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| What graduates are doing after graduation: |
| Status up to 6 months following degree
completion |
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4753 |
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Total graduates in
Whole University
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3454 |
73% |
Respondents |
| TAKING
TIME OFF after graduation (more than 1 month, less than 1 year) |
| After graduation, but before employment
or graduate school, are you taking time off - for more than one month,
but less than one year - to travel, do service work, or do other recreational
or family activities? |
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1655 |
48% |
No |
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1459 |
42% |
Yes, one to less than three full months |
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224 |
7% |
Yes, three to less than six full months |
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108 |
3% |
Yes, six months to less than a full year |
| PLANS or STATUS AFTER GRADUATION |
| Which best describes your plans or
situation after graduation (and after taking time off, if you are
doing so)? |
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34 |
1% |
1. Doing a year or more of service work (such as with Peace Corps). |
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68 |
2% |
2. Self-employed or working in a family-owned business. |
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73 |
2%
| 3. Looking at options: seeking employment and applying to graduate
or professional school. |
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85 |
2% |
4. Plan to seek employment, but have not yet started to job-hunt. |
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354 |
10% |
5. Currently seeking employment, but don't yet have a job offer. |
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84 |
2% |
6. Have a job offer (or offers), but have not yet decided to accept. |
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1860 |
54% |
7. Have a job offer (or offers), and have accepted or will accept. |
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133 |
4% |
8. Plan to attend graduate or professional school (or other additional
education) full time, but details not firm yet. |
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741 |
21% |
9. Have accepted full-time admission to graduate or professional
school (or other additional education). |
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17 |
0% |
10. Other |
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| Graduate or professional school: |
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874 |
25% |
Plan to attend OR have accepted admission (Plans/status 8. &
9. above) |
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| GRADUATE or PROFESSIONAL SCHOOL (or other) DEGREES being pursued |
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| ADVICE SOURCES about graduate
or professional school (check ALL that apply) |
| From what sources did you seek advice
about graduate or professional school (or other additional education)? |
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187 |
25% |
Print information such as books or magazines. |
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548 |
72% |
Web sites / online information. |
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449 |
59% |
Professors at Virginia Tech. |
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342 |
45% |
Academic advisors at Virginia Tech. |
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77 |
10% |
Pre-professional school advisors at Virginia Tech. |
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402 |
53% |
People who work in the field or profession I'd like to pursue. |
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336 |
44% |
Parents and/or other adult relatives or family friends. |
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303 |
40% |
Peers such as friends and/or brothers or sisters. |
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55 |
7% |
Career Services. |
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218 |
29% |
Faculty or staff at graduate or professional schools you considered. |
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20 |
3% |
Other |
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| Employment: |
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1962 |
57% |
Number / percent of respondents reporting they are employed (Plans/status
1., 2. & 7. above) |
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Not all grads who reported employment indicated whether employment is full- or part-time. Those who did indicate this are as follows: |
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1790 |
97% |
Number / percent of total employed who are employed full-time |
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60 |
3% |
Number / percent of total employed who are employed part-time |
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| EMPLOYERS, JOB TITLES, LOCATIONS |
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| SALARY DATA for graduates who
accepted FULL-TIME employment |
| Those with full-time employment (but
not long-term service work) were asked to state annual salary; survey
stated that we collect salary information only to show ranges and
averages for colleges and for majors; we don't publish individual
salaries. |
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1635 |
83% |
Number / percent of employed reporting salaries |
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25th percentile (25% make this amount or less): $35,000 |
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Median: |
50th percentile (50% make this amount or less; 50% make more): $45,000 |
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75th percentile (75% make this amount or less; 25% make more): $53,000 |
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(Percentiles not reported if fewer than 12 graduates
reported salary) |
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| BONUS w/JOB OFFER |
| Did your job offer include a signing
bonus? |
| |
1694 |
86% |
Number / percent of employed who reported whether or not they received
bonuses |
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471 |
28% |
Yes |
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1223 |
72% |
No |
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25th percentile (25% of bonuses were this amount or less): $2,000 |
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Median: |
50th percentile (50% of bonuses were this amount or less; 50% make more): $3,000 |
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75th percentile (75% of bonuses were this amount or less; 25% make more): $5,000 |
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(Percentiles not reported if fewer than 12 graduates
reported a bonus) |
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| 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? |
| |
1192 |
72% |
VERY related to career goals |
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457 |
28% |
SOMEWHAT related to career goals |
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0 |
0% |
NOT related to career goals |
| Employment RELATED to MAJOR |
| Do you consider your job to be related
to your college major? |
| |
1161 |
64% |
VERY related to major |
| |
474 |
26% |
SOMEWHAT related to major |
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181 |
10% |
NOT related to major |
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| JOB / EMPLOYER SOURCE |
| Which best describes the source of
your first contact with the employer (organization, company, agency)
whose job you accepted? |
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399 |
22% |
Worked for this employer (person or organization) in the past (through
volunteer work, a part-time job, summer job, internship, co-op, undergraduate
research project or other type of work relationship). |
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Referral or contact through: |
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66 |
4% |
Current or former employer. |
| |
50 |
3% |
Professor or other faculty or staff member in your department. |
| |
244 |
14% |
Friend or family member. |
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35 |
2% |
Alumnus/alumna (a graduate) of Virginia Tech. |
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19 |
1% |
Fellow member of club, sorority or fraternity to which you belong. |
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32 |
2% |
E-mail or posted information from your academic department. |
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327 |
18% |
Career fair or job fair. |
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196 |
11% |
On-Campus Interviewing Program or Hokies4Hire. |
| |
112 |
6% |
