First Destination Report: 2020-2021 Undergraduate Degree Recipients for Pamplin College of Business

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Response Rate

Number of Respondents %
Category
1336 Not Applicable Total Graduates
921 69% Reported first destination / respondents
415 31% Unreported / non-respondents

Outcome

719 78% Working
11 1% Military
3 0% Volunteering
80 9% Continuing Education
0 0% Fellowship
92 10% Still Seeking Employment
11 1% Still Seeking Continuing Education
5 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.
543 74% Number and percent of working and military who reported salary.
Not Applicable Not Applicable Salary median for working and military: $60500
202 28% 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?

60 8% Worked / volunteered with this employer in the past.
123 17% Knew / met the employer through someone I know (networking).
162 23% Career fair.
92 13% Handshake.
18 3% On-Campus Interviewing Program (employer interviewed in Smith Career Center).
52 7% Went directly to employer website.
81 11% Used job-seeker website, other than Handshake.
29 4% Information posted or messaged from my academic department.
20 3% Employer spoke at a presentation I attended.
82 11% Did not answer

Job related to Career Goals

Question for working respondents.

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

442 61% Very
185 26% Somewhat
22 3% Not
70 10% Did not answer

Job Related to Major

Question for working respondents.

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

465 65% Very
161 22% Somewhat
23 3% Not
70 10% Did not answer

Number of Job Offers

Question for working respondents.

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

310 43% One
177 25% Two
99 14% Three
30 4% Four
31 4% Five or more
72 10% 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?

302 37% Learned most that I needed.
373 46% Learned some, but not all, that I needed.
50 6% Learned nothing, or very little
86 11% Did not answer

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

332 41% Career & Professional Development; advising, presentations, website, resource center.
66 8% Career Planning Guide; booklet free to VT students from CPD.
50 6% Other books, magazines, print materials.
316 39% Websites external to Virginia Tech.
306 38% Academic-credit course in my major or college.
40 5% Not-for-credit program in my major or college.
385 47% Advisors, staff, professors in my major or college.
95 12% Other VT advisors, staff, professors, NOT in my major or college.
427 53% Employers, mentors at jobs, internships.
456 56% Parents, adult relatives, family friends.
375 46% Peers.
124 15% 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.

52 65% Professors at Virginia Tech.
36 45% Academic advisors at Virginia Tech.
1 1% Pre-professional school advisors at Virginia Tech.
3 4% Career center advisors at Virginia Tech.
23 29% Professionals working in the field I want to pursue.
18 23% Faculty or staff at the graduate or professional schools I considered.
26 33% Websites of the graduate or professional schools I considered.
18 23% Websites about professions and graduate schools.
37 46% Parents, adult relatives
26 33% Peers.
3 4% Print information: books, magazines, etc.
4 5% Did not answer
Experience during College
Questions for all respondents.

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

684 74% Yes
142 15% No
95 10% Did not answer

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

134 15% Volunteer work
303 33% Part-time job
270 29% Summer job
121 13% Unpaid internship
604 66% Paid internship
12 1% Co-op
32 3% Undergraduate research
66 7% Field study
217 24% Did not answer

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

119 13% One
30 3% Two
1 0% Three
2 0% Four or More
769 83% Did not answer

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

289 31% One
192 21% Two
77 8% Three
20 2% Four or More
343 37% 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.)

89 10% Never
78 8% Don't recall or unsure
507 55% Yes, but not often
154 17% Yes, often
93 10% 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

378 41% No. Mostly I did what I needed to achieve my goals.
442 48% Yes. I would do something differently.
101 11% Did not answer

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

348 38% Learned more, or earlier, about career options.
134 15% Learned more, or earlier, about graduate or professional school.
267 29% Asked advisors, staff, professors for advice, earlier, or more often.
294 32% Gotten more experience related to my major or career goals.
273 30% Started my job search earlier.
149 16% Used more or different job search resources.
425 46% Did not answer