Co-operat ive Educat ion & Career Act ion(CECA)

Overview

• CECA Important Dates

• Student expectation setting

• WaterlooWorks (WW) service changes and benefits for students

• How WW has changed the work flow for CECA staff

• Q&A

https://uwaterloo.ca/co-operative-education/(Calendar can be found at this site)

CECA Important Dates

Co-operative Education & Career Action

Co-operative Education & Career Action

Co-operative Education & Career Action

Co-operative Education & Career Action

Student Changes with WW

• Terms and conditions

• Job search intentions

• Access to job postings

• Employers required documents

• ‘Frozen’ applications once applied

• WaterlooWorks messages

Student Benefi ts

• 24/7 access to WaterlooWorks

• More ways to find jobs:• Save searches and alerts• ‘Not interested’ option• Quick searches – for my program, posted since last

login, etc.

• Updated Job descriptions • Google Maps location• ‘Compensation and benefits’ field

• Personalized information from employers if interviewed

• One free no-rank per term

• Ownership of the process – sense of autonomy

CECA Advisors

Career Advisor• Undergraduate

• Co-op process

• Career topics

• Further education

• Graduate (Masters, PhD) and Post Docs

• Alumni

• Employee

Student Advisor• Undergraduate and graduate co-op students

WW’s has changed CECA’s approach to i ts work f low

• Proactive vs reactive

• CA/SA’s monitor their dashboards and the information than appears there proactively

• Low/no app

• Job search intentions

• Statuses (UI, UA)

• E.g. USM (unemployment student management) triage

Technica l quest ions :water looworks@uwater loo.ca519-888-4550

• Help Documents:• Google search: ‘WaterlooWorks student help’

• Click the first link

https://uwaterloo.ca/co-operative-education/waterlooworks-student-help

1st month of term (September, January, May)

Co-op ConsultsNavigating the process, arranging your own job, ranking

8:30 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.

Tatham Centre (TC) 1214

519-888-4047Drop-insRésumé, cover letter, interview

uwaterloo.ca/career-action Appointments/Workshops

Centre For Career Action

Term months 2-4 (October – December)

Drop-ins

Résumé, cover letter, interview 12:00 – 1:00 p.m.

Co-op Consults

Navigating the process, arranging your own job, ranking 8:30 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.

Tatham Centre (TC) 1214

519-888-4047

uwaterloo.ca/career-action Appointments/Workshops

Centre For Career Action

Linda Davis

ldavis@uwaterloo.ca

Ext. 32171

Questions?

Co-operat ive Educat ion & Career Act ion(CECA)