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Post a Job
Post a job using the Navigator online portal. More information about the Navigator portal, including services provided, how to login, and creating an account, can be found here.
Or, simply send a job description by email to your co-op consultant or to lauriercoop@wlu.ca.
You will receive an email with a link to applications after 10 a.m. on the day after the application deadline, unless you asked that students apply through a different method.
Please let us know whether candidates will work remotely, at your location, or in a hybrid of both. If you require students to work on site, please let us know about your pandemic safety protocols.
Recruiting Dates
The recruiting dates below are subject to change.
We have now concluded recruiting for the fall 2023 work term.
Programs
Students from the programs below are scheduled for work terms each fall.
Available for four months, September through December:
- Business
- Business and Computer Science
- Business and Financial Mathematics
- Business and Mathematics
- Business Technology Management
- Computer Science
- Data Science
- Economics
- Master of Finance
Available for eight months, September through April:
- Business
- Business Technology Management
Available for 12 months, September through August
- Professional Experience Program in Computer Science
- User Experience Design
Primary recruiting period for Winter 2024:
We have now concluded our primary recruiting period for the winter 2024 work term.
Continuous recruiting period for Winter 2024:
- On Thursday, October 12, 2023, we will begin posting jobs for the continuous recruiting period for the winter 2024 work term.
- During the continuous recruiting period, you may interview students any business day.
- Your co-op consultant would be pleased to schedule interviews and extend job offers on your behalf, but you may contact students if you prefer.
- We will continue posting jobs until all students have secured employment for the winter work term.
Programs
You may recruit students from the following programs for four-month terms, from January through April 2024:
- Business
- Business and Computer Science
- Business and Financial Mathematics
- Business and Mathematics
- Computer Science
- Data Science
- Economics
- Master of Business Administration
- Master of Finance
Early CPA recruiting period for Spring and Fall 2024:
We welcome Chartered Professional Accounting firms to recruit students for work terms of four or eight months, beginning in May or September.
Primary recruiting period for Spring 2024:
Continuous recruiting period for Spring 2024:
We welcome Chartered Professional Accounting firms to recruit students for work terms of four or eight months, beginning in May or September.
- Job postings open on Wednesday, November 15, 2023.
- Last day to post a job is Monday, November 27, 2023.
- Interviews may be held on Monday, January 8 and Tuesday, January 9, 2024.
- Interviews must be scheduled through our office and may be virtual or in-person at Waterloo Campus on either date.
- Please submit rankings by 9 p.m. on Tuesday, January 9, 2024.
- Match results will be communicated to you in the afternoon on Thursday, January 11, 2024.
Primary recruiting period for Spring 2024:
- Job postings open on Thursday, January 11, 2024.
- Last day to post a job is Monday, January 22, 2024.
- Interviews may be held on Thursday, January 25 through Monday, February 5, 2024.
- Interviews must be scheduled through our office and may be virtual or in-person at Waterloo Campus.
- In-person interviews may be held on Monday, January 29 and Tuesday, January 30, 2024.
- Please submit rankings by 9 p.m. on Monday, February 5, 2024.
- Match results will be communicated to you in the afternoon on Thursday, February 8, 2024.
Continuous recruiting period for Spring 2024:
- Job postings open on Friday, February 9, 2024.
- Jobs may continue to be posted any business day through until the start of Spring term.
- Interviews may be scheduled on any business day during the continuous recruiting period.
- There is no rank and match in the continuous recruiting period.
- You may ask your co-op consultant to schedule interviews and extend job offers on your behalf, or you may contact students directly if you prefer.
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Programs available for eight-month work terms, May through December:
- Business
- Master of Applied Computing
- Master of Arts in Business Economics
- Master of Business Administration
Programs available for work terms of 12 to 16 months, beginning in May:
- Professional Experience Program in Computer Science
- User Experience Design
Recruiting dates are to be announced.
