Hiring through the Co-op Program is a great way to recruit skilled and motivated students who are eager to learn and contribute.

Co-op employers provide any term position to a student as a co-op placement if they are an agency, organization or company that follows the employer standards outlined in the program. Working with the Co-op Coordinator, employers can market their position to students within particular undergraduate programs.

Co-op placements require collaboration between the Faculty’s Co-op Coordinator and employers who are looking to specifically hire co-op students, with both parties gaining a better sense of the other’s ever-shifting needs.

The Faculty is thrilled to work with long-time, committed employer partners and is always open to forming new ones within industry and government.

Be a part of our Faculty's growing community and become a Co-op Employer today!

**All co-op placements are full-time and paid opportunities**

Benefits of Being a Co-op Employer:

• Improve supervisory and project management skills by taking on co-op students as new trainees and employees, and by participating in evaluations and career conversations.
• Gain new, innovative ideas and fresh perspectives from students.
• Build and develop fruitful relationships with members of the Faculty of Agricultural and Food Sciences.
• Reduce recruitment costs by having continuous access to a diverse pool of potential student candidates with varying backgrounds in the agri-food sector.
• Access hiring incentives, wage subsidies, government tax incentives such as the Cooperative Education tax credit that covers 15% (up to $5000) of student wages.
• Evaluate, train and mould long-term employees before committing. Most co-op employers hire their students after graduation.
• Each work term allows employers to explore different job designs, task varieties, and project needs that can help define the company's recruitment and staffing goals.