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Originally Posted by kevin7352
How successful have you guys been with landing coop jobs? If you wouldn't mind just stating what degree you're doing, how far into your degree did you get the position, and what position was it was.
I'm really hoping to get a position for the summer but having pretty low confidence after some missed ones last year.
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Got my 1st coop at end of 3rd yr (90 credits). Business. Got it so late because I was way too picky at the start... only applying to select co-ops that I deemed were relevant and seemed like a good company. It was an accounts payable clerk position at a really small company. I believe the posting was during the 'lightning round' they do at the end of every seeking sem. Not many people applied because the company wasn't well known, the job wasn't the typical co-op job most students shoot for (large renowned company, experience across different teams, etc....) so I lucked out there.
If you don't have prior coop/internship experience, apply for anything even if it is barely related to your field of study..... at least you get professional experience.
Personally I feel like students at SFU take very few courses per semester.... A lot of my friends at UBC who did multiple co-ops still managed to graduate within 5 yrs.