NOTE:
Each objective response must begin on a new page. You are required to label each objective by writing the word "Objective" (followed by the corresponding objective number and heading) and copying the objective statement prior to each response. (Just as they are written below)

COVER SHEET:
This page should include:

• Your name
• Class
• Major
• Level of co-op
• Job title
• Name of company
• Address of company
• Brief description of company

This should be an organized, professional-looking cover sheet for the report.

TABLE OF CONTENTS:
This should include the different objectives of the report, followed by the page numbers. Also include the names of any tables, graphs, etc. in the report and the number of the pages where they appear.

OBJECTIVE 1: RESUME
Complete an updated resume. An updated resume including the current co-op position must be submitted with the co-op report. Click here for a Sample Resume.

A resume is required even if you have secured future employment (e.g., working in the family business, repeating at the same co-op site, etc.) Each student is required to have a current resume on file with the Office of Cooperative Education, posted onto your Place Pro account.

Your resume may be an employer’s first impression of you. Make sure your resume represents your best effort.

OBJECTIVE 2: ORGANIZATIONAL CHART
Prepare an organizational chart that includes your current position. Hand-written or hand drawn organizational charts will not be accepted.

Construct a professional looking chart that illustrates formal relationships of job functions and the people responsible for those functions. Some companies do not have an organizational chart. If this is the case, you should discover the relationships mentioned above and create your own chart.

Small companies are easy to depict. Large companies may be impossible to depict, and certainly not on one page. If you are completing a co-op with a large company, you need only illustrate that department of the organization within which you are working. Ask your supervisor or locate company literature (e.g., Annual Stockholders Report, company manual, promotional materials) for assistance if needed.

OBJECTIVE 3: ADDITIONAL STAFF MEMORANDUM
Put yourself in the following situation; Assume you have been promoted to your current supervisor’s position and additional employees are needed. Prepare, in memo form, the 2 paragraphs detailed below, addressed to your supervisor for approval.

1. Paragraph One: Justify the need for additional staff/employees.

2. Paragraph Two: Describe in 50 words or less, an effective job description. Assume the job description is your current co-op position. This should not be written as a classified advertisement.

OBJECTIVE 4: SPECIAL CONTRIBUTIONS
Describe and provide examples of a report, special assignment, task or project you worked on during your co-op. You can do this by first stating the objectives of the project followed by the project description and outcomes. Be sure to include your specific role in contributing to the project, citing examples in your description.

If you completed more than one special project, please explain those as well. Do not be too quick to state that this objective does not apply. You can relate many of you co-op duties to answer this objective.

OBJECTIVE 5: RESPONSIBILITIES & ROLES
Describe your responsibilities and the responsibilities of your supervisor and immediate co-workers.

Using the organizational chart you completed in Objective 2 as a guide, describe (on a separate page) the responsibilities of the individuals on the chart starting with yourself, then working up the ranks and explaining the responsibilities of other persons above you. Again, use your organizational chart as a guide. Be accurate and complete; explain the responsibilities of each person you are describing.

OBJECTIVE 6: PROBLEMS ENCOUNTERED
What problems (e.g., technical preparation, worker relationship, learning the job, etc.) did you encounter and how were these problems solved? Provide specific examples.

OBJECTIVE 7: ACADEMIC OBJECTIVE
Describe in detail your entire development history since High School and explain why it leads to your interest in obtaining a Bachelor of Science degree at Bowling Green State University.

OBJECTIVE 8: STUDENT CHOICE
Choose and respond to one of the following topics:

1. Give examples of and explain your knowledge of your company or organization's history and its place in industry, business or government.

OR

2. How did the work within your department/area contribute to the company? Provide specific examples.

OBJECTIVE 9: CHANGE IN DECISION
If you could change a decision you made during your previous employment (refer to the 12 month employment period), what would you change and why?

OBJECTIVE 10: EMPLOYEE IMPROVEMENT
What could you have done to improve your performance? Provide at least 2-3 specific examples.

OBJECTIVE 11: DIFFICULT EMPLOYEES
Describe in detail a working situation where you had to work with someone who was especially difficult. Explain how you handled working with this individual.

OBJECTIVE 12: HIGH PRESURE & STRESS
What type of working environment puts you under pressure and how do you deal with the pressure and stress?