Welcome Students and Employers!

Please take some time to read below what PlacePro has to offer and how to use the system.

Questions can be directed to our office at any time.

What is PlacePro?

• A web-based resource center available to students and faculty year-round, 24 hours a day.
• An online database of co-op related information and academic resources.
• A place where students can find and apply for co-op positions. (ONE source, there are others, see them HERE.)
• A place for students to build and store their electronic portfolio.
• A place where students can plan ahead by filling in their academic plan.
• A place where students can post their resume.
• A place for students to sign up for co-op position interviews.
• A place for students to post their most current contact information.
• A place for co-op position history and tracking.
• A place to host future electronic resources as they become available.
  
  

• Location (City and State) of position listed.  Can you live there?
• Job duties, are you qualified?
• Deadline date, has it already passed?

Do not contact PlacePro employers on your own.  Employers post their positions on PlacePro because it allows our office to recruit students for them, as they do not have the time or resources to do so on their own, or they simply request that our office to do this for them, so they can concentrate their efforts on other matters. Given this, those companies trust our office with their contact information and do not want this information given to other persons, inundating them with inquiries.  

These companies work with our office because they are only looking for BGSU students, wether they be alumni, have ties to BGSU, have heard of the program (which many companies we have worked with all over the US now ask for our students specifically) etc., they have a specific need for BGSU students.  

When companies post positions with our office through PlacePro, they do so only if we can guarantee that their contact information will stay confidential and that they will not be contacted by students, unless they request this.  This arrangement allows our office to have access to many employers who would not post with our office had we made their contact information public.

PlacePro is ONE of MANY options you can use to search for a co-op. For additional methods, please visit our “How To Find a Co-op” page. Once you have been released, you can use PlacePro to help you search for a co-op.

STEPS FOR COMPLETING YOUR ACADEMIC PLAN USING PlacePro

Another valuable resource available to you via your PlacePro account allows you to organize and plan your semesters here at BGSU completing your co-ops and courses. To access this resource, under the “Documents” link at the top of your PlacePro page, click the “Maintain Degree Plan” link on the left-hand side of the page.

Here you will input, semester by semester, your courses and co-ops needed to complete your degree here with The College of Technology at Bowling Green State University.

Once you have input and saved each semester, be sure to submit your degree plan by clicking the “Submit Degree Plan” button at the bottom of the page. “Submitting” your degree plan means that you are saving your degree plan in the “Documents on File” section of your PlacePro account. This does not mean you are submitting your degree plan to the College of Technology for approval, this is merely a tool for you to plan your degree. Once you click the “Submit Degree Plan” button, PlacePro will convert your work into a PDF document to be stored in your “Documents on File”.

STEPS FOR SIGNING UP FOR A CO-OP INTERVIEW USING PlacePro

Steps for signing up for co-op interviews using PlacePro…

Congratulations! You have searched for a co-op using PlacePro and the College of Technology’s Office of Cooperative Education has sent you an e-mail notifying that you have been chosen by an employer to be interviewed for a co-op (or possibly permanent) position. The e-mail you receive will provide instructions on how to log on to your PlacePro account to sign up for an interview time. These instructions are listed below:

To sign up for the interview, follow these steps below: