Recruiting and Work Term Dates

For your convenience, we have compiled a listing of recruiting and work term dates to help you navigate your co-op experience at Laurier. Further detailed information can be found in the co-op events calendar on Navigator. Note: Recruiting dates are subject to change.

Fall 2026 Work Term; September 1 through December 18, 2026

We have now concluded co-op recruiting for fall. 

Winter 2027 Work Term; January 4 through April 30, 2027

Primary Recruiting Period

• Thursday, September 10: We will begin posting co-op jobs for the Winter 2027 work term.
• Monday, September 14, by 9 a.m.: Submit your intention form on Navigator.
• Monday, September 14, by 11:59 p.m.: Complete the Student Contact and Interview Conflict Form.
• Through September 22:  We will continue to post jobs, so check Navigator daily.
• September 25 to October 1: Interviews.
• September 29 and September 30: Some interviews will take place in person on campus.
• Friday October 2 (afternoon): View how employers ranked you.
• Monday, October 5, by 9 a.m.:  Enter your rankings of employers on Navigator.
• Tuesday, October 6 (afternoon): Learn the results of the ranking and matching process.

Note: Employers and co-op students may not communicate between the interview and the time we release results of the match. If an employer contacts you during the primary recruiting period, you must send their message to your co-op consultant.

Continuous Recruiting Period

• We will begin posting jobs for the continuous recruiting period on Tuesday, October 6, 2026.
• If you are still seeking work for the spring, you will begin applying to job postings again.
• Please complete the Student Contact and Interview Conflict Form for the continous recruiting period by Thursday, October 8, at 11:59 p.m..
• During the continuous recruiting period, employers may contact you directly to arrange interviews and offer jobs. Please send details of your interviews to your co-op consultant, so we don't schedule you for other interviews at the same time.
• We will post jobs for the continuous recruiting period until all co-op students have secured employment for the winter.
• If you receive an offer from an employer, please let your co-op consultant know so we can notify other employers considering you.

Personal Job Search

• You may conduct a personal job search any time.
• Interviews we schedule take precedence over interviews through your personal job search, so please avoid scheduling interviews from September 25 to October 1.
• Before accepting a job you find on your own, you must send details of the offer to your co-op consultant so we can decide whether to approve the job for co-op.
• You may not accept a job offer through your personal job search between the deadline for submitting your intention form, 9 a.m. on September 14, and the time we announce the results of the ranking and matching process, on October 6. 

Spring 2027 Work Term; May 3 through August 28, 2027

CPA Recruiting Period

CPA firms will recruit students to work for four or eight months beginning in the spring or fall.

You may participate if you are a Sequence One or Economics Co-op student seeking your first work term in May or a Sequence Two student seeking your first work term in September. (We allow CPA firms to switch your sequence. Economics students: If you apply to jobs that start in fall or last eight months, please consult with Amy Neufeld about strategies for registration challenges.)

• Friday, November 13: We will begin posting co-op jobs for the CPA recruiting period.
• Through November 27:  We will continue to post jobs, so check Navigator daily.
• January 11 and 12: Interviews
• Wednesday, January 13 (afternoon): View how employers ranked you.
• Thursday, January 14 by 9 a.m.: Submit your rankings of employers.
• Friday, January 15 (morning): Learn the results of the early CPA ranking and matching process.

Primary Recruiting Period

• Thursday, January 14: We will begin posting co-op jobs for the spring 2026 work term.
• Monday, January 18, by 11:59 p.m.: Complete the Student Contact and Interview Conflict Form.
• Friday, January 22, by 10 a.m.: Submit your intention form on Navigator.
• Through Friday, January 22:  We will continue to post jobs, so check Navigator daily.
• January 27 to February 2: Interviews.
• January 28 and 29: Some interviews will take place in-person on-campus.
• Wednesday, February 3 (afternoon): View how employers ranked you.
• Thursday, February 4, by 9 a.m.:  Enter your rankings of employers on Navigator.
• Friday, February 5 (late afternoon): Learn the results of the ranking and matching process.

Note: Employers and co-op students may not communicate between the interview and the time we release results of the match. If an employer contacts you during the primary recruiting period, you must send their message to your co-op coordinator.

Continuous Recruiting Period

• We will begin posting jobs for the continuous recruiting period on Friday, February 5, 2027.
• If you are still seeking work for the spring, you will begin applying to job postings again.
• Please complete the Student Contact and Interview Conflict Form for the continuous recruiting period by Sunday, February 7, at 11:59 p.m..
• During the continuous recruiting period, employers may contact you directly to arrange interviews and offer jobs. Please send details of your interviews to your coordinator, so we don't schedule you for other interviews at the same time.
• We will post jobs for the continuous recruiting period until all co-op students have secured employment for the spring.
• If you receive an offer from an employer, please let your coordinator know so we can notify other employers considering you.

Personal Job Search

• You may conduct a personal job search any time.
• Interviews we schedule take precedence over interviews through your personal job search, so please avoid scheduling interviews from Wednesday, January 27 through Tuesday, February 2.
• Before accepting a job you find on your own, you must send details of the offer to your co-op coordinator so we can decide whether to approve the job for co-op.
• You may not accept a job offer through your personal job search between the deadline for submitting your intention form, 10 a.m. on Friday, January 22, and the time we announce the results of the ranking and matching process, on Friday, February 5.