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WaterlooWorks is our centralized recruitment and hiring platform. We’ve customized it to connect employers with top student talent. WaterlooWorks will help you find the right fit for your job and connect with your service team.
Within two business days of registering, you’ll receive an email with more information. Once your registration is approved, a member of our service team will reach out. We’re available to offer support through recruitment and hiring.
Once you’ve registered for an account on WaterlooWorks, you can post or repost a job for the upcoming work term.
When you post your job will determine the hiring cycles and timeline you'll follow. Our recruitment dates outline the hiring cycles and applicable dates and due dates.
Students will see your job title and description. Here are a few tips and resources to help attract the right applicants:
Part of the process of posting your job on the WaterlooWorks co-op job board is making an interview reservation. An interview reservation lets us know when you want to conduct your interviews, and what method you want to use. It is like a “save the date” that helps us support you through your interviews.
After you make the interview reservation, block the time in your calendar for interviewing candidates.
Why add an interview reservation?
Note: If you’re not ready to make a reservation or have other plans for your interviews, please send us a message on WaterlooWorks. We can better support you if we know your plan.
After the application closes, you'll be able to view applications in WaterlooWorks. The application due date in the job posting is the date the job posting closes. We’ll also send you an email notification when the applications are available to review.
You will be prompted to select candidates and submit your interview schedule at least four days before your interview reservation date. The candidates you’ve selected to interview will each choose an interview time from the schedule.
Tips:
Once you have an approved interview schedule, you’ll receive an email with next steps. You can view your interview schedule, including student names and timeslots, in WaterlooWorks. We can help manage your interview schedule and address any interview conflicts.
You can conduct your interviews using one of the following methods:
After you’ve completed interviews, you’ll submit rankings for each candidate you interviewed. You must submit your rankings before the due date for the cycle you interviewed in. Students will rank your job in return. The lower the sum of employer and student rankings (e.g., employer ranking 1 + student ranking 1 = 2), the greater your chances of being matched.
Please note:
We will send you a message to notify you of the results following a match. A match is equivalent to an accepted job offer. It indicates that a student has committed to working with you for the work term. The student(s) you matched with will contact you to make further arrangements.
If you don’t match with any students, don’t worry! You can repost your job and take part in the next hiring cycle.
If you haven’t matched with a student, or if you submit your job after our hiring cycles have ended, you can still hire a student during our direct offer stage.
Direct offers generally begin about a month before the start of the new work term. It continues until the students need to start to get their co-op credit (at least 12 weeks working). You’ll still post your job on the WaterlooWorks co-op job board during direct offers. However, you’ll handle the interviews and offers yourself — not through WaterlooWorks.
How does direct offers work?
Here are tips to help prepare for your student’s work term:
Most employers hire our co-op students through the WaterlooWorks co-op job board using the steps above. This method comes with many benefits to employers, as it’s where most students start their search and where our staff can best support you. However, if it’s not the right fit for your organization there are other options to consider.
If you choose to post outside of WaterlooWorks, like on your company website or an outside job board, we can still help! To get added visibility with UWaterloo students, post your job on the WaterlooWorks 'Other Jobs' board and direct students to the posting. If you hire a student from Waterloo, they can submit the job for co-op credit.
If you've already registered in WaterlooWorks, reach out to your account manager. If you're new to hiring in WaterlooWorks, email us at hire.talent@uwaterloo.ca. Either way, our staff members are happy to support you!
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