First Destination Report: 2018-2019 Undergraduate Degree Recipients

Pamplin College of Business

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The number of respondents (N) and percentage of respondents (%) are shown for each topic and question.

Response Rate
%
1221 Total Graduates
769 63% Reported first destination / respondents
452 37% Unreported / non-respondents

Outcome

What are you primarily doing after graduation?
%
625 81% Working
9 1% Military
1 0% Volunteering
67 9% Continuing Education
0 0% Fellowship
55 7% Still Seeking Employment
4 1% Still Seeking Continuing Education
8 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.

%
566 89% Number and percent of working and military who reported salary.
Salary median for working and military: $60000
268 42% Number and percent of working who reported receiving a bonus above $0.
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?
%
44 7% Worked / volunteered with this employer in the past.
91 15% Knew / met the employer through someone I know (networking).
169 27% Career fair.
59 9% Handshake.
29 5% On-Campus Interviewing Program (employer interviewed in Smith Career Center).
43 7% Went directly to employer website.
51 8% Used job-seeker website, other than Handshake.
12 2% Information posted or messaged from my academic department.
12 2% Employer spoke at a presentation I attended.
115 18% Did not answer

Job Related to Career Goals

Question for working respondents

Do you consider your job to be related to your career goals?
%
378 60% Very
139 22% Somewhat
11 2% Not
97 16% Did not answer

Job Related to Major

Question for working respondents

Do you consider your job to be related to your major?
%
377 60% Very
127 20% Somewhat
25 4% Not
96 15% Did not answer

Number of Job Offers

Question for working respondents

As best as you recall, how many job offers have you received?
%
212 34% One
155 25% Two
98 16% Three
27 4% Four
38 6% Five or more
95 15% 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?
%
225 33% Learned most that I needed.
293 43% Learned some, but not all, that I needed.
44 6% Learned nothing, or very little
118 17% Did not answer
If you learned job search skills, where did you learn them? Check all that apply.
%
232 34% Career & Professional Development; advising, presentations, website, resource center.
87 13% Career Planning Guide; booklet free to VT students from CPD.
49 7% Other books, magazines, print materials.
245 36% Websites external to Virginia Tech.
205 30% Academic-credit course in my major or college.
27 4% Not-for-credit program in my major or college.
278 41% Advisors, staff, professors in my major or college.
70 10% Other VT advisors, staff, professors, NOT in my major or college.
335 49% Employers, mentors at jobs, internships.
353 52% Parents, adult relatives, family friends.
318 47% Peers.
150 22% Did not answer

Advising on Continuing Education

Questions for continuing education respondents only.

Where did you get advice about graduate or professional school? Check all that apply.
%
36 54% Professors at Virginia Tech.
25 37% Academic advisors at Virginia Tech.
2 3% Pre-professional school advisors at Virginia Tech.
3 4% Career center advisors at Virginia Tech.
24 36% Professionals working in the field I want to pursue.
15 22% Faculty or staff at the graduate or professional schools I considered.
27 40% Websites of the graduate or professional schools I considered.
12 18% Websites about professions and graduate schools.
31 46% Parents, adult relatives
22 33% Peers.
1 1% Print information: books, magazines, etc.
6 9% Did not answer

Experience During College

Questions for all respondents

Did you have any type of career-related experience during college?
%
570 74% Yes
80 10% No
119 15% Did not answer
If yes, what types of experience did you have? Check all that apply.
%
105 14% Volunteer work
211 27% Part-time job
221 29% Summer job
0 0% Unpaid internship
510 66% Paid internship
8 1% Co-op
27 4% Undergraduate research
43 6% Field study
193 25% Did not answer
If you checked "UNPAID internship," how many did you have?
%
97 13% One
9 1% Two
2 0% Three
0 0% Four or More
661 86% Did not answer
If you checked "PAID internship," how many did you have?
%
232 30% One
193 25% Two
70 9% Three
9 1% Four or More
265 34% Did not answer

Used Career Center

Questions for all respondents.

As you recall: During college did you use any resources provided by Virginia Tech Career and Professional Development)? (could include advising, workshops, publications, website, Handshake, employment interviews, etc.)

%
85 11% Never
78 10% Don't recall or unsure
381 50% Yes, but not often
102 13% Yes, often
123 16% Did not answer

Regrets

Questions for all respondents.

If you could start over in college, is there anything you would do differently related to career planning

%
309 40% No. Mostly I did what I needed to achieve my goals.
338 44% Yes. I would do something differently.
122 16% Did not answer

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

%
272 35% Learned more, or earlier, about career options.
91 12% Learned more, or earlier, about graduate or professional school.
200 26% Asked advisors, staff, professors for advice, earlier, or more often.
226 29% Gotten more experience related to my major or career goals.
189 25% Started my job search earlier.
110 14% Used more or different job search resources.
383 50% Did not answer