“We all want to do well at work. When we perform well, contribute at a high level, and are seen as a valuable asset to the team, we enjoy work more and have more opportunities. And while our manager typically determines the work that must be accomplished and when, as individual employees we can also greatly impact our work and the level of contribution we achieve. The Increasing Your Contribution at Work courseware will show you how you can be a high performer and increase how you contribute to the team and organization. By staying productive at all times, creating accountability, and increasing your personal success, the courseware will help you take control of your own work situation and drive your personal success now and in the future. This course bundle includes the following bite sized mobile ready courses: 1. Increase Your Personal Success Identify one action that if done more will increase your personal success 2. Struggling to Meet Commitments Solve for the reasons you struggle to meet commitments 3. Increase Your Personal Engagement Outline the actions that will increase your personal engagement and performance 4. Increase the Quantity of Work Select specific actions you will take to increase the quantity of work produced 5. Stay Productive While Waiting for Answers Maintain personal productivity while waiting for answers to critical questions 6. When Are You Most Creative? Identify the time you are most creative and innovative 7. Organizing Information for Productivity Organize information to increase your effectiveness and productivity 8. Creating Accountability for Business Results Work with your boss to create accountabilities for how you are responsible to achieve business results”
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.
