First Destination Report: 2013-2014 Undergraduate Degree Recipients for Pamplin College of Business

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First destinations: What grads are doing after graduation:

Number of Respondents %
Category
939 Not Applicable Total Graduates
619 66% Reported first destination / respondents

TAKING TIME OFF after graduation (more than 1 month, less than 1 year)

322 52% No
231 37% Yes, one to less than three full months
46 7% Yes, three to less than six full months
18 3% Yes, six months to less than a full year

FIRST DESTINATION AFTER GRADUATION

0 0% U.S. military service commitment.
0 0% Service/volunteer program (non-military).
23 4% Self-employed or working in a family-owned business.
444 72% Employed or have accepted a job offer (not employed by self or family).
14 2% Have job offer(s), but undecided on accepting.
63 10% Seeking employment, but don't yet have a job offer.
19 3% Plan to seek employment later.
34 5% Admitted to continuing education.
7 1% Plan to continue education, but details not firm yet.
9 1% Both seeking employment and applying to continue education.
2 0% Other having nothing to do with employment or continued education.

Continuing education: Graduate, professional school, or other:

View list by undergrad major showing cont. educ. degree / program / institution / location

41 6% Plan to attend OR have accepted admission.

ADVICE SOURCES about continuing education (check ALL that apply)

From what sources did you seek advice about graduate or professional school (or other additional education)?

5 12% Print information such as books or magazines.
18 44% Websites / online information.
25 61% Professors at Virginia Tech.
21 51% Academic advisors at Virginia Tech.
2 5% Pre-professional school advisors at Virginia Tech.
16 39% People who work in the field or profession I'd like to pursue.
22 54% Parents and/or other adult relatives or family friends.
19 46% Peers such as friends and/or brothers or sisters.
4 10% Career & Professional Development.
5 12% Faculty or staff at graduate or professional schools you considered.
0 0% Other

Employment:

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471 77% Number / percent of respondents reporting they are employed (Employed, Self-employed, Volunteer and Military)
449 98% Number / percent of total employed who are employed full-time (if indicated)
10 2% Number / percent of total employed who are employed part-time (if Indicated)

SALARY DATA for graduates who accepted FULL-TIME employment

417 88% Number / percent of employed reporting salaries
Not Applicable Not Applicable 25th percentile (25% make this amount or less): $40000
Not Applicable Not Applicable 50th percentile (50% make this amount or less; 50% make more): $51000 (Median)
Not Applicable Not Applicable 75th percentile (75% make this amount or less; 25% make more): $60000
Not Applicable Not Applicable (Percentiles not reported if fewer than 12 graduates reported salary)

BONUS WITH JOB OFFER

Did your job offer include a signing bonus?

434 92% Number / percent of employed who reported whether or not they received bonuses
141 32% Yes
293 68% No
Not Applicable Not Applicable 25th percentile (25% of bonuses were this amount or less): $3000
Not Applicable Not Applicable 50th percentile (50% of bonuses were this amount or less; 50% make more): $5000 (Median)
Not Applicable Not Applicable 75th percentile (75% of bonuses were this amount or less; 25% make more): $7500
Not Applicable Not Applicable (Percentiles not reported if fewer than 12 graduates reported a bonus)

Employment RELATED to CAREER GOALS

Do you consider your job to be related to your career goals and/or to be an entry-level avenue to reach your career goals?

316 74% VERY related to career goals
110 26% SOMEWHAT related to career goals
0 0% NOT related to career goals

Employment RELATED to MAJOR

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

324 72% VERY related to major
99 22% SOMEWHAT related to major
26 6% NOT related to major

JOB / EMPLOYER SOURCE

Which best describes the source of your first contact with the employer (organization, company, agency) whose job you accepted?

108 24% Worked for or volunteered with this employer in the past.

Referral or contact through:

13 3% Current or former employer.
9 2% Professor or other faculty or staff member in your department.
50 11% Friend or family member.
11 2% Alumnus/alumna (a graduate) of Virginia Tech.
9 2% Fellow member of club, sorority or fraternity to which you belong.
4 1% Email or posted information from your academic department.
100 23% Career fair or job fair.
78 18% On-Campus Interviewing Program or Hokies4Hire.
17 4% The employer's website.
19 4% Website for job seekers (such as Monster.com, on-line classifieds, etc.).
3 1% Print publication (newspaper, etc.).
22 5% Other.

WHEN JOB SEARCH STARTED

About when did you actively start your job search for your post-graduation job?
(Asked of employed graduates and those with an offer or offers.)

