WaterlooWorks employment process at a glance
Generally speaking, this is what your recruiting term will look like if you're using WaterlooWorks to search for jobs. If you're looking for jobs outside of WaterlooWorks, you can follow your own schedule and continue searching until four weeks after your work term begins!
Who should use this calendar:
- All co-op students except those in Pharmacy and Architecture.
- Architectural Engineering students can also apply to jobs on both the Co-op ARCH and Hire Waterloo Co-op job boards on WaterlooWorks, and should refer to the important dates for Architecture students calendar when applying to jobs on the Co-op ARCH job board.
- For more information on the various WaterlooWorks job boards, visit WaterlooWorks Help.
First Interview CycleJob Posting #1 opens:
max. 50 applications
until postings close
Job Posting #2 opens:
max. 300 applications
until end of continuous
interview cycle
Note: interviews begin
in month 2
First Interview CycleDaily interviews
(8AM - 7PM)
Rank/Match
after first interview cycle interviews end
Continuous Interview CycleJobs posted daily
max. 300 applications
Interviews every
Tuesday-Thursday
Rank/Match every
Thursday-Friday
Direct Offer Period
Jobs posted
as received
Interviews arranged
by student/employer
Employers make
offers directly
Fall 2019 Calendar
Winter 2020 Calendar
Note: a small number of jobs may appear before the first posting and/or may expire prior to posting close date, as some employers have processes with recruiting timelines that do not follow our cycle. In all cases, a special note will be included in the job posting.
Suggested co-op work term start and end dates
| January - April 2019 | May - August 2019 | September - December 2019 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Start date | January 7 | May 6 | September 3 |
| End date | April 26 | August 23 | December 20 |
