Additional Career Services
Career Counseling
The Career Services Office provides individual career counseling and testing by appointment. This is a wonderful opportunity for you to learn more about yourself and your career options to develop a plan for a successful job search. Career counseling is free to undergraduate students, however a minimal fee to cover the cost of materials and interpretation will be charged for testing. E-mail careers@tiu.edu to schedule an appointment.
Career Resource Library
We make available a wide range of occupational and graduate school information. Some of the publications are available for you to keep, and most can be loaned. Our resources include various books and material on career exploration, job search strategies, résumé writing, and interviewing, as well as corporate directories and company annual reports, information on graduate programs, and a variety of other areas.
Career Workshops
We host a variety of workshops to help you prepare for the challenges of finding the job or graduate school that's right for you. Check our calendar of events for dates and times.
Computerized Career Guidance and Information
For those who like the self-guided approach to finding career information, FOCUS, our computerized career guidance program, can help you match your interests, values, activities, and skills with career options available. Information on hundreds of occupations is included in the program, and one does not have to be computer literate to use it. Our career guidance program is now web-based for more convenient use.
Click here to register for a username and password.
If you are already registered, click here.
Cover Letter Writing
Credential File Service
For education majors, we maintain credential files that contain all the pertinent information that a district or agency wants to know about a potential employee. This includes reference letters, student teaching evaluations, an educational summary, and an unofficial transcript. Graduates can have five copies of their file sent from our office at no charge. After that, a fee of $5.00 is charged per file sent. All requests to have files sent out must be in writing. You can request a copy of your credential file at careers@tiu.edu. (Please note: Credential files are destroyed after 10 years.)
eClassified Listings (non-job related)
A place to find not only home-based jobs but also rooms/apartments to share or for rent, houses for sale or for rent, roommates wanted/available, items for sale, rides to share, free items, etc.
TIU Students and Friends: Post an Ad
Students and Alumni: View Listings
Internet Directory
We have developed our own directory that includes a variety of website addresses to help you easily access career and graduate school information. Click here to connect to this directory.
Interview Opportunities
Our office participates in the Illinois Small College Placement Association, a consortium of liberal arts colleges in Illinois that joined together because of a mutual commitment to provide placement for our students. Through Trinity’s association with ISCPA, you are able to attend two job fairs each year, one geared specifically for companies wanting to hire students with liberal arts backgrounds, and one for school districts looking for teachers, as well as participate in a program that allows students to interview with top companies and many local school districts. Check our Job Fairs, Recruiters and Workshops web page for specific dates and times.
Interview Tips
Job and Graduate School Fairs
Job and graduate school fairs are designed to give students an opportunity to meet a variety of potential employers or representatives from schools all in one location. Visit our calendar of events for more information on these events, including CareerFest and TeacherFest.
Résumé Writing Assistance
The Career Services Team would be happy to critique your résumé. Stop by our office to pick up a sample copy, or email acroft@tiu.edu for samples. Once you have completed your rough draft, email it to acroft@tiu.edu and one of our staff will review it, make comments, and mail it back to you. Once your résumé is perfect, you can post it on http://www.iscpa.org/ for submission to ISCPA jobs. For information, contact Career Services at 847.317.7120.