December 2013 graduates
17 20% During spring semester 2013 (more than 6 months prior to degree completion)
31 37% Summer 2013 (4-6 months prior to degree completion)
26 31% September or October 2013 (2-3 months prior to degree completion)
6 7% November or December 2013 (0-1 month prior to degree completion)
4 5% January, February or March 2014 (0-3 months after degree completion)
0 0% After March 2014 (4 or more months after degree completion)
0 0% Not applicable; I obtained an offer without an active job search.
May and Summer 2014 graduates
196 52% Between July and October 2013 (more than 6 months prior to May commencement)
91 24% Between November 2013 and January 2014 (4-6 months prior to May commencement)
58 15% February or March 2014 (2-3 months prior to May commencement)
14 4% April or May 2014, prior to May commencement (0-1 month prior to commencement)
16 4% May commencement to August 2014 (0-3 months after commencement)
3 1% September 2014 or after (4 or more months after May commencement)
0 0% Not applicable; I obtained an offer without an active job search.

NUMBER OF JOB OFFERS

To the best of your recollection, how many job offers have you received?
(Asked of employed graduates and those with an offer or offers.)

203 44% One
136 30% Two
75 16% Three
32 7% Four
13 3% Five or more

WHEN OFFER RECEIVED

About when did you receive the job offer you accepted?

December 2013 graduates
19 31% Before September 2013
21 34% September or October 2013
16 26% November or December 2013
6 10% January, February or March 2014
0 0% After March 2014
0 0% Other
May - summer 2014 graduates
167 51% Before January 2014
45 14% January 2014 through Spring Break 2014
87 27% After Spring Break 2014 - May 2014
26 8% June, July or August 2014
3 1% After August 2014
0 0% Other

Career-related learning and experience during college:

Did you have any kind of career-related experience prior to graduation (types listed)?

524 90% Yes
61 10% No

TYPES OF CAREER-RELATED EXPERIENCE (check ALL that apply)

520 84% Respondents to this question: number and percent of total respondents

What kind of experience did you have? (check ALL that apply)

How many of each?

Number of Respondents
%
Category
 1 2 3 4 5+
172 33% Volunteer work 40 40 27 11 53
227 44% Part-time job 95 66 37 13 15
262 50% Summer job 115 81 44 11 10
127 24% Unpaid internship 103 19 3 2 0
349 67% Paid internship 213 97 24 9 4
18 3% Co-op 15 1 2 0 0
18 3% Undergraduate research 13 4 1 0 0
52 10% Field study 47 5 0 0 0
14 3% Other Not Applicable

EXTENT to which graduates LEARNED JOB SEARCH SKILLS

Which best describes the extent to which you learned job search skills during college?
I learned..

227 39% Most job search skills I needed.
209 36% Some job search skills, but not all I needed to know.
143 25% Nothing or very little.

SOURCES of LEARNING JOB SEARCH SKILLS (check ALL that apply)

If you did learn job search skills,where do you believe you learned them? Please check all that apply.

237 47% Career & Professional Development programs, publications, website, advising, workshops, etc.
161 32% Academic-credit course or seminar in your major department or college.
43 9% Not-for-credit programs or seminars in your major department or college.
247 49% Advisors, professors or staff in your major department or college.
70 14% Other faculty or staff in the university, but not in your major department or college.
302 60% Parents and/or other adult relatives or family friends.
294 59% Peers such as friends and/or brothers or sisters.
201 40% Websites with job search advice (other than Career & Professional Development).
55 11% Books, magazines or other print materials.
14 3% Other

USED CAREER AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT DURING COLLEGE:

As best as you can recall: During college did you use any the resources provided by Career & Professional Development?

65 12% Never
43 8% Don't recall or unsure
314 59% Yes, but not often
112 21% Yes, often

Regrets:

If you had to do it over again, is there anything related to planning for life after college that you would do differently?

264 46% No. For the most part, I did what I needed to do to achieve my goals.
314 54% Yes. I wish I had done something differently.

If yes, please check ALL that apply. (Percentages are of "Yes" respondents, not total respondents.)
I wish I had...

83 26% Learned more about graduate or professional school earlier.
190 59% Gotten more experience related to my major or career goals.
179 56% Learned more about career options and/or learned earlier.
145 45% Started my job search earlier.
90 28% Used more or different job search resources.
132 41% Asked professors and/or other advisors for advice (more often, earlier, or at all).
17 5% Other