First Destination Report: 2017-2018 Undergraduate Degree Recipients for Pamplin College of Business

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First destinations: What grads are doing after graduation:

Number of Respondents %
Category
1024 Not Applicable Total Graduates
727 71% Reported first destination / respondents

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

261 36% No
369 51% Yes, one to less than three full months
66 9% Yes, three to less than six full months
28 4% Yes, six months to less than a full year

FIRST DESTINATION AFTER GRADUATION

14 2% U.S. military service commitment.
14 2% Service/volunteer program (non-military).
6 1% Self-employed or working in a family-owned business.
554 76% Employed or have accepted a job offer (not employed by self or family).
18 2% Have job offer(s), but undecided on accepting.
44 6% Seeking employment, but don't yet have a job offer.
13 2% Plan to seek employment later.
53 7% Admitted to continuing education.
13 2% Plan to continue education, but details not firm yet.
3 0% Both seeking employment and applying to continue education.
3 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

66 9% 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)?

3 5% Print information such as books or magazines.
35 63% Websites / online information.
29 52% Professors at Virginia Tech.
21 38% Academic advisors at Virginia Tech.
2 4% Pre-professional school advisors at Virginia Tech.
19 34% People who work in the field or profession I'd like to pursue.
24 43% Parents and/or other adult relatives or family friends.
22 39% Peers such as friends and/or brothers or sisters.
2 4% Career & Professional Development.
12 21% Faculty or staff at graduate or professional schools you considered.
3 5% Other

Employment:

View list by undergrad major showing employer /job title / location

580 80% Number / percent of respondents reporting they are employed (Employed, Self-employed, Volunteer and Military)
554 99% Number / percent of total employed who are employed full-time (if indicated)
6 1% Number / percent of total employed who are employed part-time (if Indicated)

SALARY DATA for graduates who accepted FULL-TIME employment

521 89% Number / percent of employed reporting salaries
Not Applicable Not Applicable 25th percentile (25% make this amount or less): $50000
Not Applicable Not Applicable 50th percentile (50% make this amount or less; 50% make more): $60000 (Median)
Not Applicable Not Applicable 75th percentile (75% make this amount or less; 25% make more): $65000
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?

533 92% Number / percent of employed who reported whether or not they received bonuses
246 46% Yes
287 54% 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?

396 72% VERY related to career goals
152 28% SOMEWHAT related to career goals
2 0% NOT related to career goals

Employment RELATED to MAJOR

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

386 70% VERY related to major
138 25% SOMEWHAT related to major
26 5% 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?

137 25% Worked for or volunteered with this employer in the past.

Referral or contact through:

17 3% Current or former employer.
16 3% Professor or other faculty or staff member in your department.
48 9% Friend or family member.
9 2% Alumnus/alumna (a graduate) of Virginia Tech.
16 3% Fellow member of club, sorority or fraternity to which you belong.
11 2% Email or posted information from your academic department.
142 26% Career fair or job fair.
80 15% On-Campus Interviewing Program or Hokies4Hire.
25 5% The employer's website.
25 5% Website for job seekers (such as Monster.com, on-line classifieds, etc.).
0 0% Print publication (newspaper, etc.).
15 3% 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 2017 graduates
28 36% During spring semester 2017 (more than 6 months prior to degree completion)
16 21% Summer 2017 (4-6 months prior to degree completion)
26 33% September or October 2017 (2-3 months prior to degree completion)
8 10% November or December 2017 (0-1 month prior to degree completion)
0 0% January, February or March 2018 (0-3 months after degree completion)
0 0% After March 2018 (4 or more months after degree completion)
0 0% Not applicable; I obtained an offer without an active job search.
May and Summer 2018 graduates
281 62% Between July and October 2017 (more than 6 months prior to May commencement)
101 22% Between November 2017 and January 2018 (4-6 months prior to May commencement)
42 9% February or March 2018 (2-3 months prior to May commencement)
20 4% April or May 2018, prior to May commencement (0-1 month prior to commencement)
10 2% May commencement to August 2018 (0-3 months after commencement)
0 0% September 2018 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.)

224 40% One
173 31% Two
101 18% Three
32 6% Four
26 5% Five or more

WHEN OFFER RECEIVED

About when did you receive the job offer you accepted?

December 2017 graduates
28 42% Before September 2017
19 28% September or October 2017
18 27% November or December 2017
2 3% January, February or March 2018
0 0% After March 2018
0 0% Other
May - summer 2018 graduates
267 64% Before January 2018
63 15% January 2018 through Spring Break 2018
74 18% After Spring Break 2018 - May 2018
13 3% June, July or August 2018
1 0% After August 2018
0 0% Other

Career-related learning and experience during college:

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

635 94% Yes
44 6% No

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

626 86% 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+
206 33% Volunteer work 64 45 29 10 58
251 40% Part-time job 119 72 37 14 10
317 51% Summer job 129 101 58 18 11
89 14% Unpaid internship 74 12 2 1 0
501 80% Paid internship 289 149 53 5 5
7 1% Co-op 6 1 0 0 0
32 5% Undergraduate research 27 4 0 1 0
50 8% Field study 48 2 0 0 0
20 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..

271 40% Most job search skills I needed.
242 36% Some job search skills, but not all I needed to know.
158 24% 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.

206 35% Career & Professional Development programs, publications, website, advising, workshops, etc.
220 38% Academic-credit course or seminar in your major department or college.
30 5% Not-for-credit programs or seminars in your major department or college.
256 44% Advisors, professors or staff in your major department or college.
91 16% Other faculty or staff in the university, but not in your major department or college.
363 62% Parents and/or other adult relatives or family friends.
342 59% Peers such as friends and/or brothers or sisters.
228 39% Websites with job search advice (other than Career & Professional Development).
55 9% Books, magazines or other print materials.
36 6% 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?

81 12% Never
94 14% Don't recall or unsure
417 62% Yes, but not often
77 12% 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?

320 48% No. For the most part, I did what I needed to do to achieve my goals.
345 52% 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...

82 24% Learned more about graduate or professional school earlier.
181 53% Gotten more experience related to my major or career goals.
191 56% Learned more about career options and/or learned earlier.
130 38% Started my job search earlier.
93 27% Used more or different job search resources.
142 42% Asked professors and/or other advisors for advice (more often, earlier, or at all).
25 7% Other