First Destination Report: 2019-2020 Undergraduate Degree Recipients for Business Information Technology

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Response Rate

Number of Respondents %
Category
433 Not Applicable Total Graduates
239 55% Reported first destination / respondents
194 45% Unreported / non-respondents

Outcome

210 88% Working
5 2% Military
0 0% Volunteering
8 3% Continuing Education
0 0% Fellowship
15 6% Still Seeking Employment
1 0% Still Seeking Continuing Education
0 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.
164 76% Number and percent of working and military who reported salary.
Not Applicable Not Applicable Salary median for working and military: $70000
103 48% 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?

13 6% Worked / volunteered with this employer in the past.
18 9% Knew / met the employer through someone I know (networking).
77 37% Career fair.
27 13% Handshake.
11 5% On-Campus Interviewing Program (employer interviewed in Smith Career Center).
19 9% Went directly to employer website.
17 8% Used job-seeker website, other than Handshake.
1 0% Information posted or messaged from my academic department.
6 3% Employer spoke at a presentation I attended.
21 10% Did not answer

Job related to Career Goals

Question for working respondents.

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

118 56% Very
69 33% Somewhat
4 2% Not
19 9% Did not answer

Job Related to Major

Question for working respondents.

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

109 52% Very
78 37% Somewhat
4 2% Not
19 9% Did not answer

Number of Job Offers

Question for working respondents.

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

67 32% One
59 28% Two
36 17% Three
19 9% Four
12 6% Five or more
17 8% 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?

82 36% Learned most that I needed.
105 47% Learned some, but not all, that I needed.
11 5% Learned nothing, or very little
27 12% Did not answer

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

104 46% Career & Professional Development; advising, presentations, website, resource center.
30 13% Career Planning Guide; booklet free to VT students from CPD.
16 7% Other books, magazines, print materials.
89 40% Websites external to Virginia Tech.
48 21% Academic-credit course in my major or college.
8 4% Not-for-credit program in my major or college.
75 33% Advisors, staff, professors in my major or college.
26 12% Other VT advisors, staff, professors, NOT in my major or college.
117 52% Employers, mentors at jobs, internships.
102 45% Parents, adult relatives, family friends.
123 55% Peers.
40 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.
8 100% Did not answer
Experience during College
Questions for all respondents.

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

190 79% Yes
20 8% No
29 12% Did not answer

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

34 14% Volunteer work
66 28% Part-time job
53 22% Summer job
14 6% Unpaid internship
176 74% Paid internship
4 2% Co-op
7 3% Undergraduate research
6 3% Field study
44 18% Did not answer

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

17 7% One
5 2% Two
3 1% Three
0 0% Four or More
214 90% Did not answer

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

90 38% One
71 30% Two
13 5% Three
4 2% Four or More
61 26% 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.)

12 5% Never
18 8% Don't recall or unsure
126 53% Yes, but not often
52 22% Yes, often
31 13% 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

76 32% No. Mostly I did what I needed to achieve my goals.
112 47% Yes. I would do something differently.
35 15% Did not answer

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

102 43% Learned more, or earlier, about career options.
41 17% Learned more, or earlier, about graduate or professional school.
59 25% Asked advisors, staff, professors for advice, earlier, or more often.
79 33% Gotten more experience related to my major or career goals.
60 25% Started my job search earlier.
49 21% Used more or different job search resources.
116 49% Did not answer