First Destination Report: 2020-2021 Undergraduate Degree Recipients for Biological Sciences

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Response Rate

Number of Respondents %
Category
308 Not Applicable Total Graduates
164 53% Reported first destination / respondents
144 47% Unreported / non-respondents

Outcome

35 21% Working
2 1% Military
3 2% Volunteering
44 27% Continuing Education
0 0% Fellowship
36 22% Still Seeking Employment
44 27% 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.
18 49% Number and percent of working and military who reported salary.
Not Applicable Not Applicable Salary median for working and military: $29120
1 3% Number and percent of working who reported receiving a bonus above $0.
Not Applicable Not Applicable Bonus Median:

Job Source

Question for working respondents.

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

2 6% Worked / volunteered with this employer in the past.
5 14% Knew / met the employer through someone I know (networking).
0 0% Career fair.
3 9% Handshake.
0 0% On-Campus Interviewing Program (employer interviewed in Smith Career Center).
9 26% Went directly to employer website.
3 9% Used job-seeker website, other than Handshake.
1 3% Information posted or messaged from my academic department.
0 0% Employer spoke at a presentation I attended.
12 34% Did not answer

Job related to Career Goals

Question for working respondents.

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

20 57% Very
3 9% Somewhat
0 0% Not
12 34% Did not answer

Job Related to Major

Question for working respondents.

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

14 40% Very
7 20% Somewhat
2 6% Not
12 34% Did not answer

Number of Job Offers

Question for working respondents.

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

17 49% One
6 17% Two
0 0% Three
0 0% Four
0 0% Five or more
12 34% 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?

11 15% Learned most that I needed.
36 51% Learned some, but not all, that I needed.
8 11% Learned nothing, or very little
16 23% Did not answer

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

26 37% Career & Professional Development; advising, presentations, website, resource center.
5 7% Career Planning Guide; booklet free to VT students from CPD.
5 7% Other books, magazines, print materials.
28 39% Websites external to Virginia Tech.
17 24% Academic-credit course in my major or college.
2 3% Not-for-credit program in my major or college.
22 31% Advisors, staff, professors in my major or college.
8 11% Other VT advisors, staff, professors, NOT in my major or college.
29 41% Employers, mentors at jobs, internships.
40 56% Parents, adult relatives, family friends.
32 45% Peers.
19 27% 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.

12 27% Professors at Virginia Tech.
12 27% Academic advisors at Virginia Tech.
11 25% Pre-professional school advisors at Virginia Tech.
3 7% Career center advisors at Virginia Tech.
25 57% Professionals working in the field I want to pursue.
14 32% Faculty or staff at the graduate or professional schools I considered.
28 64% Websites of the graduate or professional schools I considered.
19 43% Websites about professions and graduate schools.
21 48% Parents, adult relatives
20 45% Peers.
4 9% Print information: books, magazines, etc.
6 14% Did not answer
Experience during College
Questions for all respondents.

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

114 70% Yes
27 16% No
23 14% Did not answer

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

77 47% Volunteer work
64 39% Part-time job
56 34% Summer job
14 9% Unpaid internship
32 20% Paid internship
0 0% Co-op
52 32% Undergraduate research
15 9% Field study
44 27% Did not answer

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

12 7% One
5 3% Two
3 2% Three
0 0% Four or More
144 88% Did not answer

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

17 10% One
4 2% Two
1 1% Three
0 0% Four or More
142 87% 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.)

27 16% Never
19 12% Don't recall or unsure
85 52% Yes, but not often
10 6% Yes, often
23 14% 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

41 25% No. Mostly I did what I needed to achieve my goals.
101 62% Yes. I would do something differently.
22 13% Did not answer

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

63 38% Learned more, or earlier, about career options.
67 41% Learned more, or earlier, about graduate or professional school.
74 45% Asked advisors, staff, professors for advice, earlier, or more often.
76 46% Gotten more experience related to my major or career goals.
37 23% Started my job search earlier.
22 13% Used more or different job search resources.
57 35% Did not answer