How to Get Started

How Do I Go About Posting a Cooperative Education Position and Hiring a Student?

Step 1:

Call our office at 732/932-3000 and speak to one of our counselors. Once we have approved the position you wish to fill, we have 3 ways in which you can post your position on our jobs database for co-op education candidates to review:

• Post the position on-line via our Employer Registration web site:
  • Web site: www.placepro.com
  • PlacePro Access Code= Rutgers
  • Your PlacePro Login= contact our office for your personal login
  • Your Password= contact our office for your initial password
• Email our secretary, Anne Diglio with the following information:
  • Employer Name and Address, City, State, Zip
  • Contact Name, Title, Phone, Fax
  • Student's Co-op Title
  • Hourly Wage
  • Hours per week
  • Desired Majors--Check the majors offered at the School of Environmental and Biological Sciences
  • Skills/Qualifications Required
  • Semester you want to hire student: Spring, Summer, Fall
  • Description of Job
• Print the Cooperative Education Job Information Form (17k PDF) and fax it to us at 732-932-8880. If you have difficulty opening the PDF file, contact us and we can fax you a Job Information form to complete and fax back to us.

Step 2:

If you post the position via our Employer Registration website, then you can review resumes of interested students on-line. Otherwise, based on your job description, we will send (via email, fax, or U.S. Mail) resumes to you of prescreened and interested candidates. After reviewing the resumes, decide which candidates you would like to interview and notify the Co-op Office.

Step 3:

Interview qualified candidates and hire the student you feel is best suited for the job.

Step 4:

e sure to let our office know that you hired a Cooperative Education Student. The only fee involved is the hourly wage you pay the student.

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