Tina M. Wagner, MA

Certified Strengths Coach – Empathy, Context, Connectedness, Ideation, Adaptability

Extensive professional career work

I have worked as a career counselor/coach for over 30 years as well as directed career centers at two local universities. I gained broad experience in working with individuals and groups in one on one meetings, group programs, and presentations.

Throughout my career I have worked with

  • Undergraduate and graduate students of all ages

  • Alumni

  • Prospective students and people from the community

  • Individuals from diverse backgrounds

  • Clients with interests in or preparing for a wide array of career fields. 

These career fields have included

  • healthcare

  • business (sales, marketing, accounting, finance and others)

  • technology

  • science

  • social services

  • government and others

 In previous positions, it wasn’t unusual for me to meet with 4 or more individuals with different majors, career interests and in very different stages of their career journey.  They ranged from entering the job market to making major career shifts, seeking advancement at middle age, or refocusing interests and goals in their 50s or 60s.

I have a passion for my work and bring decades of experience in connecting with clients. I enjoy assisting them in all aspects of career exploration, reflection, decision making, and developing job search tools and skills. This includes resumes, messaging, personal branding, assessments (Strengths, Strong Interest Inventory & Myers Briggs Type Indicator), interviewing, job search, graduate school exploration and planning, LinkedIn profile development and more. Clients consistently tell me that I am positive, encouraging, knowledgeable and extremely helpful.

For more information and details, please see my LinkedIn site.

“Tina is a truly outstanding career development professional. She has a depth of experience and excellent skills in working with students from diverse backgrounds and programs. Her ability to meet students where they are, to move them along a trajectory, and to help them achieve their goals is most impressive.”

— Kimberly Betz | Executive Director, Center for Career Development at Princeton University | Princeton, New Jersey

 

“In my experience working with Tina, she has a genuine passion and energy in supporting individuals in their career journey. She is able to meet the individual where they are at. She values developing strong relationships to educate and support individuals holistically. Tina has provided programming around assessment results and many career related topics. Tina's knowledge and experience tied with her passion for career development is an asset for any individual she works with.”

— Katie (Ness) B. | Human Resources Supervisor at Boulay | Minneapolis, Minnesota

“I had the pleasure of working with Tina during both my internship and first professional position in the career development field.Tina acted as a mentor to me by providing constant feedback,support, and advice, and working with her allowed me to excel in my own career. She is a brilliant career professional .”

— Erin Koolen | Senior Account Executive at Beacon Hill Staffing Group | Minneapolis, Minnesota

 

“Tina is an amazing person. She builds strong relationships with students that foster open communication to effectively advise students to ensure the students successfully meet their career goals. Tina supervised student workers and provided an excellent way to positively impact student experience as they chart their career path and prepare to graduate. She provides student employees with office and technical skills and has them perform work that may relate to a future career plan. She has a big passion to connect students to resources from informational interviews to connecting them to alumni. Her door is always open to listen and guide.”

— Youa Lee | Senior Program Manager at Partners in Community Supports | St Paul, Minnesota