First Destination Report: 2020-2021 Undergraduate Degree Recipients for College of Agriculture and Life Sciences

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Response Rate

Number of Respondents %
Category
753 Not Applicable Total Graduates
445 59% Reported first destination / respondents
308 41% Unreported / non-respondents

Outcome

161 36% Working
5 1% Military
5 1% Volunteering
143 32% Continuing Education
0 0% Fellowship
81 18% Still Seeking Employment
48 11% Still Seeking Continuing Education
2 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.
89 54% Number and percent of working and military who reported salary.
Not Applicable Not Applicable Salary median for working and military: $35360
9 5% Number and percent of working who reported receiving a bonus above $0.
Not Applicable Not Applicable Bonus Median: $4000

Job Source

Question for working respondents.

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

24 15% Worked / volunteered with this employer in the past.
33 20% Knew / met the employer through someone I know (networking).
2 1% Career fair.
4 2% Handshake.
0 0% On-Campus Interviewing Program (employer interviewed in Smith Career Center).
29 18% Went directly to employer website.
23 14% Used job-seeker website, other than Handshake.
12 7% Information posted or messaged from my academic department.
1 1% Employer spoke at a presentation I attended.
33 20% Did not answer

Job related to Career Goals

Question for working respondents.

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

90 56% Very
31 19% Somewhat
11 7% Not
29 18% Did not answer

Job Related to Major

Question for working respondents.

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

82 51% Very
35 22% Somewhat
15 9% Not
29 18% Did not answer

Number of Job Offers

Question for working respondents.

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

57 35% One
44 27% Two
18 11% Three
5 3% Four
5 3% Five or more
32 20% 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?

47 19% Learned most that I needed.
131 54% Learned some, but not all, that I needed.
26 11% Learned nothing, or very little
38 16% Did not answer

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

76 31% Career & Professional Development; advising, presentations, website, resource center.
23 10% Career Planning Guide; booklet free to VT students from CPD.
13 5% Other books, magazines, print materials.
70 29% Websites external to Virginia Tech.
82 34% Academic-credit course in my major or college.
13 5% Not-for-credit program in my major or college.
91 38% Advisors, staff, professors in my major or college.
19 8% Other VT advisors, staff, professors, NOT in my major or college.
105 43% Employers, mentors at jobs, internships.
128 53% Parents, adult relatives, family friends.
91 38% Peers.
55 23% 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.

67 47% Professors at Virginia Tech.
56 39% Academic advisors at Virginia Tech.
22 15% Pre-professional school advisors at Virginia Tech.
21 15% Career center advisors at Virginia Tech.
74 52% Professionals working in the field I want to pursue.
42 29% Faculty or staff at the graduate or professional schools I considered.
76 53% Websites of the graduate or professional schools I considered.
53 37% Websites about professions and graduate schools.
59 41% Parents, adult relatives
69 48% Peers.
9 6% Print information: books, magazines, etc.
10 7% Did not answer
Experience during College
Questions for all respondents.

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

354 80% Yes
44 10% No
47 11% Did not answer

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

194 44% Volunteer work
180 40% Part-time job
155 35% Summer job
70 16% Unpaid internship
160 36% Paid internship
5 1% Co-op
107 24% Undergraduate research
101 23% Field study
83 19% Did not answer

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

63 14% One
15 3% Two
6 1% Three
3 1% Four or More
358 80% Did not answer

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

78 18% One
38 9% Two
4 1% Three
4 1% Four or More
321 72% 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 20% Never
55 12% Don't recall or unsure
229 51% Yes, but not often
25 6% Yes, often
47 11% 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

171 38% No. Mostly I did what I needed to achieve my goals.
229 51% Yes. I would do something differently.
45 10% Did not answer

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

146 33% Learned more, or earlier, about career options.
126 28% Learned more, or earlier, about graduate or professional school.
122 27% Asked advisors, staff, professors for advice, earlier, or more often.
157 35% Gotten more experience related to my major or career goals.
105 24% Started my job search earlier.
54 12% Used more or different job search resources.
197 44% Did not answer