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Improve the profitability and efficiency of your organization


Employer Student Program

Co-operative Education combines classroom studies with practical work experience outside the university environment. The idea is based on the principle that learning is greatly enhanced when the concepts presented in the classroom are periodically applied, tested, and observed by students in meaningful work situations.

  • Co-op is a win-win opportunity for employers, students, and the institution
  • Co-op employers report a high degree of satisfaction with UPEI Co-op students
  • Students are available for 12–16- or 32-week work terms starting in January, May, and September. A part-time student work term is also an option.
  • Co-op employees can provide relief for short-term peaks in workload, or special projects and research. Employers can reduce the costs associated with recruiting through traditional media sources or thirs party vendors.
  • Employing Co-op students is a cost-effective and low-risk means of recruiting and evaluating potential permanent hires.
  • Employers will establish an enhanced presence and image with the best students.
  • Energetic; highly motivated and creative students can offer fresh persepctives and solutions to the issues challengingan employers business.

Employer Benefits

  • Cost-effective human resource solution
  • Access to students with unique skill sets
  • Improve the profitability and efficiency of your organization
  • Excellent way to develop and implement projects
  • Students assist with staffing needs during vacations and/or peak periods
  • Students are motivated, knowledgeable, and results-oriented
  • Students think and act in a creative manner
  • Faculty advisors and co-ordinators monitor students’ work and are an excellent resource
  • Opportunity to identify talent early on in the development of a student’s career
  • Access to students year-round
  • Direct input into the education process by providing feedback on the curriculum
  • Increase your organization’s profile at UPEI
  • Effective community relations program as you support students, the University, and the labour force of the future

Employer benefits by student competencies

  • Critical thinking and problem-solving
  • Technological applications in business
  • Teamwork/personal initiative
  • Communication skills and leadership
  • Ethical, social, historical, and global awareness
  • Information Systems
  • Management Science
  • Entrepreneurship
  • Accounting and Finance
  • Marketing
  • Operations Management
  • Tourism