Important dates for Pharmacy co-op | Co-operative Education

Welcome, Pharmacy co-op students! This webpage will give you an overview of important dates and deadlines if you're using WaterlooWorks to search for co-op Pharmacy jobs. For any jobs found outside of the Full-Cycle Service job board, you can follow the Employer-Student Direct process or the Arrange Own Job process. Visit the School of Pharmacy's co-op page for more information about your co-op degree.

First interview cycle

Job postings open
max. 10 applications

Interviews begin
(multiple locations)

Rank/Match
after interviews end

Second interview cycle

Job postings open
max. 10 applications

Three interview days
(multiple locations)

Rank/Match
after interviews end

Direct offers

Jobs posted as received

Interviews arranged
by student/employer

Employers make offers directly

Direct offers

Jobs posted as received

Interviews arranged
by student/employer

Employers make offers directly

Suggested co-op work term start and end dates

Date	January - April 2025	May - August 2025	September - December 2025
Start date	January 6	May 5	September 2
End date	April 25	August 22	December 19

Winter 2025 monthly calendar

Recruiting schedule for Full-Cycle Service job board (formerly the Hire Waterloo Co-op board)

January 2025 calendar of dates

Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
		1 Holiday - University closed Start of classes	2	3 Cycle 1 Jobs posted 9 a.m. (ET)
6 Winter 2025 co-op work term starts Start of classes	7 Cycle 1 All job postings open	8	9 Cycle 1 Job postings close 9 a.m. (ET)	10
13 Cycle 1 Interviews (8:30 - 10:30 a.m. and 4:30-7 p.m.)	14 Cycle 1 Interviews (2 - 7 p.m.)	15 No interviews	16 Cycle 1 Interviews (8:30 - 7 p.m.)	17 Cycle 1 Interviews (1 - 7 p.m.)
20 Cycle 1 Employer rankings available 2 p.m. (ET)	21	22 Cycle 1 Student rankings close 2 p.m. (ET) Cycle 1 Match results available EOD	23 Cycle 2 Jobs posted 9 a.m. (ET)	24 Cycle 2 All job postings open
27	28 Cycle 2 Job postings close 9 a.m. (ET)	29	30	31

February 2025 calendar of dates

Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
3 Cycle 2 Interviews	4 Cycle 2 Interviews	5 Cycle 2 Interviews	6 Cycle 2 Employer rankings available 2 p.m. (ET)	7 Cycle 2 Student rankings close 2 p.m. (ET) Cycle 2 Match results available EOD
10 Direct offers start Last day to start work to earn a standard co-op credit for the winter 2025 work term.	11	12	13	14
17 Holiday - University closed	18	19	20	21
21	22	23	24	25
24	25	26	27	28

March 2025 calendar of dates

Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
3 Direct offers continue	4	5	6	7
10 Last day to start work to earn a flexible co-op credit for the winter 2025 work term.	11	12	13	14
17	18	19	20	21
18	19	20	21	22
24	25	26	27	28
31

April 2025 calendar of dates

Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday
	1 Direct offers continue Classes end	2	3	4	5
7	8	9 Exams start	10	11	12
14	15	16	17	18 Holiday - University closed
21	22	23	24	25 Winter 2025 co-op work term ends	26 Exams end
28	29	30

Spring 2025 monthly calendar

Recruiting schedule for Full-Cycle Service job board (formerly the Hire Waterloo Co-op board)

April/May 2025 calendar of dates

Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
		30 Cycle 1 Jobs posted 9 a.m. (ET)	1	2 Cycle 1 All job postings open
5 Spring 2025 co-op work term starts Start of classes	6 Cycle 1 Job postings close 9 a.m. (ET)	7	8	9
12 Cycle 1 Interviews	13 Cycle 1 Interviews	14 Cycle 1 Interviews	15 Cycle 1 Interviews	16 Cycle 1 Interviews
19 Holiday - University closed	20 Cycle 1 Employer rankings available 2 p.m. (ET)	21 Cycle 1 Student rankings close 2 p.m. (ET) Cycle 1 Match results available by end of day	22 Cycle 2 Jobs posted 9 a.m. (ET)	23 Cycle 2 All job postings open
26	27 Cycle 2 Job postings close 9 a.m. (ET)	28	29	30

June 2025 calendar of dates

Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
2 Cycle 2 Interviews	3 Cycle 2 Interviews	4 Cycle 2 Interviews	5 Cycle 2 Employer rankings available 2 p.m. (ET)	6 Cycle 2 Student rankings close 2 p.m. (ET) Cycle 2 Match results available by end of day
9 Last day to start work to earn a standard co-op credit for the spring 2025 work term. Direct offers start	10	11	12	13
16	17	18	19	20
23	24	25	26	27
30 Holiday - University closed

July 2025 calendar of dates

Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
	1 Direct offers continue Holiday - university closed	2	3	4
7 Last day to start work to earn a flexible co-op credit for the spring 2025 work term.	8	9	10	11
14	15	16	17	18
21	22	23	24	25
28	29	30 Classes end	31

August 2025 calendar of dates

Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
				1 Direct offers continue
4 Holiday - University closed	5 Exams start	6	7	8
11	12	13	14	15
18 Exams end	19	20	21	22 Spring 2025 co-op work term ends
25	26	27	28	29
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