Students develop greater understanding of other people and learn varied techniques of human relations by their personal contact with their fellow workers and peers. They're given responsibilities to bear, and through these, learn to work efficiently under pressure. Success in a particular assignment provides the student with a higher degree of self-confidence for their future work. On the whole, industrial experience for Co-op students broadens their outlook and aids them in their social development toward that of the professional persons they hope to become.
Students discover their strong and weak points through Co-op employment.
For many, it provides a head start in salary and positions after graduation.