Recruiting Students and Making an Offer

While we will be happy to help you determine the responsibilities of the proposed co-op position, you will want to have a brief description prepared before you initiate contact. We also recommend that you provide a brief description of the company that will give students an overview of your products, services, size and location. The Professional Practice faculty advisor will help you determine the best time to initiate the program based upon your ability to review resumes and/or portfolios, interview candidates, and make offers in the quarter prior to the students’ availability for a co-op assignment.

On the basis of individual and group meetings as well as the students review and research of quarterly job opportunities and related information, students who meet the employer’s criteria and have an interest in the position will be referred for your consideration. After reviewing resumes and/or portfolios, normal hiring procedures are appropriate. Select those candidates you wish to interview and arrange for interviews.

Some employers chose to interview at their location, some on campus at the Division of Professional Practice and others schedule phone interviews with student candidates due to geographic limitations.

The employer makes the decision who to hire and what salary to offer; the Professional Practice faculty advisor can provide current co-op salary information as a reference. We do ask that you notify the Professional Practice faculty advisor that you are working with concerning impending interviews and subsequent offers. The relationship and communication between the co-op employer and the co-op faculty member is critical to the successful facilitation of the co-op student selection process.