Three Key Takeaways About How Co-op Can Grow Your Organization from the Globe and Mail

Back in July, the Globe and Mail ran an article written by Steven Murphy, the dean of the Ted Rogers School of Management at Ryerson University in Toronto.

Murphy writes about the lethargy that can affect a corporation, and the different methods that companies are using to break that inactivity and bring a sense of innovation back into the organization. Many of these strategies are ineffective, and don’t trigger company-wide change.

The key to real change, Murphy writes, is co-op students. Energetic and innovative, students are a fantastic way to generate new ideas and initiatives in your organization.

To prove it, the Ted Rogers School of management teamed up with CIBC Mellon. They paired up 5 Ryerson students from varying educational backgrounds with 5 CIBC Mellon employees. Over 4 months, the group worked to find new opportunities and solutions for CIBC Mellon.

Here are three things they learned.

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Employers: What Does the Algonquin College Co-op Department Do for You?

You already know that Algonquin College co-op students can be a game changer for your organization. You’ve looked over the co-op process for students to understand what a co-op term entails. Now, you just have one question left: what does the Cooperative Education Department do for you?

Below, we look at three key ways that the co-op office makes your hiring process easier.

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Three Things We Learned About Co-op from the LinkedIn 2017 Workplace Learning Report

Recently, LinkedIn came out with their 2017 Workplace Learning Report. It’s focused on how employers provide learning experiences and personal development to existing employees, but it resonated with us in Cooperative Education, too.

Much of the conversation around workplace learning and development ties into co-op. In fact, in some ways, co-op is ahead of the curve when it comes to professional development. When looking at the ideal industry standards for learning and development, we see that co-op is already there.

Here are three key takeaways from the article that show how co-op will give your professional development a boost.

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Three Steps to Brand Your Part-Time Job for Career Success

A common question from students is how to build a relevant resume when you don’t have any relevant experience. You know you should create a resume that shows employers why you’re the best pick for the position, but if you’ve never worked in the field, how are you supposed to do that? With only retail or service industry experience, it can be daunting to try and prove that you’re a viable candidate for a professional job.

If you’ve been reading this blog, you know that the answer is to brand your experience. You want to take aspects of your part-time job and show why having worked it makes you the perfect hire. You need to make the position relevant.

But what does that mean, and what does that entail?

Below, we look at the three steps to brand your part time job.

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