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 that are related to their major.
• The employer offers the student full-time work (40 hours a week) lasting approximately four months (one semester).
• The student is to be supervised by someone who can act as a mentor to the student, someone the student can learn from.
• The student receives compensation for their employment.
• The supervisor completes a one page evaluation on the student's performance.
• The supervisor meets with a BGSU representative sometime during the student's co-op semester via a site visit.
• Essentially, there should be no major difference between a co-op employee and a regular employee, this is the essence of co-op.

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: