Looking for ways to get new talent? Hire a co-op! The Ontario Government has a great program to help offset the costs. It’s interesting how all of these programs are located in and around Waterloo. This is one of the benefits of starting a company in Ontario.
I know that Kontagent, Extreme VP, Bumptop, LearnHub, Sysmos, FreshBooks, Well.ca, Idee and others have hired co-ops in the past. Here is some basic math, pay your students $15/hour for a 40 hour week for 16 weeks. It will cost you $9,600. The program will return you 25% which is $2,400. Cost for you for the 16 weeks is only $7,200. A steal!
For each co-op student hired, your organization can take advantage of the Co-operative Education Tax Credit. The Ontario Government recently increased the credit to 25 per cent of salaries or wages and benefits (30 per cent for small businesses) to a maximum of $3,000 per student, per term. For more
information:
- Conestoga College: +1-519-748-5220 ext. 2374 or scocco@conestogac.on.ca
- University of Waterloo: 1-877-928-2667 or coop@uwaterloo.ca.
- Wilfrid Laurier University, +1-519-884-0710 ext. 4484
- University of Guelph, +1-519-824-4120 ext. 52323
Anyone know the contact details for UofT, Seneca, or Ryerson’s coop programs?
September 2nd, 2009 at 11:27 am
Contact info for UofT's PEY program at http://www.pey.utoronto.ca/contact.htm
September 2nd, 2009 at 12:38 pm
Thanks David, I sent this post to a few people already.
I went to Seneca for their Library and Information Technician program over a decade ago. They had placements as part of the program.
http://www.senecac.on.ca/fulltime/LIT.html. Here's the info I found on who runs it now:
Program Chair: Wanda Forsythe
Telephone: (416) 491-5050 Ext. 2745
Email: wanda.forsythe@senecac.on.ca
September 2nd, 2009 at 1:43 pm
Information about Seneca's Co-Op Programs. I was part of their Computer Programming and Analysis Co-Op program. Both me and my then employer benefited largely from this initiative. I got the relevant experience and time to play with new technologies and my employer got the tax benefits as well as a skilled and dedicated employee.
I urge all students and companies to take part in the Co-Op program. It's a Win-Win!
For Students: http://www.senecac.on.ca/students/coopprograms….
For Employers: http://www.senecacareerlink.com/
September 2nd, 2009 at 1:51 pm
Employers looking for Management students from the University of Toronto Scarborough campus can get more information here:
http://mgmtcoop.utsc.utoronto.ca
(416) 287-7111
mgmtcoop@utsc.utoronto.ca
September 3rd, 2009 at 1:54 am
Ryerson University: For coop programs check out http://www.ryerson.ca/co-op/
Ryerson University: For year round 12 – 16 month internships for Mechanical & Industrial Engineering check out http://www.ryerson.ca/mie/IIP/
Prof. K.Donald Tham
September 3rd, 2009 at 8:46 am
Another great government program for hiring students is the Small Business Internship Program (SBIP)
They pay 75% of a students salary (including MERC) for up to 420 hours.
At $15 per hour, you would pay about $1575 and the government picks up the rest.
http://bit.ly/Yv0wx
Combining these two programs would be awesome, you could hire a student for 1060 hours and only pay $9,775.
HomeZilla has received two SBIP approvals and we will be hiring a Library Sciences person in Toronto and a PoliSci/MBA student in Cape Breton. If you have any questions about the application shot me an email.
September 3rd, 2009 at 9:07 am
I'm a U of T Engineering student, we have an optional program called Professional Employment Year (12-16 month internship). I just started my PEY and I'm currently working with a great startup company. Any employer looking to hire U of T engineering students can take a look at http://www.pey.utoronto.ca/ or contact the director at:
Jose Pereira
Director, Engineering Career Centre
416-978-3132
jpereira at ecf.utoronto.ca
Cheers
Peter
September 3rd, 2009 at 4:12 pm
here are some more:
George Brown College – http://www.georgebrown.ca/coop/employer_resourc...
Doreen Pashkoff, Co-op Officer
(416) 415-5000 ext 2926
dpashkof@georgebrown.ca
Sheridan College – http://www1.sheridaninstitute.ca/services/coop/...
(905) 845-9430 ext 2649 or (905) 459-7533 ext 5662
coopenq@sheridaninstitute.ca
Humber College – http://careers.humber.ca/placement.htm
(416) 675-6622
contacts by program – http://careers.humber.ca/docs/Co-opContactListJ...
OCAD – http://www.ocad.ca/students/career_services.htm
Zachary Moss
(416) 977-6000 ext 250
zmoss@ocad.ca
September 4th, 2009 at 12:50 pm
Companies that are interested in bringing in interns at the Masters/PhD or Postdoc level for short term research-based projects should check out the MITACS ACCELERATE (http://www.acceleratecanada.ca) program. The ACCELERATE program builds and partially funds advanced research collaborations between industry and academia. If you'd like to learn more about it, checkout the website or drop me a line.
Brian Gordon
bgordon@mitacs.ca
September 7th, 2009 at 10:49 am
Ryerson MBA students are available for 4 month Internships.
Contact:
Mark Patterson,
Manager External Relations
Ryerson MBA Program
416-979-5000 x 2486 (office)
416-500-2054 Cell
m2patter@ryerson.ca
September 9th, 2009 at 10:59 pm
$15 an hour? Only if it's Quality Assurance work. Consider $20+/hour if you're looking to hire programmers, since there is a lot of choice out there (yes, even in this recession!), and as a computer science co-op student, I can guarantee you that unless the job was ridiculously good with good perks, not many people would take that offer!
September 10th, 2009 at 9:10 am
@nakubu I randomly picked $15.
What are people paying co-op students?
September 10th, 2009 at 10:14 am
Salary information for your typical Waterloo students is here:
http://www.cecs.uwaterloo.ca/employers/salary.php
The amount is different based on year and faculty… and there is a range.
September 10th, 2009 at 10:14 am
It depends on how much experience the student has, etc. Generally $15/hr is about right for a first 4 month workterm. I did an internship before I graduated from my CS program, it payed ~$19/hr. It just depends on the company, the job, etc. However, for a developer a common range I see in the Ottawa area for a University student is generally $17-24/hr possibly a little more or less depending on the the student and company.
September 10th, 2009 at 11:18 am
Using the University of Waterloo data http://www.cecs.uwaterloo.ca/pdfs/hourly_salary... for Engineering and CS/Math students it gives a range of $9.20 – 26.00/hour depending on experience.
Looks like $15-25 is appropriate, with more experienced students at the higher end of the scale.
September 10th, 2009 at 10:52 pm
Right, $15/hour is right for a first work term, since many people lack the experience and the jobs available are usually rather mundane (testing, etc.). Afterward, with some more relevant experience I'd say $20 or more is expected. Programming jobs usually pay at least $20/hour.
September 11th, 2009 at 3:52 am
Right, $15/hour is right for a first work term, since many people lack the experience and the jobs available are usually rather mundane (testing, etc.). Afterward, with some more relevant experience I’d say $20 or more is expected. Programming jobs usually pay at least $20/hour.