Comp Sci Co-op MeetingJune 12, 2014

AGENDA• Updates • Registering for courses • Work Term Reports / Expectations• Interview Review• careerCONNECT

Update – Out of Town Positions 3 students placed at Amazon (Seattle)• Patrick Murphy• Sam Massinon• Vanessa Reimer

• Levko Ivanchuk is going to Tokyo, Japan to work for Honda

• Ryan Pope will be heading to CSEC in Ottawa

• EA conducted 1 interview, still in the process….

In-town Process

• In-town jobs will be posted in careerCONNECT as they are received.

• Final copy of resume and cover letter? Have you received feedback and go ahead to apply for jobs?

Co-op Office Schedule

Ela• Monday – Friday 9:00am – 2:00pm

Lisa• Dependent upon site visit schedule• Away from June 23rd – 27th at

conference

Transcript Issues?

• If you received any unfavorable grades or had to VW courses, be prepared to discuss this during interviews – employers will ask.

Registering for Courses

• Fall• Winter• Approval Forms

Opting In for Health & Dental You won’t automatically be opted in for

coverage if you aren’t registered for Fall courses. If you require this coverage, you will need to go to www.ihaveaplan.ca and opt in. 

Going out of Province?

• If you are leaving the Province for longer than 90 days you need to inform Manitoba Health. Details available at: http://www.gov.mb.ca/health/mhsip/#Q11

• You will need to obtain a letter from Co-op office that is to be sent to Manitoba Health, Ela can prepare this for you.

Going outside Canada?

• Check with your insurance provider regarding your coverage outside of Canada.

• You will likely need to purchase additional coverage.

• Be prepared to pay for Doctors visits up front, and seek reimbursement later.

Aim for a Win/Win Work Term

• What constitutes a win/win situation during a Co-op Work Term?

During your first Work Term…. • Could you have done anything

differently?

• Could your employer have done anything differently? Were their expectations clear?

• What are you going to do to ensure a win/win outcome?

Work Term II & III Reports

• Work Term II & III Report (on-going throughout the work term)

• Within the first two weeks you are required to meet with your employer to discuss work term expectations – duties, responsibilities, project goals and what you will need to learn to meet these expectations.

Work Term IIIReflection Exercise

• Must be completed prior to site visit

• Discussion here will help you think about career options that will be the best fit for you based on what you’ve learned during Co-op

Work Term I

• Completion of Work Term I Report, during month four. No reporting required prior to site visit.

Interviews

• Begin July 9th, end July 24th

• Process for sign up yet to be determined

• What do you take with you?

• Samples/Portfolio/Website

• Key deliverables

• Software Engineering

• Attire

Feedback from Employers

• Prepare, prepare, prepare!

• Provide more detail in answers

• Come armed with questions

• Know what your strengths are and be able to talk about them (What could you bring to the position?)

Interview Questions

• Standard Questions

• Direct Questions

• Behavioural Descriptive Questions

Behavioural Descriptive QuestionWhat employers are looking for in your

answer:

• Relationship of your answer to the performance description (have you chosen an appropriate situation?).

• The recency of the performance (if the activity was relatively recent the employer will believe it is a true indicator of how you will react to a similar situation during this work term).

Behavioural Descriptive QuestionWhat employers are looking for in your

answer:

• The frequency of the performance (“During my last work term we were working within very tight time-lines, we had a hard deadline every couple of weeks, this one time …”)

• Confirmation of your story (“…on the Final Evaluation for my first work term my employer said …)

The Star ModelSituation

Task

Action

Result

80% of your answer should be based onAction/Result

Sample Question

• Tell me about a time during your last work term when you were unsure about how to proceed with a task or assignment.

– When during the work term did the “event” happen?

– What was the task or assignment? – What was the portion that you were unsure

of?– What action did you take?– What were the result of your actions?

UPCOMING EVENTS

• In-town Application Deadline – June 30th, postings will come in right up until June 27th

• Interview practice session, Monday, July 7th at 12:15 in E2 461

• Summer Co-op BBQ – July ???

Questions?

Comments?