Students are paid by employers at a rate commensurate with their experience. Normally, students are not enrolled in classes during their co-op experience. At Merrill Lynch students provide assistance to financial consultants in identifying clients and organizing investment seminars. The Merrill Lynch financial consultants also give students exposure to the process of investment portfolio development. Students who work for Beverly Hospital are assigned human resources management projects such as compensation surveys and employment negotiations.
Students also participate in the recruiting process.
A recent student intern was given responsibility for securing media coverage for a national mobile educational display of lighting technology sponsored by a major lighting manufacturer. Students working for public accounting firms participate in financial statement audits and prepare client tax returns. At PictureTel a team of students participated in a marketing research project to determine the size of the potential market for video conferencing equipment at major corporations. The results of their work helped to give direction to the sales effort of the corporation. Another student scheduled product demonstrations and reported to management on volume of demonstrations by customer and type of equipment.