First Destination Report: 2022-2023 Undergraduate Degree Recipients for Pamplin College of Business

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Response Rate

Number of Respondents %
Category
1533 Not Applicable Total Graduates
1070 70% Reported first destination / respondents
463 30% Unreported / non-respondents

Outcome

What are you primarily doing after graduation?
837 78% Working
13 1% Military
2 0% Volunteering
96 9% Continuing Education
0 0% Fellowship
111 10% Still Seeking Employment
6 1% Still Seeking Continuing Education
5 0% Not Seeking (traveling, gap year, taking time off, other)

Continuing Education Details

Respondents who indicate continuing education are asked to report their institution and location, and their degree level and program of study.

View list by undergrad major of continuing education degrees, institution, and locations

Working Details

Respondents who indicate working are asked to report their employer, position title, and location.

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Salary and Bonus

Question for working and military respondents Note
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.
583 69% Number and percent of working and military who reported salary.
Not Applicable Not Applicable Salary median for full-time working and military: $68000
262 31% 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?

93 11% Worked / volunteered with this employer in the past.
155 19% Knew / met the employer through someone I know (networking).
20 2% Career fair.
62 7% Handshake.
10 1% On-Campus Interviewing Program (employer interviewed in Smith Career Center).
112 13% Went directly to employer website.
89 11% Used job-seeker website, other than Handshake.
14 2% Information posted or messaged from my academic department.
20 2% Employer spoke at a presentation I attended.
139 17% Did not answer

Job related to Career Goals

Question for working respondents.

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

482 58% Very
225 27% Somewhat
9 1% Not
121 14% Did not answer

Job Related to Major

Question for working respondents.

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

482 58% Very
214 26% Somewhat
20 2% Not
121 14% Did not answer

Number of Job Offers

Question for working respondents.

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

277 33% One
199 24% Two
130 16% Three
33 4% Four
25 3% Five or more
125 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?

363 38% Learned most that I needed.
390 41% Learned some, but not all, that I needed.
56 6% Learned nothing, or very little
139 15% Did not answer

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

384 41% Career & Professional Development; advising, presentations, website, resource center.
45 5% Career Planning Guide; booklet free to VT students from CPD.
45 5% Other books, magazines, print materials.
330 35% Websites external to Virginia Tech.
335 35% Academic-credit course in my major or college.
34 4% Not-for-credit program in my major or college.
362 38% Advisors, staff, professors in my major or college.
91 10% Other VT advisors, staff, professors, NOT in my major or college.
476 50% Employers, mentors at jobs, internships.
485 51% Parents, adult relatives, family friends.
360 38% Peers.
188 20% 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.

50 52% Professors at Virginia Tech.
25 26% Academic advisors at Virginia Tech.
2 2% Pre-professional school advisors at Virginia Tech.
1 1% Career center advisors at Virginia Tech.
22 23% Professionals working in the field I want to pursue.
13 14% Faculty or staff at the graduate or professional schools I considered.
26 27% Websites of the graduate or professional schools I considered.
0 0% Websites about professions and graduate schools.
38 40% Parents, adult relatives
44 46% Peers.
3 3% Print information: books, magazines, etc.
5 5% Did not answer
Experience during College
Questions for all respondents.

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

775 72% Yes
114 11% No
181 17% Stated prefer not to answer OR did not answer
TYPES OF EXPERIENCE OTHER THAN INTERNSHIPS
Questions for all respondents.

If you had any of the following types of experience, check all that apply.

111 10% Volunteer work
374 35% Part-time job
549 51% Summer job
14 1% Co-op
42 4% Undergraduate research
102 10% Field study
330 31% Did not answer
INTERNSHIP EXPERIENCE
Questions for all respondents.

Did you have any type of internship during college (including paid, unpaid, or both)?

730 68% Yes
49 5% No
288 27% Stated prefer not to answer OR did not answer

Question asked to those who responded “yes” to had internship:
How many unpaid internships did you have?
("unpaid" meaning no monetary compensation, such as wage, salary, or stipend)

565 53% None
110 10% One
34 3% Two
20 2% Three or more
341 32% Did not answer OR question not applicable

Question asked to those who responded “yes” to had internship:
How many paid internships did you have?
("paid" meaning monetary compensation, including wage, salary, or stipend)

22 2% None
386 36% One
240 22% Two
81 8% Three or more
341 32% Did not answer OR question not applicable
NO INTERNSHIPS; REASONS
Question asked to those who responded “no” to had internship:

You said you did not have any internships during college. Please check any of the following that are applicable to you.

51 5% I did not need an internship. I had other forms of experience relevant to my career goals and/or major
28 3% I did not know all the possible sources to find an internship
29 3% I did not have all the job search skills I needed to secure an internship
27 3% I did not have all the qualifications employers required
9 1% Unpaid internships are the norm in my field, and I could not afford to work without pay
33 3% I could not find an internship in the geographic location I wanted
33 3% I could not find an internship with timing that worked for my schedule
6 1% I was offered an internship, but it was cancelled by the employer (due to economic issues, such as the pandemic, or other causes)
7 1% I was offered an in-person internship at a location to which I could not relocate due to costs
921 86% Did not answer OR question not applicable

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.)

149 14% Never
140 13% Don't recall or unsure
519 49% Yes, but not often
106 10% Yes, often
156 15% 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

445 42% No. Mostly I did what I needed to achieve my goals.
480 45% Yes. I would do something differently.
145 14% Did not answer

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

402 38% Learned more, or earlier, about career options.
137 13% Learned more, or earlier, about graduate or professional school.
288 27% Asked advisors, staff, professors for advice, earlier, or more often.
315 29% Gotten more experience related to my major or career goals.
285 27% Started my job search earlier.
165 15% Used more or different job search resources.
486 45% Did not answer