Business and Math

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• Business and Math
• Double Degree Information Session
• January 31, 2008

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Business and Math Double Degree Program

• Mandatory co-op component
• Accumulate 12-16 months of practical work
  experience through 3 OR 4 work terms
• Work terms begin January of second year

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Work Term Sequence-Option 1
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Work Term Sequence-Option 2
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Work Term Sequence-Option 3
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Benefits

• Investigate and define career choices
• Apply theory from class in a real world
  environment
• Assess and develop work related skills
• Acquire job search skills
• Develop industry contacts
• Obtain one full year of work experience
• Help finance your education

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Weekly Salary Survey Summer 2007
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Geographic Locations May-August 2006
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Realities

• Financial commitment
• Economy
• No guarantee of employment
• Work terms begin a term earlier than other
  Laurier Co-op programs
• Extracurricular activities restricted
• Increased workload
• Relocation
• Limited business/non-business electives available
  during spring academic terms

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Functional Areas May-August 2006
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Class of 2010

• Bond Trading Assistant TD Securities
• Project Analyst-Telus
• Student in Accounts-Grant Thornton
• Survey Methodology-Statistics Canada
• Financial Analyst-McNeil Consumer Healthcare
• Investment Services Administrator-OTPP

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Sample Job Titles

• Investment Research Asst. Gluskin Sheff
  Associates
• Junior Staff Accountant KPMG
• Marketing Assistant Walt Disney Canada
• Analyst Scotia Capital Markets, Mergers and
  Acquisitions
• Recruitment Assistant Research In Motion
• Financial Analyst Hewlett Packard
• Web Marketing Co-op-Sybase

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Co-op Activities

• March/April
• Resume and Cover Letter Workshop
• June/July
• Resume due for critique
• Early CA mailout
• September
• Orientation-Student Development Workshops
  (Friday, September 7th-tbc)
• Mock Interview
• WebCT materials
• CECS Navigator training
• Job Postings
• October
• Rank/Match Session
• On campus interviews
• November/December
• Second round, postings continue
• Preparing for Your Work Term Workshop

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Job Search Process

• Job descriptions posted on the CECS Navigator
  system
• Students apply online or submit hard copy
  applications to positions that interest them
• Employer decides who they would like to interview
• During on campus recruiting, job offers are
  managed through the rank/match process
• Students are encouraged to conduct a personal job
  search to complement co-op recruiting

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Co-op Policies

• Rank/Match
• Available for on campus interviews
• Accept any position obtained through the
  rank/match
• Student Participation
• Workshops, job posting process, work term visits
  and reports, back-to-campus meetings
• Use your WLU email account and check it regularly
  for messages!!
• Refrain from helping students who are not in
  Laurier Co-op obtain access to co-op job postings

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Dropping the Double Degree

• Should you drop out of the Double Degree program
  prior to your first work term you will no longer
  be eligible to participate in co-op
• Students who complete their first work term and
  decide to pursue their BBA only, must meet the
  program requirements of that degree and may
  transfer to that co-op program provided they have
  met the overall GPA required in first year to be
  granted an interview and have received a
  satisfactory performance evaluation

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What you can do now

• Build your resume
• Summer work experience
• Volunteer experience
• Extracurricular involvement leadership roles
• Visit Career Services for summer job postings
• Visit your local HRDC for Students
• Websites - Workopolis, Monster.ca

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Application Process

• Mandatory co-op program
• On-line registration available March 1st
• More information available on our website
  www.wlu.ca/co-op

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• Any questions, please contact Kerry Lazenby x
  4057 or klazenby_at_wlu.ca