About Career Coaching
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What Career Coaching Can Do For You?
The Department of Communication has partnered with U Career Success to bring personalized career coaching to you! Full-time career coaches will meet with you to help you focus your career visions and achieve your professional goals. they will guide you in exploring internship and career opportunities, writing strong resumes, and building connections with organizations in media, marketing, public relations, journalism, corporations, and more.
Appointments will be offered in the Tanner Humanities Building and remotely if needed. Drop-in hours are available Mon-Fri from 10am to 2pm in CTIHB Room 103 (the Hub).
Career coaches can help you:
Practice Job Interviews
Review Your Resume
Negotiate Your Salary
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Your coach is ready to help you through each stage of your career journey, whether you're a first-year student, ready to graduate, or anywhere in between.
Giovanna Percontino (She/Her/Hers)
As a career coach, Giovanna Percontino helps students identify and pursue next steps in search of their professional goals. She enjoys spearheading the launch of new careers and supporting job seekers’ progress with confidence while making an impact on students’ lives. Giovanna is dedicated to helping Communication students – her goal is to advise them on the pathway toward enriching work experiences and a career. She proactively supports robust career activities like resume creation, interview preparation and innovative job search strategies.
After experiencing cooperative education at her alma matter – Northeastern University, Giovanna’s teaching experience was the perfect springboard toward lifelong learning. As a workforce youth coach, Giovanna supported students with dynamic work readiness seminars. Coaching and counseling innovations are what drives her.
Finding Giovanna’s “why” and honoring the things in her life that give her purpose is a priority.
What I can help with: As a lifelong learner, positive thinker, youth and adult motivator, Giovanna pro-actively supports job seekers and career changers. She proactively supports robust career activities like resume creation, interview preparation and innovative job search strategies.
My philosophy: Her goal is to advise students on the pathway toward enriching work experiences and a career.
Alma mater:
- Northeastern University
Fun Fact
- She’s recently relocated to Utah from New Jersey and plans to give her tandem bicycle a workout
Favorite Song:
- Save It For Later – English Beat
Favorite Movie:
- Moonrise Kingdom
Dominic Militello(He/Him/His)
Dominic Militello joins U Career Success with 20 years of executive career experience. With an emphasis in assisting top talent to effectively interact, interview, and navigate this competitive marketplace, he has worked with clients including Amazon Web Services, Walmart, and Lowe’s. As a career coach for the Department of Communication, Dominic mentors students to effectively interview at a high level to generate job offers and negotiate through the hiring process.
As a career consultant to professional athletes and an advisor to C-suite executives, Dominic’s philosophy is based on helping students understand the tremendous value they bring to the workplace. As students more clearly define themselves, they more clearly envision future opportunities.
Dominic has a winning spirit – he wants students to succeed and achieve their professional goals. He sees the best in students and seeks to maximize their value, boost their confidence, and help them know the value they bring. Dominic came to Utah in 1990 to pursue a successful professional soccer career. He signed with the “Salt Lake Sting” and scored a hat trick on his debut that earned him national media attention. He and his wife Shelley raised 5 children (6 if you include family dog Max) and have 6 grandchildren.
What I can help with: With more than 20 years of executive career coaching experience, Dominic helps students and grads effectively interact, interview, and negotiate in this competitive marketplace.
My philosophy: Students bring tremendous value to the workplace! By correctly assessing their potential and contributions, they can open doors to tremendous futures.
Alma mater:
- University of Nevada-Las Vegas
Fun Fact:
- High-scoring forward for the Salt Lake Sting – the pre-Real SL pro soccer team
- Dad to family dog Max plus 5 kids and 6 grandkids
- Head soccer coach of the Cottonwood HS Varsity Men and Women
Career Resources
Have an online interview? Our Career Studio rooms are equipped with proper lighting, camera, sound, microphone, and backdrop. Schedule the Career Studio
Stop by our Career Closet to borrow complimentary professional clothes for that important interview or career fair.
Schedule a professional headshot to use for your linkedin Profile or presentations