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Title: Business and Computing


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

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Computing and Business Double Degree Program
  • Optional co-op component
  • Accumulate 12-16 months of practical work
    experience through 3 OR 4 work terms
  • Four month work terms alternate with academic
    terms following 2nd year

3
Work Term Sequence
4
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 (or up to 16 months) of work
    experience
  • Help finance your education

5
Weekly Salary Survey Summer 2007
6
Realities
  • Financial commitment
  • Relocation
  • No guarantee of employment
  • Must complete 3 work terms
  • Competitive employment process
  • Grades
  • Work Experience/Extracurricular Involvement
  • Increased workload
  • Extracurricular activities may be restricted
  • On work term during grad recruitment if doing a
    4th work term

7
Co-op Activities
  • January
  • Interview skills
  • Mock interviews
  • Job postings
  • Rank/match sessions
  • CA on campus interviews
  • February
  • Second rounds
  • Non CA interviews
  • March
  • Prepare for your work term session
  • Job postings continue
  • April/May/June
  • Personal job search
  • Continue to post positions
  • October
  • Information session
  • Resume workshop
  • WebCT materials
  • November
  • Job search workshop
  • Resumes due for critique
  • CA interview skills
  • CA mock interviews
  • CA job postings
  • CECS Navigator Training

8
Job Search Process
  • Job descriptions posted on Navigator System
  • Students apply for positions on-line
  • Employer decides who they would like to interview
  • During on campus recruiting, job offers are
    managed through the rank/match process
  • Once you accept a job offer, you are committed to
    that employer

9
Geographic LocationsMay-August 2006
10
Functional Areas May-August 2007
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Class of 2010
  • Application Developer-Research In Motion
  • Distribution Analyst-Frito-Lay
  • Product Network Analyst-Bell
  • Technology Analyst-Goldman Sachs
  • Solutions Developer-MKS
  • Inventory Analyst-Trimark Sportswear

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Sample Job Titles
  • Investment Research Asst. Gluskin Sheff
    Associates
  • Junior Staff Accountant - KPMG
  • Marketing Assistant Walt Disney Canada
  • Purchasing Analyst General Motors
  • Web Marketing-Sybase
  • Sales Associate Microsoft Canada
  • Analyst Scotia Capital Markets, Mergers and
    Acquisitions

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What you can do now
  • Build your resume
  • Summer work experience
  • Volunteer experience
  • Extracurricular involvement leadership roles
  • Marks
  • Visit Career Development (or search online) for
    summer job postings
  • Websites - Workopolis (including Campus),
    Monster.ca

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Dropping the Double Degree
  • Co-op is optional for students in Business and
    Computing Double Degree programs
  • 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
  • BBA or Computing may transfer to that co-op
    program provided they have met the overall GPA
    cut-off required in first year to be granted an
    interview for co-op, and have met all progression
    requirements of the program they are transferring
    into.

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Application Process
  • Optional Co-op program
  • On-line application available early March-only
    entry point into Co-op
  • More information available on our website
    www.wlu.ca/co-op
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