Co-operative education employers

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Work for top employers during your co-op terms

Our co-op students work on exciting projects for employers all over the world.

You could find yourself adding functionality to existing software programs at Electronic Arts or fixing bugs in Blackberry devices for Research in Motion. If you've always wanted to work for Microsoft, you could end up working on the Microsoft Client Protection project. Into kayaking? Digitizing kayak shells for Ocean River Sports won't feel like work.

With our wide range of employers you're sure to find the right fit.

Featured employer

Robert Allan Ltd., Naval Architects and Marine Engineers, gives students "real world" work term experience that complements their academic studies and helps them define their career.

Work term students receive real design challenges, time budgets and deadlines. They work alongside engineering and technical staff in dealing with the daily realities of a busy design and engineering consulting office.

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• The employer reports that co-op students are enthusiastic, productive, and conscientious workers. The students work hard to become valued members of the staff. In many instances they bring fresh ideas into the design process, and are always encouraged to be creative. In every case students have described their experience at Robert Allan Ltd. as fulfilling and exciting.

  As an employer, Robert Allen Ltd. gains by having talented young people participate actively in their business and offering them an insight into what is involved in the overall ship design process. By doing so, they hope to steer a few of them into long term careers in the marine industry, and ideally attract their interest to their own company. In such cases, due to their past experience, they easily integrate into the company with minimal further training.

  Employers like Robert Allen Ltd. provide a positive work term experience that helps our co-op students on their career path. For more information on becoming a co-op employer, contact our co-op office.