From Co-op Student to Hired Full-Time: A Co-op Success Story

Posted on Wednesday, March 2nd, 2022

Many employers who include co-op as a part of their recruitment strategy are doing so to fill employment gaps, access motivated candidates, and create a talent pool for succession planning.

Meet Michaela Gooding, a Technical Writer student who completed her co-op work term at the CRA and was hired full-time after graduating. After completing her undergrad and hearing many positive experiences from recent AC graduates, Michaela decided to apply to Algonquin College in the Technical Writer Co-op program. Michaela’s decision to pursue a college degree after her undergrad resonates with many students:

“After graduating from university in the Spring of 2020, I felt unprepared to enter the job market; having a great amount of theory-based knowledge yet I did not feel prepared to apply it in a practical way to a job.” Many co-op students like Michaela come to Algonquin College to complete their technical training and benefit from the variety of experiential learning opportunities. “I felt hesitant entering a full-time office-based environment, and found the Co-op training and preparation course offered by the college, to be incredibly insightful.”

Michaela’s key responsibilities while working as a co-op student at the CRA included:

  • Technical writing for translation of IT Design Documentation to business language
  • Translating into plain language for a broader audience for presentations
  • Preparing and presenting for a wide audience of stakeholders, and more.

“Michaela was able to carry out with ease and confidence to a wide audience.”

– Manji Pigilam, Acting Project Coordinator, Michaela’s Supervisor at the CRA.

Halfway through her co-op work term, she was offered a permanent position and joined the team full-time after she graduated. This co-op success story is an excellent example of cooperative education working as a recruitment pipeline for Algonquin College employer partners.

 

Algonquin College nominated Michela for the EWO Co-op Student of the Year Award for her co-op engagement.

Connect with us to get started on hiring an Algonquin College Co-op Student:

https://www.algonquincollege.com/coop-career-centre/hire-a-coop-student/

 

 

 


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