Your tech leaders are here.
Build your sustainable talent strategy with Canada’s innovation university. As the top school for entrepreneurs in Canada (Pitchbook University Rankings 2023), our co-op students are industry ready.
Our student talent can meet your business needs with cutting-edge digital, engineering and artificial intelligence skills.
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Why hire Waterloo?
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Roles co-op students can fill
Tap into valuable skills of Waterloo co-op students in areas such as:
Fund your next hire
Hiring a co-op student through the subsidies and grants below can be an affordable way of building a sustainable talent strategy!
Student Work Placement Program (SWPP)
Through SWPP, Canadian organizations that offer full-time employment opportunities for full-time Canadian post-secondary students can receive wage subsidies.
Funding will cover up to 50 per cent in wage subsidies (to a max. of $5,000) per co-op student hired for each 12–16-week work term. Students hired from under-represented groups may be eligible to have up to 70 per cent of their wages subsidized. Eligbility is determined on a case-by-case basis at the end of each work term.
Ontario Co-operative Education Tax Credit
Large corporations can claim 25 per cent of expenditures, up to $3,000 per work placement. Small businesses can claim 30 per cent, up to $3,000. Each work placement must be at least 10 weeks and up to 4 months. This tax credit is available for each eligible work placement. Employers may have multiple work placements at the same time and throughout the year.
The tax credit is per eligible work placement and there is no cap. If an organization decides to hire for an eight-month work term, or two students for four-month work terms, both would be considered as two work placements and would be eligible for a total tax credit of up to $6,000.
Find the right talent today.
Connect with Nicole! 🚀
Nicole is an industry strategist with the University of Waterloo’s Co-operative Education department. She can help guide your recruitment strategy and answer questions about recruiting top co-op talent.
Email: nicole.guenther@uwaterloo.ca
Phone: 226-921-1682
Industry-leading companies hire co-op students
Tech in agriculture: Waterloo co-op students help increase the efficiency of crop yield forecasting
By: Christie Zeb (she/her)
Tech talent at Waterloo bring their skills to Canada’s Agriculture sector. Students are developing solutions that contribute to sustainable agriculture and food security in Canada.
Engineering sustainable food solutions: Waterloo co-op students use AI technology to improve mushroom production
By: Krista Henry (she/her)
Future-ready engineers at startup Mycro Harvest are leveraging Waterloo co-op students to assist their smart farms by using artificial intelligence (AI) to increase food production and help meet future demand.
Rocket Innovation Studio soars ahead by leveraging Waterloo’s top tech talent
By: Krista Henry (she/her)
Attracting top-tier emerging tech talent isn't easy for newer companies. For Rocket Innovation Studio (RIS) partnering with the University of Waterloo gave them an "in" with the student talent to fill roles at the company.