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 & Life Design coaches currently offer in-person and Zoom appointments to support career-related needs from exploring majors and careers, to internship and job searches, to practice interviews.
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.
Our services include, but are not limited to:
- 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 offers services after graduation. Paul Gagnon M’01 specializes in supporting alumni. Appointments are conducted virtually, in an environment of support and confidentiality.
To schedule an appointment, follow the steps below or watch this quick tutorial!
- 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
“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.” Alumni ’22
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 studio drop-in hours. During the academic year, drop-ins are welcome at the Cornelia Center, Monday – Friday, 9:00a.m. – 5:00p.m.
Get peer support with:
- Résumés & cover letter structure
- How to search for internships & jobs
- Finding on-campus jobs
- Introductions to online resources like Handshake, Big Interview, Bantam Career Network, & LinkedIn
Career & Life Design Center
114 Vernon Street,
Hartford, CT
