Employers
The Cooperative Education Program at Northeastern University, also known as "Co-op" is an educational model that provides students with opportunities to alternate periods of academic study and periods of paid, full-time employment related to their academic majors and interests.
For you, the employer, the program offers a continual gateway to enthusiastic employees with developing skills and talents, as well as potential relationships with future colleagues.
This partnership offers you:
- A simple, cost-effective way to meet human resource needs: no fringe benefits, no recruitment costs - Co-op students are paid as temporary hourly employees;
- Six-month Co-op periods, with ample time for students to be productive and valuable employees (scheduling back-to-back co-op periods results in full-time coverage for on-going work);
- Opportunities to create flexible work environments in which permanent staff are able to take on special projects or complete "hard to get to" projects while co-op students take on recurring work; and
- The enthusiasm, fresh perspective, and energy of talented young people eager to learn.
Please click on the following link to read a Powerpoint presentation about the Northeastern Coop Program
Co-op - The Power of Experience
To participate in the Northeastern Coop Program please fill out the Job Request Form.
Dates of Up-coming Co-op Cycles (dates students will be working/Six-Month Assignments*)
| Semester | Start |
End |
| Spring/Summer I,2010 (January-June) |
January 4 (Monday) | June 30 (Wednesday) |
| Summer II/Fall, 2010 (July-December) |
July 5 (Monday) | December 31 (Friday) |
| Spring/Summer I, 2011 (January-June) |
January 3 (Monday) | June 30 (Thursday) |
| Summer II/Fall, 2011 (July-December) |
July 5 (Tuesday) | December 30 (Friday) |
| Spring/Summer I, 2012 (January-June) |
January 2 (Monday) | June 29 (Friday) |
| Summer II/Fall, 2012 (July-December) |
July 2 (Monday) | December 28 (Friday) |
* In cases in which the proposed end date falls during the week (i.e. Wednesday), the employer has the option of extending the co-op assignment to the Friday at the end of that week.Each student should confirm the actual end date for his or her co-op assignment with the employer, as well as, with the co-op coordinator.
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