NACE Salary Survey

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Career Services Building (0128)
Corner of Washington Street & West Campus Drive
Blacksburg, VA 24061
phone 540-231-6241 fax 540-231-3293 www.career.vt.edu

Career Services is for all students: freshman, sophomore, junior, senior,
and graduate level, at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University.
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JOB SEARCH TOOLS & SKILLS:

Resumes and vitae

Cover letters & other letters

E-mail

Telephone

References

Researching employers

FINDING JOBS & EMPLOYERS:

How VT grads did it

Who hired VT grads

How to start your job search

Pros & cons of ways to job-hunt

Hokies4Hire & the On-Campus Interviewing Program

Job & internship web sites

On-line job search advice & privacy protection

MEETING EMPLOYERS:

Handshakes

Career fairs / job fairs

Employer info sessions

Interviewing

Interview attire

Business casual attire

Dining etiquette

DECIDING ON A JOB OFFER:

Salary, benefits, negotiating

Responding to job offers

Acknowledging a job offer

SPECIAL INTERESTS:

International students

Students with disabilities

LGBT students

Graduate students

National Association of Colleges & Employers (NACE) Salary Survey
NACE collects and publishes the most comprehensive information on salaries of new graduates.
FULL NACE PRINT REPORT IN CAREER SERVICES:
•	Viewable in Career Services during office hours.
•	Published 4x annually.
•	Bachelor's degree salaries by curriculum and industry.
•	Master's degree salaries by curriculum.
•	Salary data includes averages, and high and low end percentiles.
•	A Career Services advisor can help you pinpoint the information you need in the report. If you would like help viewing the report, ask for help via walk-in advising (note hours).

SNAPSHOT DATA for BACHELOR'S DEGREES:
Fall 2009		Compare:
		View several most recent salary snapshots SEE more detailed FULL NACE PRINT REPORT at Career Services referenced above BECAUSE: The chart at left: 1. Does not include most academic disciplines, and 2. Does not tell you the N (number of salaries) on which the averages are based and 3. Does not tell you the industries in which the salaries are paid. The FULL report is more thorough! VIRGINIA TECH GRADS SALARY DATA: Virginia Tech Post-Graduation Report — Career Services' annual survey of VT bachelor's degree graduates gives salary information by college and major. Also gives you the N for each set of salary data. More salary information sources online Responding to salary questions Salary relocation calculators — do salary comparisons by location Negotiating salary