Programs
Students from the programs below are scheduled for work terms each fall.
Available for four months, September through December:
- Business
- Business and Computer Science
- Business and Financial Mathematics
- Business and Mathematics
- Business Technology Management
- Computer Science
- Data Science
- Economics
- Master of Finance
Available for eight months, September through April:
- Business
- Business Technology Management
Available for 12 months, September through August
- Professional Experience Program in Computer Science
- User Experience Design
Recruiting Process
Once you have sent a job description, we will post the job on the Navigator database.
We will send you instructions on viewing applications.
You will select candidates to interview.
Once you have chosen your candidates, let us know the date, start time and length of the interviews.
Most interviews take place online or by phone; we host some in-person interviews on campus.
We will arrange the interviews and send you a schedule.
Please give us three days' notice, when possible, to schedule interviews. Please let us know:
- names of candidates and interviewers
- date and start time
- length of interview
- interval between interviews
- length of lunch break
If you interview during the primary recruiting period, you will need to rank students; please scroll down to "Ranking Candidates".
During the continuous employment period, you may interview any business day.
We accept job postings and arrange interviews until all students have found employment.
After we have shared the results of the match with you and the students, we enter the continuous recruiting period.
We can arrange interviews any business day during this period. Most interviews take place by phone or video conference; we host some in-person interviews on campus.
If you prefer to arrange interviews yourself, please let us know the details so we don't schedule students for other interviews at the same time.
After your interviews, let us know which students you agree to hire. A co-op consultant will extend employment offers to students directly on your behalf and let you know which students accept your offer.
We accept job postings and arrange interviews until all students have found employment.
For more information, you may watch this video about the continuous recruiting period.
During the primary recruiting period, the Co-op Office will schedule all your interviews.
Most interviews currently take place by phone or video conference. We reserve a couple of days for in-person on interviews on campus during each interview period.
You will rank the students you interviewed, and they will rank you. By ranking students, you agree to hire the one with whom you are "matched."
Please do not communicate directly with students you have interviewed during the primary recruiting period until after we have told you the results of the matching and ranking process.
Employers who interview during the primary interview period rank their candidates, and students rank employers. If you interview co-op students during the primary interview period, you will use Navigator to submit your rankings online.
Please submit your rankings by 9 p.m. on the final day of the primary interview period.
Once you have conducted interviews, please do not contact your candidates until we have communicated the results of the match to you.
How the Ranking and Matching Process Works
You provide us with your rankings online, according to our advertised deadline. (If you miss the deadline, we will inform students that rankings are not available for your position.)
Students rank the positions for which they have been interviewed, according to our advertised deadline.
By ranking a student, you are extending the student an offer of employment, if you are matched. The student accepts the offer by ranking your position.
Employer and student rankings are combined to produce a sum, or total score, for each combination.
Students are matched with employers sequentially, based on total scores and the principle of “low score wins.” Total scores of two are linked, followed by total scores of three, then four, and five, and so on, until all possible combinations have been exhausted. Ties begin to occur at total scores of three, and are broken randomly.
The lowest possible total score is two. There are no ties at this level, as you have only one first-choice per position, and students may rank only one employer as their first choice.
If you rank a student #1 and they rank you #1, you are automatically matched at a score of two. A match at 1-1 occurs when:
| Employer | # | Student | # | Score | ||
| ABC Corp. ranks Jane Doe | 1 | + | Jane Doe ranks ABC Corp. | 1 | = | 2 |
Once students and employers matched at total scores of two have been eliminated, Navigator links all combinations with total scores of three. Scores of three can result from either of the following combinations:
| Employer | # | Student | # | Score | ||
| Oak Ltd. ranks Lana Yu | 1 | + | Lana Yu ranks Oak Ltd. | 2 | = | 3 |
| Oak Ltd. ranks Eric Smith | 2 | + | Eric Smith ranks Oak Ltd. | 1 | = | 3 |
The program breaks ties randomly.