The employer (organization, company, agency) web site. |
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162 |
9% |
Web site for job seekers (such as Monster.com, on-line newspaper
classifieds, etc.). |
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20 |
1% |
Print publication (newspaper, etc.). |
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129 |
7% |
Other |
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| 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.) |
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December 2006 graduates |
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67 |
20% |
During spring semester 2006 (more than 6 months prior to degree completion) |
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66 |
20% |
Summer 2006 (4-6 months prior to degree completion) |
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122 |
37% |
September or October 2006 (2-3 months prior to degree completion) |
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45 |
14% |
November or December 2006 (0-1 month prior to degree completion) |
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28 |
8% |
January, February or March 2007 (0-3 months after degree completion) |
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3 |
1% |
After March 2007 (4 or more months after degree completion) |
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0 |
0% |
Other |
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May - summer 2007 graduates |
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422 |
31% |
Between July and October 2006 (more than 6 months prior to May commencement) |
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376 |
27% |
Between November 2006 and January 2007 (4-6 months prior to May commencement) |
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289 |
21% |
February or March 2007 (2-3 months prior to May commencement) |
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112 |
8% |
April or May 2007, prior to May commencement (0-1 month prior to commencement) |
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157 |
11% |
May commencement to August 2007 (0-3 months after commencement) |
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19 |
1% |
September 2007 or after (4 or more months after May commencement) |
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0 |
0% |
Other |
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| 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.) |
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644 |
35% |
One |
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535 |
29% |
Two |
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398 |
21% |
Three |
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144 |
8% |
Four |
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136 |
7% |
Five or more |
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| WHEN OFFER RECEIVED |
| About when did you receive the job
offer you accepted? |
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December 2006 graduates |
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61 |
22% |
Before September 2006 |
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49 |
18% |
September or October 2006 |
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107 |
39% |
November or December 2006 |
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45 |
17% |
January, February or March 2007 |
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10 |
4% |
After March 2007 |
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0 |
0% |
Other |
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May - summer 2007 graduates |
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417 |
34% |
Before January 2007 |
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209 |
17% |
January 2007 through Spring Break 2007 |
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398 |
32% |
After Spring Break 2007 - May 2007 |
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168 |
14% |
June, July or August 2007 |
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40 |
3% |
After August 2007 |
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0 |
0% |
Other |
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| Career-related learning and experience
during college: |
| CAREER-RELATED EXPERIENCE DURING
COLLEGE |
| Did you have any kind of career-related
experience prior to graduation (types listed)? |
| |
2511 |
90% |
Yes |
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285 |
10% |
No |
| TYPES OF CAREER-RELATED EXPERIENCE
(check ALL that apply) |
| |
2492 |
72% |
Respondents to this question: number and percent
of total respondents |
| What kind of experience did you have?
(check ALL that apply) |
| |
835 |
34% |
Volunteer work |
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995 |
40% |
Part-time job |
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1360 |
55% |
Summer job |
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342 |
14% |
Unpaid internship |
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1197 |
48% |
Paid internship |
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171 |
7% |
Co-op |
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443 |
18% |
Undergraduate research |
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250 |
10% |
Field study |
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133 |
5% |
Other |
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| EXTENT to which graduates LEARNED
JOB SEARCH SKILLS |
| Which best describes the extent to
which you learned job search skills during college? (Such as how to
write your resume and job-search correspondence, interviewing skills,
professionalism skills, and where to look for jobs?) |
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I learned... |
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1080 |
40% |
Most job search skills I needed. |
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1335 |
50% |
Some job search skills, but not all I needed to know. |
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280 |
10% |
Nothing or very little. |
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| 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. |
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1176 |
48% |
Career Services programs, publications, web site, advising, workshops,
etc. |
| |
1052 |
43% |
Academic-credit course or seminar in your major department or college. |
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126 |
5% |
Not-for-credit programs or seminars in your major department or
college. |
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1101 |
45% |
Advisors, professors or staff in your major department or college. |
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331 |
14% |
Other faculty or staff in the university, but not in your major
department or college. |
| |
1315 |
54% |
Parents and/or other adult relatives or family friends. |
| |
1217 |
50% |
Peers such as friends and/or brothers or sisters. |
| |
820 |
34% |
Web sites with job search advice (other than Career Services). |
| |
372 |
15% |
Books, magazines or other print materials. |
| |
109 |
4% |
Other |
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| USED CAREER SERVICES during college |
As best as you can recall, did you
use any of Career Services' resources while in college?
(Could include, but not limited to: advising, web site, publication,
resource library, presentations, programs, co-op program, on-campus
interviewing, eRecruiting, mock interview, help with career decision-making,
seeking experience, planning for graduate school, job search, etc.) |
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524 |
19% |
Never |
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260 |
9% |
Don't recall or unsure |
| |
1609 |
58% |
Yes, but not often |
| |
376 |
14% |
Yes, often |
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| WOULD YOU DO ANYTHING DIFFERENTLY?
IF SO, WHAT? |
| If you had to do it over again, is
there anything related to planning for life after college that you
would do differently? |
| |
1287 |
47% |
No. For the most part, I did what I needed to do to achieve my goals. |
| |
1472 |
53% |
Yes. I wish I had done something differently. |
| If yes, please check ALL that apply. |
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I wish I had... |
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575 |
39% |
Learned more about graduate or professional school earlier. |
| |
817 |
56% |
Gotten more experience related to my major or career goals. |
| |
666 |
45% |
Learned more about career options and/or learned earlier. |
| |
547 |
37% |
Started my job search earlier. |
| |
323 |
22% |
Used more or different job search resources. |
| |
538 |
37% |
Asked professors and/or other advisors for advice (more often, earlier,
or at all). |
| |
120 |
8% |
Other |
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