2013 Coolest Co-op Videos

momofboston
Tue, 05 Mar 2013 08:51:55 +0000

kidstubborn - coop is not guaranteed but if you use the resources (coop adviser and prep resources) wisely you should be able to land a position. I believe in the last round there were more jobs available than kids - I know that my D, at first time coop kid, had her choice of several very good jobs. You are competing with other kids at the school for the position - just like in real life. But she started the process early, got to know her coop adviser well, used the resources to do many mock interviews, and just was on top of her game. She is making enough to support herself. She ended up choosing a position outside of the city and she car pools with other kids that are cooping at the same company - car pools that the coop office facilitated…the coop office sent all the kids working at this one company the names and contact info of the others so that they could put together transportation. I think it is rare that someone does not find a position and in that case you take classes until the next round…but I don’t think that happens often if you really want a job and are using the resources at the school to get one. The key is to really get to know your coop adviser…