Co-op employment rate

Co-op employment rate

The co-op employment rate consists of the number of employed students divided by the total number of students participating in co-op recruitment. 

coop-emloyment-rate

The total population of students participating in recruitment is comprised of: all employed students, students searching for employment through the traditional co-op interview process (UI status students), students searching for employment outside the co-op interview process (US status), and students awaiting a decision on employment secured externally to the co-op interview process (UA status).

Student work

term statuses

Description

EI (employed: interview process)
The student has received employment via the co-op interview process.
EJ (employed: jointly arranged) The student has secured employment outside the co-op interview process with the help of Co-operative Education or with an employer who has previously hired from Waterloo.
ES (employed: student arranged) The student has secured employment outside the co-op interview process
ER (employed: returning)
The student is returning to a previous employer on their next scheduled work term.
UI (unemployed: interview process)
The student is searching for employment via the co-op interview process.
UA (unemployed: awaiting decision) The student has secured, or is in the final stages of securing, employment external to the co-op employment process, and is currently in the co-op review process. 
UO (unemployed: on own self-imposed)
The student has been granted a leave of absence and will not receive credit for the work term.
US (unemployed: student arranged) The student has not been fully engaged in the co-op process or has received a penalty that denies them access to WaterlooWorks. The student must arrange their own job or discuss a status change with their advisor.
UU (unemployed: on own university-imposed)
Assigned on behalf of the student's faculty to a student who has not met the requirements of the co-op employment process and/or the work term, or is being reprimanded for a non-academic offence as defined by Policy 71.
F (failed work term) The student has not met the requirements for the interview process or the work term.
X (on exchange) The student is on an exchange term at an educational institution outside Canada.