Enhance your visibility and reputation on campus through positive co-op experiences. Take advantage of the fact that employees who begin as co-op students are likely to remain with the company longer. Use co-op students as a source to bring enthusiastic, novel perspectives to your business. Program Works Engineering and computer science students are introduced to the concepts and requirements of UWM's Co-op Program during their freshman orientation class and more thoroughly in their sophomore level professional seminar. After completion of the course, the program submits resumes on behalf of interested students to companies which have co-op positions available.
Employers then conduct interviews to select the most qualified candidates to fill the positions.
The principal goals of the Co-op Program are to provide career orientation to students and enhance their professional development. These are accomplished by integrating a student's academic studies with a well planned, diversified work experience. To that end, and employer should consider the following guidelines when developing a position for the Co-op Program. The employer should attempt to provide the student with a variety of stimulating projects. For the employer this will assist in determining the particular strengths of a potential employee.