First Destination Report: 2020-2021 Undergraduate Degree Recipients for College of Liberal Arts and Human Sciences

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Response Rate

Number of Respondents %
Category
1319 Not Applicable Total Graduates
794 60% Reported first destination / respondents
525 40% Unreported / non-respondents

Outcome

229 29% Working
56 7% Military
6 1% Volunteering
187 24% Continuing Education
0 0% Fellowship
233 29% Still Seeking Employment
77 10% Still Seeking Continuing Education
6 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.
161 56% Number and percent of working and military who reported salary.
Not Applicable Not Applicable Salary median for working and military: $42000
21 7% Number and percent of working who reported receiving a bonus above $0.
Not Applicable Not Applicable Bonus Median: $4231

Job Source

Question for working respondents.

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

35 15% Worked / volunteered with this employer in the past.
33 14% Knew / met the employer through someone I know (networking).
16 7% Career fair.
9 4% Handshake.
1 0% On-Campus Interviewing Program (employer interviewed in Smith Career Center).
30 13% Went directly to employer website.
41 18% Used job-seeker website, other than Handshake.
4 2% Information posted or messaged from my academic department.
3 1% Employer spoke at a presentation I attended.
57 25% Did not answer

Job related to Career Goals

Question for working respondents.

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

107 47% Very
54 24% Somewhat
19 8% Not
49 21% Did not answer

Job Related to Major

Question for working respondents.

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

84 37% Very
57 25% Somewhat
39 17% Not
49 21% Did not answer

Number of Job Offers

Question for working respondents.

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

87 38% One
53 23% Two
21 9% Three
6 3% Four
8 3% Five or more
54 24% 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?

106 23% Learned most that I needed.
223 48% Learned some, but not all, that I needed.
72 16% Learned nothing, or very little
61 13% Did not answer

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

142 31% Career & Professional Development; advising, presentations, website, resource center.
39 8% Career Planning Guide; booklet free to VT students from CPD.
27 6% Other books, magazines, print materials.
161 35% Websites external to Virginia Tech.
136 29% Academic-credit course in my major or college.
20 4% Not-for-credit program in my major or college.
181 39% Advisors, staff, professors in my major or college.
71 15% Other VT advisors, staff, professors, NOT in my major or college.
191 41% Employers, mentors at jobs, internships.
253 55% Parents, adult relatives, family friends.
206 45% Peers.
88 19% 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.

90 48% Professors at Virginia Tech.
57 30% Academic advisors at Virginia Tech.
15 8% Pre-professional school advisors at Virginia Tech.
5 3% Career center advisors at Virginia Tech.
70 37% Professionals working in the field I want to pursue.
64 34% Faculty or staff at the graduate or professional schools I considered.
88 47% Websites of the graduate or professional schools I considered.
58 31% Websites about professions and graduate schools.
86 46% Parents, adult relatives
76 41% Peers.
7 4% Print information: books, magazines, etc.
16 9% Did not answer
Experience during College
Questions for all respondents.

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

557 70% Yes
136 17% No
101 13% Did not answer

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

254 32% Volunteer work
285 36% Part-time job
234 29% Summer job
198 25% Unpaid internship
328 41% Paid internship
3 0% Co-op
107 13% Undergraduate research
155 20% Field study
218 27% Did not answer

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

158 20% One
46 6% Two
11 1% Three
7 1% Four or More
572 72% Did not answer

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

135 17% One
59 7% Two
16 2% Three
6 1% Four or More
578 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.)

192 24% Never
93 12% Don't recall or unsure
344 43% Yes, but not often
70 9% Yes, often
95 12% 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

270 34% No. Mostly I did what I needed to achieve my goals.
426 54% Yes. I would do something differently.
98 12% Did not answer

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

314 40% Learned more, or earlier, about career options.
187 24% Learned more, or earlier, about graduate or professional school.
243 31% Asked advisors, staff, professors for advice, earlier, or more often.
274 35% Gotten more experience related to my major or career goals.
220 28% Started my job search earlier.
120 15% Used more or different job search resources.
326 41% Did not answer