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Post a Job
Please send a job description by email to lauriercoop@wlu.ca, or to your co-op coordinator.
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.
We encourage you to have students work remotely. If you require students to work on site, please let us know about how you protect employees during the pandemic.
Recruiting Dates
The recruiting dates below are subject to change.
Spring 2021 work term, May 3 through August 31, 2021
- We will continue to post jobs until all students are employed for spring.
- We will avoid scheduling interviews during Reading Week, February 15 through 19.
- During the continuous employment period, we will extend job offers to students, unless you prefer to do so.
Students are available from the programs below.
Four-month work terms, May through August:
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Eight-month work terms, May through December:
- Applied Water Science
- Business
- Master of Arts in Business Economics
Available for 12 or 16 months:
- Professional Experience Program in Computer Science
- User Experience Design
Fall 2021 Work Term, September through December 2021.
- We will begin posting jobs for fall on Wednesday, May 5, 2021.
- We will accept job postings for the primary recruiting period until May TBA. (We will include jobs we receive after May TBA in the continuous employment period.)
- We are scheduling interviews by phone or videoconference from Wednesdday, May 26 through Thursday, June 3.
- Please submit your rankings of students by 9 p.m. on Thursday, June 3.
- You will learn the results of the match in the afternoon on Tuesday, June 8.
Continuous employment period for Fall 2021:
- We will begin posting jobs for the continuous employment period on Wednesday, June 9, 2021.
- We will continue to post jobs until all students are employed for fall.
- We will arrange interviews for any business day.
- During the continuous employment period, we will extend job offers to students, unless you prefer to do so.
Students are available from the programs below.
Available four months, September through December:
- Business
- Business and Computer Science
- Business and Financial Mathematics
- Business and Mathematics
- Business Technology Management
- Computer Science
- Data Science
- Economics
- Master of Business Administration
- Master of Finance
Available for eight months, September through April:
- Business
- Business Technology Management
Available for 12 months, September through August
- Professional Experience Program in Computer Science
- Use Experience Design
Winter 2022 work term dates TBA (Winter 2021 work term, January 4 through April 30, 2021)
Beginning in September 2021, employers may recruit co-op students for work terms beginning in January 2022. Recruiting dates to be announced.
Available for four months, January through April:
- Business
- Business and Computer Science
- Business and Financial Mathematics
- Business and Mathematics
- Computer Science
- Data Science
- Economics
- Master of Business Administration
- Master of Finance
Available for eight months, January through August:
- Applied Water Science
Recruiting Process
Once you have sent a job description, we will post the job on the Navigator database.
We will send you instrctions on viewing applications.
You will select candidates to interview.
Once you have chosen your candidates, let us know the date, location, start time and length of the interviews.
We will arrange the interviews and send you a schedule.
Please give us three days' notice, when 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 the pandemic, all interviews are by phone or online.
If you interview during the primary recruiting period, you will need to rank students; please scroll down to "Ranking Candidates".
If you interview during the continuous employment period, you may interview any business day.
We accept job postings and arrange interviews until all students have found employment.
Continuous Employment Period
After we share the results of the match with you and the students, we enter the continuous employment period.
We can arrange interviews any business day during this period. During the pandemic, all interviews are online or by phone.
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.
After your interviews, let us know which students you agree to hire. A co-op coordinator 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.
Primary Recruiting Period
During the primary interview period, you will allow the Co-op Office to schedule all your interviews.
During the pandemic, all interviews are held online or by phone.
You will rank the students you interviewed, and they will rank you. By ranking students, you agree to hire the one with whom you are "matched."
Please do not communicate directly with students you have interviewed until after we have told you the results of the matching and ranking process.
Ranking Candidates on Navigator (Primary Recruiting Period)
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.
