First Destination Report: 2020-2021 Undergraduate Degree Recipients for Finance

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Response Rate

Number of Respondents %
Category
291 Not Applicable Total Graduates
194 67% Reported first destination / respondents
97 33% Unreported / non-respondents

Outcome

157 81% Working
3 2% Military
0 0% Volunteering
11 6% Continuing Education
0 0% Fellowship
22 11% Still Seeking Employment
1 1% 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.
122 76% Number and percent of working and military who reported salary.
Not Applicable Not Applicable Salary median for working and military: $60000
42 26% 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?

17 11% Worked / volunteered with this employer in the past.
26 17% Knew / met the employer through someone I know (networking).
20 13% Career fair.
23 15% Handshake.
5 3% On-Campus Interviewing Program (employer interviewed in Smith Career Center).
12 8% Went directly to employer website.
14 9% Used job-seeker website, other than Handshake.
12 8% Information posted or messaged from my academic department.
5 3% Employer spoke at a presentation I attended.
23 15% 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 57% Very
46 29% Somewhat
3 2% Not
18 11% Did not answer

Job Related to Major

Question for working respondents.

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

108 69% Very
28 18% Somewhat
3 2% Not
18 11% Did not answer

Number of Job Offers

Question for working respondents.

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

68 43% One
35 22% Two
25 16% Three
3 2% Four
7 4% Five or more
19 12% 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?

69 39% Learned most that I needed.
82 46% Learned some, but not all, that I needed.
7 4% Learned nothing, or very little
21 12% Did not answer

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

68 38% Career & Professional Development; advising, presentations, website, resource center.
11 6% Career Planning Guide; booklet free to VT students from CPD.
12 7% Other books, magazines, print materials.
58 32% Websites external to Virginia Tech.
69 39% Academic-credit course in my major or college.
15 8% Not-for-credit program in my major or college.
84 47% Advisors, staff, professors in my major or college.
16 9% Other VT advisors, staff, professors, NOT in my major or college.
91 51% Employers, mentors at jobs, internships.
90 50% Parents, adult relatives, family friends.
79 44% Peers.
29 16% 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.

7 64% Professors at Virginia Tech.
5 45% Academic advisors at Virginia Tech.
0 0% Pre-professional school advisors at Virginia Tech.
0 0% Career center advisors at Virginia Tech.
3 27% Professionals working in the field I want to pursue.
2 18% Faculty or staff at the graduate or professional schools I considered.
4 36% Websites of the graduate or professional schools I considered.
3 27% Websites about professions and graduate schools.
5 45% Parents, adult relatives
3 27% Peers.
0 0% Print information: books, magazines, etc.
0 0% Did not answer
Experience during College
Questions for all respondents.

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

143 74% Yes
24 12% No
27 14% Did not answer

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

25 13% Volunteer work
49 25% Part-time job
52 27% Summer job
16 8% Unpaid internship
132 68% Paid internship
1 1% Co-op
7 4% Undergraduate research
5 3% Field study
48 25% Did not answer

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

14 7% One
4 2% Two
0 0% Three
0 0% Four or More
176 91% Did not answer

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

66 34% One
38 20% Two
24 12% Three
2 1% Four or More
64 33% 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.)

19 10% Never
19 10% Don't recall or unsure
109 56% Yes, but not often
21 11% Yes, often
26 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

72 37% No. Mostly I did what I needed to achieve my goals.
95 49% Yes. I would do something differently.
27 14% Did not answer

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

69 36% Learned more, or earlier, about career options.
22 11% Learned more, or earlier, about graduate or professional school.
58 30% Asked advisors, staff, professors for advice, earlier, or more often.
63 32% Gotten more experience related to my major or career goals.
58 30% Started my job search earlier.
25 13% Used more or different job search resources.
87 45% Did not answer