On-Campus Interviewing Program (employer interviewed in Smith Career Center).
16 14% Went directly to employer website.
21 18% Used job-seeker website, other than Handshake.
2 2% Information posted or messaged from my academic department.
0 0% Employer spoke at a presentation I attended.
27 23% Did not answer

Job related to Career Goals

Question for working respondents.

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

49 43% Very
35 30% Somewhat
6 5% Not
25 22% Did not answer

Job Related to Major

Question for working respondents.

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

38 33% Very
40 35% Somewhat
13 11% Not
24 21% Did not answer

Number of Job Offers

Question for working respondents.

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

44 38% One
34 30% Two
7 6% Three
2 2% Four
2 2% Five or more
26 23% 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?

22 13% Learned most that I needed.
69 40% Learned some, but not all, that I needed.
32 18% Learned nothing, or very little
50 29% Did not answer

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

40 23% Career & Professional Development; advising, presentations, website, resource center.
13 8% Career Planning Guide; booklet free to VT students from CPD.
12 7% Other books, magazines, print materials.
41 24% Websites external to Virginia Tech.
42 24% Academic-credit course in my major or college.
3 2% Not-for-credit program in my major or college.
56 32% Advisors, staff, professors in my major or college.
16 9% Other VT advisors, staff, professors, NOT in my major or college.
77 45% Employers, mentors at jobs, internships.
78 45% Parents, adult relatives, family friends.
55 32% Peers.
62 36% 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.
61 100% Did not answer
Experience during College
Questions for all respondents.

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

164 61% Yes
18 7% No
85 32% Did not answer

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

64 24% Volunteer work
84 31% Part-time job
68 25% Summer job
66 25% Unpaid internship
107 40% Paid internship
0 0% Co-op
24 9% Undergraduate research
33 12% Field study
102 38% Did not answer

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

42 16% One
27 10% Two
4 1% Three
3 1% Four or More
191 72% Did not answer

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

46 17% One
20 7% Two
5 2% Three
2 1% Four or More
194 73% 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.)

44 16% Never
15 6% Don't recall or unsure
104 39% Yes, but not often
21 8% Yes, often
83 31% 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

59 22% No. Mostly I did what I needed to achieve my goals.
85 32% Yes. I would do something differently.
93 35% Did not answer

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

62 23% Learned more, or earlier, about career options.
32 12% Learned more, or earlier, about graduate or professional school.
50 19% Asked advisors, staff, professors for advice, earlier, or more often.
56 21% Gotten more experience related to my major or career goals.
46 17% Started my job search earlier.
20 7% Used more or different job search resources.
171 64% Did not answer