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INSIDE sCO-OP: Contents The Inside sCo-op is a bi-term student e-publication released through Co-operative Education and the Centre for Career Action at the University of Waterloo. Inside sCo-op 3 5 Fashion, Passion & EDAC Maple Tay and her reflections on her unpaid term with an NPO Making the Best of the Work Term Blues Lessons learned from Alex Hogeveen-Rutter’s not-so-ideal work term 6 Chris & Criminal Law Arranging a job with a defence law firm 7 9 Employer Spotlight: S. S. Papadopulos & Associates Meet the employer and the student Career Corner: JobMine Solutions Helpful hints and future plans for JobMine CREDITS Editor: Alana Rigby, Media & Publications Associate Staff Editor: Olaf Naese, Communications & Public Relations Administrator Photos: Calvin Yan, John Tang, Lisa ter Woort, Alex Hogeveen-Rutter, James Ehrman
Inside sCo-op E D I T O R Although the weather has been unusually cruel to us this year, I can’t help but anticipate all the awesome things that come with the start of spring term. Personally, I’m a fan of hiking and sleeping under the stars, of weekends spent camping and day-trips to conservation areas. What I enjoy most about camping is the challenge of getting myself outside, roughing it up away from my laptop, my hair straightener, and all the other urban comforts I so liberally indulge in. I think that many of us love challenges, and whether it’s competing in a national chess tournament or beating our personal best lap record, we all love to win. Interviewing co-op students has made me realize that this love for being the best, for surpassing that high score, is something we do time and time again while on work terms. For Chris Gunn-Isaacs, the challenge came before the work term even began – he pushed himself to arrange a job that was exactly what he wanted. Similarly, Maple Tay motivated herself to commit strongly to a cause; she spent an unpaid work term fundraising for Eating Disorders Awareness Coalition. And CECS REMINDERS For Students on Co-op By now you should have logged onto ANGEL and familiarized yourself with the materials for your PD course. Stay up-to-date and complete all assignments to recieve credit for the course. To find out more, view WatPD’s webpage at http://www. watpd.uwaterloo.ca/about/courses.html. Alana Rigby 2A English literature & rhetoric Alex Hogeveen-Rutter faced down a challenge many co-op students might shirk at – making the best of bad circumstances while on a work term. Read about their successes, and then challenge yourself to master JobMine with some of the tips provided in this issue’s Career Corner section. But don’t get overconfident - the challenges don’t end with graduation or with that full-time job. Employer Chris Muffels illustrates this as he, with his co-op students, tackles hydrogeology problems that stump experts worldwide. His current co-op, James Ehrman, helps out with those problems, while also pursuing a thousand different hobbies. James demonstrates an important point in doing this. While rising to the challenge in a work setting is always important, it’s equally essential that we challenge ourselves personally. Challenge ourselves to try new things, meet new people, learn new skills. Challenge ourselves to better ourselves, because in the end, that’s what our education is meant to do. But before you get to that, I’ll give you a more reasonable challenge: read this issue of Inside sCo-op. I guarantee you’ll learn something. Keep up with your PD courses! For Students in the interview Cycle Look into info sessions and workshops! Alana Check out the Employer Information Session calendar to see when and where your future employer is presenting on campus: http://cecs.uwaterloo.ca/students/sessions.php. If you’re looking to brush up on interview skills or curious about grad school opportunities, check out the Student Workshop calendar: https://strobe.uwaterloo.ca/cecs/cs/ index.php?page=Public.Workshops 2
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