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Recruiting and Ranking Dates
The recruiting and ranking dates below are subject to change.
Spring 2020 Work Term, May 4 to August 31, 2020.
Employers may recruit students to work through August, or through December.
(Students from User Experience Design and Professional Experience Program in Computer Science are available for 16-month terms, from May 2020 through August 2021.)
This summer, in response to the tight labour market, we will accept jobs lasting as few as eight (8) weeks full-time, or part-time jobs lasting at least 280 hours.
We can post jobs for you; please send your job description to your co-op coordinator or to lauriercoop@wlu.ca. You may interview students by phone or video conference.
Fall 2020 Work Term, September 1 through December 24, 2020.
Employers may recruit for four-month or eight-month terms beginning in September 2020.
(Students from User Experience Design and Professional Experience Program in Computer Science are available for work terms of up to 12 months, from September 2020 through August 2021.)
- We are accepting job postings for the continuous employment period, which began on Monday, June 8, 2020.
- Interviews are taking place by phone or video-conference, such as Skype, due to the need for physical distancing.
- Please give us 72 business hours' notice to schedule interviews.
- Please let us know the interview date, start time, interview length, interval between interviews, and length of lunch break, along with the names of candidates and interviewers.
Example: "Wednesday, June 23; 10 a.m. start; 30-minute interviews at 10-minute intervals; 30-minute lunch."
Winter 2021 work term, January 4 through April 30, 2021
Employers may recruit for four-month terms beginning in January 2021.
- We will begin posting jobs for the primary employment period on Monday, September 14, 2020.
- The last day to post jobs for the primary employment period is Tuesday, October 13, 2020.
- Interviews will take place by phone or video-conference, such as Skype, due to the need for physical distancing on October 15, 16 and from October 19 - 27, 2020.
- Please give us 72 business hours' notice to schedule interviews.
- Please let us know the interview date, start time, interview length, interval between interviews, and length of lunch break, along with the names of candidates and interviewers.
Example: "Wednesday, October 21; 10 a.m. start; 30-minute interviews at 10-minute intervals; 30-minute lunch." - Rankings are due on Tuesday, October 27, 2020 by 9 p.m..
- Employers will learn the results of the rank match in the afternoon on Friday, October 30, 2020.
- We will begin posting jobs for the continuous employment period on Monday, November 2, 2020.
Spring 2021 work term, May 3 through August 31, 2021
- Recruiting dates TBA
Ranking Candidates on Navigator
Employers who interview during the primary interview period rank their candidates, and students rank employers. If you interview co-op students during the primary interview period, you will use Navigator to submit your rankings online.
Please submit your rankings by 9 p.m. on the final day of the primary interview period.
Once you have conducted interviews, please do not contact your applicants until we have communicated the results of the match to you.
How the Ranking and Matching Process Works
You provide us with your rankings online, according to our advertised deadline (if you miss the deadline, we will inform students that rankings are not available for your position.)
Students rank the positions for which they have been interviewed, according to our advertised deadline.
Employer and student rankings are combined to produce a sum, or total score, for each combination.
Students are matched with employers sequentially, based on total scores and the principle of “low score wins.” Total scores of two are linked, followed by total scores of three, then four, and five, and so on, until all possible combinations have been exhausted. Ties begin to occur at total scores of three, and are broken randomly.
A match at 1-1 occurs when:
| Employer | # | Student | # | Total Score | ||
| ABC Corp. ranks Jane Doe | 1 | + | Jane Doe ranks ABC Corp. | 1 | = | 2 |
The lowest possible total score is two. There are no ties at this level, as you have only one first-choice per position, and students may rank only one employer as their first choice.
By ranking a student #1, you are extending an offer of employment to him or her. The student accepts the offer by ranking your position #1, which results in an automatic match.
Once students and employers matched at total scores of two have been eliminated, Navigator links all combinations with total scores of three. Scores of three can result from either of the following combinations:
| Employer | # | Student | # | Total Score | ||
| Oak Ltd. ranks Lana Yu | 1 | + | Lana Yu ranks Oak Ltd. | 2 | = | 3 |
| Oak Ltd. ranks Eric Smith | 2 | + | Eric Smith ranks Oak Ltd. | 1 | = | 3 |
Ties will be broken randomly by the program.
You may still recruit despite the pandemic!
Talented students are still seeking work for the spring work term. Please let us help you recruit students from business, economics, arts, science, and double degree programs in business with computing or financial math.
We recommend that you hire students to work remotely, if possible.
If you require students to work on site, please let us know about your physical distancing protocols.
At this time, we will schedule interviews by phone or video conference, such as Skype.
Send Us a Job Description
Please send a job description by email to your co-op co-ordinator or to lauriercoop@wlu.ca.
We usually post job descriptions for two days. When students apply to your job posting through Navigator you may view applications after 10 a.m. on the day after the application deadline.
View Applications and Arrange Interviews through our Navigator system
Once you have chosen your candidates, let us know the date, location, start time and length of the interviews. Our co-op office will arrange the interviews and send you a schedule.
Please give us three days' notice, if possible, to schedule interviews. Please let know:
- names of candidates and interviewers
- date and start time
- length of interview
- interval between interviews
- length of lunch break
During this period when physical distancing is required, we will arrange interviews by phone or online, including by Skype.
Interview and Rank Your Candidates
Primary Interview Period
During the primary interview period, you will rank our students and they will rank you. By ranking students, you agree to hire the one with whom you are "matched."
Almost all interviews occur on campus during the primary interview period. If you interview during the primary interview period, do not communicate with the students between the interview and the match.
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Work Term |
Positions Posted |
Interviews Begin |
Match Results |
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Spring May to August (CA/CPA) |
Mid-November |
Early January |
Mid-January |
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Spring May to August (All positions) |
Late January |
Early February |
Mid-February |
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Fall September to December |
Mid-May |
Late May |
Mid-June |
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Winter January to April |
Mid-September |
Early or mid-October |
Late October |
Continuous Employment Period (after the primary period)
After we share the results of the match with you and the students, we enter the continuous employment period. If you prefer to arrange interviews yourself, please let us know the details so we don't schedule students for other interviews at the same time. (As long as physical distancing is required, please interview by phone or online.)
After your interviews, let us know which students you agree to hire. The co-op office will extend employment offers to students directly on your behalf and let you know which students accept your offer.
We accept job postings and arrange interviews until all students have found employment.
