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Hosting a co-op placement

As an employer, bringing in an educational coop student helps you. You'll benefit from:

Business student being welcomed into new workplace

  • sourcing extra skills and resources
  • freeing senior staff from day-to-day work loads
  • advancing your mentoring and evaluation skills
  • developing potential employee
  • growing your organization
  • keeping up with your competitors

Support we provide

The Lakeland co-op internship committee oversees all placements and assists both students and employers.

  • We prepare all candidates with pre-employment workshops.
  • We consult employers in monitoring and evaluation procedures.
  • The placement coordinator visits all internship locations.

You select candidate to interview. You're not obligated to accept any of the candidates you interview.

What's required from employers

Our first priority is the welfare of our students. We require employers to ensure:

  • a physically safe working environment
  • appropriate management devoid of bullying or abuse

The co-op’s goal is to provide students a working professional insight. This is achieved by:

  •  providing a suitable role with real work responsibilities
  • setting up a mentoring system and evaluating student performance
  • orientating the student to the bigger picture

If you are interested in hosting an educational co-op student, please complete our job description form below.

If you have questions, please contact our placement coordinator by:

Employment period: minimum of 14 weeks between late-April and late-August.
Employment details
Is this position being advertised elsewhere?*
I agree to allow Lakeland College to contact me by email regarding business work integrated learning opportunities. I may withdraw my consent at any time by contacting Work Integrated Learning Coordinator - Business & Energy (joelle.macnab@lakelandcollege.ca | 780 871 5431), Lakeland College, 2602 59 Avenue, Lloydminster, AB, T9V 3N7.
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The personal information provided is collected by Section 4(c) of Alberta’s Protection of Privacy Act (POPA) and will be protected under Section 10. The personal information collected through the Education Co-op Employer Application Form will be used and disclosed by Lakeland College for the purpose of processing your application to host a co-op student and communicate related information. For questions about the collection of personal information, contact the Continuing Education department at con.ed@lakelandcollege.ca.