Potential employers may contact the College of Technology Office of Cooperative Education with information about positions you have available.

Steps to Becoming a Co-op Employer

1. Contact our office to determine your specific needs as an employer. See Requirements below.
2. Determine when you need students. (We are on a semester schedule)
3. Send our office (via email preferred) the job description(s) of the position(s) to be advertised. (schedule)
4. Our office then advertises your position using our PlacePro system. See "Co-op Recruiting" below.

Requirements of a Co-op Employer 

• The co-op student is assigned job duties related to their major.
• The employer offers the student full-time work (40 hours a week) lasting approximately four months (one semester).  Please see the CO-OP Calendar for specific dates.
• The student should be supervised by an employee who can act as a mentor for the student, someone that student can learn from.
• The student receives compensation for their employment.
• The employer completes an evaluation on the student's performance.
• The employer meets with a BGSU representative sometime during the student's co-op semester.  A BGSU representative will schedule this meeting.
• Essentially, there should be no major difference between a co-op employee and a full-time/entry-level employee, this is the essence of co-op.
• To protect the student, the employer should practice ethical standards that follow the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 (OSH Act) as directed by the United States Department of Labor.
• All employers are expected to comply with laws enforced by the United States Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC).

Co-op Recruiting Process 

Our office does most of the work for you, once we have determined an employer meets the requirements above, all you need to do is supply a job description. The detailed process (mostly conducted by our office) is listed below...

1. We obtain the following information from you, the employer:
   1. Position Title, description, location, pay rate, etc.
   2. Employer contact information
   3. Employer company information (website, mission statement, etc.)
   4. Deadline Date: Date employer would like to receive student resumes (set in coordination with co-op semester dates and deadlines)
2. We post the position on Place Pro (our online recruiting system), making it available for students to log into their account and apply electronically.
3. On the previously set deadline date (or w/in 2-3 business days), the students’ resumes are sent electronically to the employer contact’s e-mail account.
4. The employer contact then reviews the resumes and notifies the Co-op Office ASAP, which students are chosen to interview for the available position. The employer contact will, at this time, also provide the Co-op Office interview dates, times and a length of interviewing time needed with each candidate of their choosing.
5. The Co-op Office will arrange interviews with the employer through one of the below locations/methods:
   1. BGSU Technology Co-op Office can host the employer at our offices in Bowling Green, Ohio.
   2. BGSU Technology Co-op Office can coordinate interviews at your location.
   3. Phone interviews.
   4. Video conference interviews.
6. The College of Technology Co-op Office will then contact all students who applied. Those students who were chosen will select interview times. The students who were not selected will be notified.

Please contact our office should you have questions: