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Participating in the Co-operative education program is a cost-effective solution for short-term projects and business cycle peaks. Co-op students complete a competitive application process in order to be admitted into the program.

Hiring Co-op is an opportunity for your organization to develop a long-term sustainable recruitment strategy by providing you with the ability to fill full-time roles with past students who are familiar with your business.

The Co-op position offered by your organization must provide the student with productive paid work that will help them build on their skills learned in school.

Co-op roles must:

• Offer productive, business-related work to help students build on the skills learned in school
• Be in an office environment with a minimum of four co-workers
• Have a supervisor to provide the Co-op student with guidance and mentorship
• Coincide with the academic terms
• Be a minimum of 13 weeks of full-time employment
• Be paid positions
• Must be with an established business (no start-ups)

In order to ensure our students have the best learning experience possible, key goals and performance expectations should be discussed at the beginning of the work term. Throughout the Co-op placement, please provide your student with ongoing feedback, mentorship, and complete a final performance evaluation.

Students, as a part of their work term requirements, need to complete a set of learning objectives, a mid-term self assessment (reviewed at the on-site visit), and a final project.  Supervisors are encouraged to provide on-going feedback to the Co-op student.

In order to participate in the Co-operative education program as an employer, your Co-op position must be approved by the Haskayne Career Centre. Once approved, your position will be posted to the Haskayne School of Business Elevate Co-op job board at no cost.

To begin the approval process please e-mail careercentre@haskayne.ucalgary.ca.

Master of Management students can bring the following skills and experience:

• Financial & Managerial Accounting Concepts - preparation and use of financial statements 
• Strategic Marketing - traditional and emerging strategies
• Consumer Insights - measurement, testing, and interpretation of consumer responses
• Operations and Supply Chain Integration
• Managerial Decision Analytics - analytical tools and techniques for business decisions
• Strategic Analysis - tools and principles of strategy formulation and competitive analysis
• Technical Skills - Excel, Power BI, Tableau, Coding
• Business Communications - presentation of business cases and managing stakeholder expectations 
• Human Resources - hiring practices, HR strategy
• International Business - strategic challenges of operating in a global environment
• IT for Value Innovation - IT strategy and business opportunities
• Entrepreneurial Thinking and Innovation in Organizations

Internships are four months and must take place between May to August with a minimum of 420 working hours and 12 weeks duration.

To learn about the program, funding sources, and promote your role, contact:

Gillian Robertson | Graduate Career & Engagement Consultant | Haskayne School of Business | gillian.robertson@haskayne.ucalgary.ca

• Contribute innovative perspectives to current projects and tasks
• Cost-effective assistance on special projects or tasks
• Ability to assess organizational fit for future full-time roles

Our MBA students are equipped with several years of work experience and possess a strong foundation in core business fundamentals. Previous projects our MBA interns have worked on include:

• Market analysis
• Financial modelling
• Workforce planning
• Planning/strategy development
• Project feasibility studies
• Forecasting

Please contact the Haskayne Career Centre careercentre@haskayne.ucalgary.ca