Explore Your Career
The Career Center is here to help you explore your career through any one (or many) of the following options.
These opportunities are intended to help you feel confidant when choosing a major, transitioning careers, and determining what is a strong fit for your future.
- Students, please make an appointment on Handshake to meet with a coach to help get you started and create a tailored plan. View instructions for scheduling a coaching appointment on Handshake.
- Community members, please contact the Career Center directly at careerservices@knowledge-gate.com instead of using the links on this page.
Career Coach Assessment
- Identify your interests, learn your top traits, and see how those match with careers
- Explore information on what each career would entail, employment, salary, education required, and local employers hiring for those positions
- Utilize the resume builder to develop a basic resume that can be tailored through an appointment with a Career Services Specialist
- Gain understanding of programs and credentials you can earn at Tri-C that will help you become successful in your career of choice
- Note: Career Coach is a free resource for community members, prospective students, current students, faculty and staff alike
What Can I Do With This Major?
- See how Tri-C programs and degrees align with in-demand occupations in Ohio
- Explore your chosen field of interest and possible career paths
- Discover strategies to make yourself more marketable
Informational Interview
- One-on-one interviews with focused educational and career-based questions
- Initiated and conducted by student
- In-person or virtual
- 30 minutes to one hour
- Scheduled conveniently by participants
- These are unpaid opportunities
Job Shadow
- Observational, information gathering experience
- Live Experience: In-person or virtual
- Half to full day
- Scheduled by participant
- These include paid and unpaid opportunities
- Access pre-recorded sessions through Pathful Explore (formerly Virtual Job Shadow)
Internships
- Multi-week/month, professional learning, practical work and skills development
- In-person or virtual
- Typically 100+ hours
- Flexible schedule
- These include paid and unpaid opportunities
Micro Internships
- Short-term, project-based assignments
- In-person or virtual
- Typically 20 to 40 hours
- Flexible schedule
- These are paid opportunities
Events
- Career Fairs
- Employer Meet & Greets
- Networking
- Employer Panels
- Company Tours
- These are unpaid opportunities
We appreciate the support and partnerships from the following organizations, that make opportunities like these possible for our students.