Caitlin Sutton
Internship Coordinator and Career Advisor
LaGrange College
Milestones
My road in life took a while to figure out.
I participated in a job shadow program in high school that led me to pursue a career in counseling.
I spoke with K-12 school counselors and decided to start with teaching and then move into counseling.
I started my bachelors degree in Early Childhood Education.
I transferred to another college and starting getting involved through orientation and mentoring.
Realizing that I hated teaching, I changed my major to Psychology.
I started asking professionals who worked with students on campus about their jobs.
I discovered Student Affairs and decided to pursue my graduate degree in that field!
Keep following my journey
Education
High School
Career
Internship Coordinator and Career Advisor
I help students determine what they want to do with their lives after college.
Career Roadmap
My work combines:
My work combines:
Education
Business
Helping People
Day to Day
A great day at work includes one-on-one meetings with college students who need help with any of the following topics: choosing a major, finding an internship, exploring career options, interpreting a career assessment, finding a part-time job, perfecting their resume and cover letter, searching for full-time jobs, and applying to graduate or professional school. I get to see LOTS of "light bulb moments" as students connect their passion and abilities to real-world work!
Advice for Getting Started
Here's the first step for college students
Get a job on your university's campus! Be an orientation leader, tour guide, student mentor, or simply an assistant to an office that gets a lot of student traffic. Working with other college students is what sparked my passion, and being supervised and mentored by people who made a career out of my passion is what got me to the next (very necessary) step: graduate school.
Recommended Education
My career is related to what I studied. I'd recommend the path I took:
Hurdles
The Noise I Shed
From Parents:
"Are you sure you want to change your major to Psychology? And this late in your undergraduate career! What does anyone do with a Bachelors degree in Psychology?"
Challenges I Overcame
Late Bloomer
