Career Coaching
Coaching at Trinity College is designed to engage students and encourage them to explore, design, and build a plan for their college journey and future careers.
We believe all students and alumni should have access to one-on-one personalized coaching appointments. Our professional career coaches offer both in-person and virtual appointments to help you navigate every stage of your career journey.
Schedule an appointment in Handshake!
Career & Life Design Coaching
Our appointments are:
- Student-centered: You are the expert on you, we are here to help you explore, build your career and design your life.
- Action and outcomes oriented: You will create action steps and define your goals, to ensure that each appointment is focused and addresses your needs.
- Based on Design Thinking methodology: You will have the opportunity to build lifelong career skills by learning Design Thinking concepts as well as participating in reflective or exploratory activities.
If you require accommodations for your appointment, please include a note in your appointment request.
- Log into Handshake
- Click “Career Center” tab
- Select “Appointments”
- Select “Schedule a New Appointment”
- Select a category and topic
- Choose an available appointment that works with your schedule
- Select the appointment “medium” and add a note about potential discussion topics
- Career pathway exploration
- Job & internship search practices
- Actionable goal setting
- Skills inventory
- Networking strategies
- Interview preparation
- LinkedIn engagement
- Career-based decision making
- Offer review & salary negotiation
- Professional branding
- Résumé & cover letter review
The Career & Life Design Center is here as a resource for every step of your professional journey. Paul Gagnon M’01 specializes in providing career guidance to Trinity alumni. Appointments are conducted virtually in a supportive and confidential environment.
“Book an appointment with Mr. Gagnon because he gives strong, data-informed suggestions, and in doing so, helps you think through your options in a particularly thoughtful way.” – Class of 2022 Alum
We also offer résumé and/or cover letter review via email. The E-Review process provides personalized feedback on your documents within 48 business hours.
Submit your documents!
After getting started with our interns, schedule an appointment with a Career & Life Design Coach to finalize your documents and discuss your next steps.
The Career & Life Design Center Interns host regular drop-in hours. During the academic year, students are welcome to visit the Cornelia Center, Monday – Friday, 9:00am – 5:00pm
Areas of support include:
- Résumé & cover letter review
- Searching for opportunities
- Finding on-campus jobs
- Introductions to online resources like Handshake, The Bantam Career Network, & LinkedIn
Career & Life Design Center
114 Vernon Street,
Hartford, CT
