Resume assistance, through individual resume critiques, is available in the Elliot Center. Ask a faculty member in your field to review your resume as well. Students are responsible for recruiting a faculty sponsor from the appropriate department. It is very important that the student establish a solid working relationship with the faculty member before finding a position. The number of students each faculty member can supervise per semester is limited, so it is important to get a commitment from a faculty sponsor as early as possible.
Students submit their resumes directly to the employers.
When a student is hired for a Cooperative Education position, a Learning Agreement is developed in consultation with the faculty sponsor and the employer. The Learning Agreement must be signed by the student, the employer and the faculty sponsor, then taken to the Registrar's Office before the Cooperative Education experience begins. Cooperative Education positions must be new learning experiences for the students and must last a minimum of 10 hours per week for at least 12 weeks within an academic semester. Because Cooperative Education is meant to be a learning experience, the student's on-site supervisor must be a professional in the specific field who is willing to mentor the student throughout the experience. Cooperative Education students should not serve as consultants in situations where they are the experts and no one on-site is more knowledgeable in the field.