When new employees join a team, they often have an incomplete picture of what the team is all about. Certainly the new employee learned some things during the hiring process, and of course has learned more during the first few weeks on-the-job, but starting a new job has a lot of complexity to it. And sometimes, complete information may not be given, or the new hire may not be able to remember everything due to the large amount of information that is shared during this time. Once the new hire has settled in, it’s a great time to revisit the team’s purpose and deliverables with the new employee. And who better to share this information than the team itself. By completing this course, you will know how to encourage team members to share the team’s overall purpose and deliverables with the new hire. Course Result: Team members discuss the team’s overall purpose and deliverables with the new hire. This course has been approved for 1 hour of PDU credit from PMI (Project Management Institute). This course is part of Vado’s Onboarding learning track which has been approved for 6.25 hours of SHRM (Society for Human Resource Management) Professional Development Credits (PDCs), as well as 6.25 hours of HRCI (HR Certification Institute) recertification credits.
FAQ
Most frequent questions and answers
Co-operative education is a three-way partnership between the university, students and employers. Students apply their classroom knowledge in a series of four-month work experiences. You, the employer, enhance a student’s education, while reaping the unique benefits of CO-OP employees.
- Year-round access to well-motivated, qualified employees.
- Access to potential full-time staff in a controlled environment, reducing your costs and risks.
- Access to a cost-effective source of temporary employees for peak periods or special projects.
- A say in what students learn by working with the university.
- Promotion of your organization as one that believes in developing the potential of young people.
- Access to a great pool of French-speaking, English-speaking and bilingual students.
Most work terms run at least 15 weeks, or four months. They can be no shorter than 13 weeks. Some master’s students, as well as some science and engineering students, are available for 8 or 12 months’ work terms.
All jobs are reviewed by a CO-OP Program Coordinator, and only those providing students with work experience related to their professional development are approved. Administrative activities involved in a job should be less than 10% of the entire workload.
When you first contact SSC, you are assigned one of our Program Coordinators, depending on your discipline of interest. This person is your main contact in our office. As you move through the recruitment process, you also work with a representative from CO-OP Administrative Services, who assists with job posting and interview scheduling.
Internships offer usually one discipline-specific, supervised, structured paid or unpaid, and for academic credit work experience or practice placement.
Work Experience intersperses one or two work terms (typically full-time) into an academic program, where work terms provide experience in a workplace setting related to the student’s field of study and/or career goals.
Community Service Learning (CSL) integrates meaningful community service with classroom instruction and critical reflection to enrich the learning experience and strengthen communities. In practice, students work in partnership with a community-based organization to apply their disciplinary knowledge to a challenge identified by the community.
Field Placement provides students with an intensive part-time/short term intensive hands-on practical experience in a setting relevant to their subject of study. Field placements may not require supervision of a registered or licensed professional and the completed work experience hours are not required for professional certification. Field placements account for work-integrated educational experiences not encompassed by other forms, such as co-op, clinic, practicum, and internship.
