By: Lauren Ballard | 4 min read
Qamar Mobayed (she/her) is a third-year Pharmacy student who explains how she dealt with gaps in her knowledge during her co-op term, how to land a job outside of WaterlooWorks and how to create a lasting impact in your workplace.
By: Aadya Dixit | 3 min read
Jaspreet Kaur Gill (she/her) is a third-year BSc. Honours Health Sciences (minor in Medical Physiology, Health Research specialization) student. She highlights her experience presenting and travelling to the American Society of Clinical Oncology – Genitourinary Cancers Symposium in San Francisco, CA, one of the key prostate cancer events globally.
By: Lauren Ballard | 8 min read
Raymond Li is a fourth-year Computer Science student. He speaks about his experience working for PlayStation, Amazon and Tesla and how he landed a full-time job at Meta before graduating.
By: Lauren Ballard | 4 min read
Jordan Leis (he/him) is a first-year Electrical Engineering student. He discusses the difficulties of being a co-op student with a chronic illness and how to advocate for yourself effectively during your work terms.
By: Sarah Bayrakdarian | 2 min read
Sarah Bayrakdarian is a third-year Public Health student in the Faculty of Health. She discusses her recent co-op term at Sunnybrook Hospital.
By: Lauren Ballard | 5 min read
Taylor DeVries (she/her) is a second-year Software Engineering student. She speaks about how she landed her first-choice co-op and the great work culture she experienced at Rocket Innovation Studio.
By: Lauren Ballard | 4.5 min read
Sharmi Sritharan (she/her) is a fourth-year Public Health student who’s minoring in addictions, mental health and policy. She speaks about how she learned to consider research positions, even though she doesn’t have a traditional science background.
By: Lauren Ballard | 4 min read
Yashasvi Modi (she/them) is a third-year Biology student in the Life Sciences program. She speaks about her experience working with unsupportive co-workers and how reaching out to her supervisor allowed her to still make the most of her co-op.
Lauren Ballard | 5 min read
Catherine (Cat) Hoang (she/her) is a Global Business and Digital Arts alumni who speaks about how she arranged her own internships at both Adobe and Microsoft during a gap year and her opinions on exploring different career paths.
By: Aadya Dixit | 4.5 min read
Andrei (he/him) is in his fourth-year of Systems Design Engineering. He delves into detail about his experience learning new skills during each co-op term and consistently performing his best in the workplace.