{"id":24919,"date":"2013-10-22T12:20:12","date_gmt":"2013-10-22T17:20:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/?p=24919"},"modified":"2013-10-22T12:21:29","modified_gmt":"2013-10-22T17:21:29","slug":"co-op-workhops-geared-to-help-students-succeed-on-work-terms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/2013\/10\/co-op-workhops-geared-to-help-students-succeed-on-work-terms\/","title":{"rendered":"Co-op workhops geared to help students succeed on work terms"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Co-op Programs office is hosting a series of co-op employment training workshops this fall to help prepare students for their upcoming work terms.<\/p>\n<p>The workshops are open to second-year undergraduate students and graduate students, and cover program expectations, nailing the job interview and networking with industry professionals.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The workshop series is absolutely essential in learning about the career possibilities that exist in today&#8217;s labour market,&#8221; said Julia Zhu, senior relationship manager in <a title=\"Co-op programs\" href=\"http:\/\/brocku.ca\/co-op\" target=\"_blank\">the Co-op Programs office.<\/a> &#8220;Identifying employment and industry trends will assist students in determining the path their job search should take.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Workshop topics and dates are:<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Co-op employer mock interviews, Oct. 22, 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. at Pond Inlet.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Co-op alumni night, Oct. 29, 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. in AS 204.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Frequently used business applications on a co-op work term, Nov. 6, 5 p.m. to 7 p.m., TH 247.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Brand yourself on social media, Nov. 12, 5 p.m. to 7 p.m., AS 204.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Employer mock interviews, Nov. 13, 5 p.m. to 7 p.m., Pond Inlet.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Employer panel discussion: Arts, social science and science programs, Nov. 13, 5 p.m. to 7 p.m., various locations.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Co-op employer panel: How to be successful on a co-op term, Nov. 27, 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. TH 247.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Co-op employer mock interviews, Nov. 27, 5 p.m. to 7 p.m., Pond Inlet.<\/p>\n<p>For more information about the sessions, including participants and dress code, <a href=\"http:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/co-op-speaker-series-fall-2013-1.pdf\">view the full schedule.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Co-op Programs office is hosting a series of co-op employment training workshops this fall to help prepare students for their upcoming work terms. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[54],"tags":[120,1381,440],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24919"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/13"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24919"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24919\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24922,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24919\/revisions\/24922"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24919"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24919"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24919"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}