Recruiting FAQ for Co-op Employers

Feb. 7, 2023

The Co-op Office wants to help you recruit students.

Please contact your co-op coordinator by email for assistance, using our staff directory, or send an email to lauriercoop@wlu.ca.

Recruiting Co-op Students

We look forward to helping you recruit co-op students. Please send a job description by email to your co-op co-ordinator or to lauriercoop@wlu.ca and let us know whether you are recruiting for spring, fall, or winter.

Are there any funding programs?

Health and Safety Protocols

Please note in job descriptions whether students will be working remotely, on site, or a combination of the two.

Please outline your organization's vaccine requirements in your job description. 

Remote Work

Do you have any tips on training and supervising students remotely?

Many co-op students are scheduled to work on site. Some are working remotely, or in a hybrid of on site and remote. Here are some tips for training and supervising students remotely:

• Some employers ship laptops and other devices by courier to their co-op students before the work term. (The student returns the devices by courier at the end of term, and the company disinfects the devices before shipping them to the incoming co-op students.)
• CEWIL, the national association for co-op, provides resources for employers and students, including tips on onboarding students remotely and supervising students remotely.
• Visit the Ontario government's site for resources to prevent COVID-19 in the workplace.