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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 2023 Work Term; September 1 through December 22, 2023

We have concluded recruiting for the fall 2023 work term.

Winter 2024 Work Term; January 2 through April 26, 2024

(Students in CPA firms work from January 2 through April 30, 2024)

Primary Recruiting Period: 

We have now concluded our primary recruiting period for the winter 2024 work term.

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 26 through October 5.
  • 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 12. 

Continuous Recruiting Period

  • We will begin posting jobs for the continuous recruiting period on Thursday, October 12, 2023.
  • If you are still seeking work for the winter, you will begin applying to job postings again.
  • During the continuous recruiting period, employers may contact you directly to arrange interviews and offer jobs. Please send details of your interviews to your 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 consultant know so we can notify other employers considering you.

Spring 2024 Work Term; May 1 through August 30, 2024

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. (If matched with a job through the early CPA round that requires an alternate start term your sequence will be changed accordingly. 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.)

  • Wednesday, November 15: 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.
  • Jan. 8 and 9: Interviews
  • Jan. 10: View how employers ranked you.
  • Jan. 11 by 9 a.m.: Submit your rankings of employers.
  • Jan. 12: Learn the results of the early CPA ranking and matching process.

Primary Recruiting Period

  • Thursday, January 11: We will begin posting co-op jobs for the spring 2024 work term.
  • January 19, by 9 a.m.: Submit your intention form on Navigator.
  • Through January 22:  We will continue to post jobs, so check Navigator daily.
  • January 25 to February 5: Interviews.
  • January 29, 30, and possibly January 31: Some interviews will take place in person on campus.
  • Wednesday, February 7 (afternoon): View how employers ranked you.
  • Thursday, February 8, by 9 a.m.:  Enter your rankings of employers on Navigator.
  • Friday, February 9, 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.

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 January 25 through February 5.
  • 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 January 19, and the time we announce the results of the ranking and matching process, on February 9. 

Continuous Recruiting Period

  • We will begin posting jobs for the continuous recruiting period on Friday, February 9, 2024.
  • If you are still seeking work for the spring, you will begin applying to job postings again.
  • During the continuous recruiting period, employers may contact you directly to arrange interviews and offer jobs. Please send details of your interviews to your 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 spring.
  • If you receive an offer from an employer, please let your consultant know so we can notify other employers considering you.

Fall 2024 Work Term; September 3 through December 20, 2024

Recruiting dates to be announced.