Cooperative Education

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Cooperative Education Internships
Career Opportunities Center career.mst.edu
career_at_mst.edu (573) 341 - 4343
20 in the Nation (2008)Best Career/Job
Placement Services
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Agenda

• Co-op vs. internship
• Reasons to participate
• When students participate
• Top hiring employers
• Average monthly salary
• Eligibility requirements
• COC services
• Q A

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Internship vs. Co-op

• INTERNSHIP
• Summer only (short-term experience)
• Unpaid or Paid/ Full-time or Part-time
• Experience corporate culture and network
• COOPERATIVE EDUCATION (CO-OP)
• Fall, Spring, Summer-Fall, Spring-Summer
• Paid
• Considered a full-time employee
• Gain in-depth experience related to your major
• Earn Academic Credit with departmental approval

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Why Co-op?

• NETWORK with Professionals and other College
  Students
• Bring your TEXTBOOKS to life!
• HIGHER full-time starting salary
• Learn Corporate RECRUITING STRATEGIES
• Gain future EMPLOYMENT ADVANTAGE
• VALIDATE CAREER plans
• Take a BREAK from school
• - FINANCE COLLEGE

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08-09 Co-op Intern Top Hiring Employers
Co-op Top Hiring Employers Monsanto Anheuser-Busch
Cargill Ameren Emerson Hunter
Engineering Caterpillar, Inc. Toyota Barry-Wehmil
ler Design Group, Inc. Noranda Aluminum ARCO
Construction General Electric Nucor
Corporation Regal-Beloit Solae
Intern Top Hiring Employers General Motors MO
Dept. of Transportation Garmin International
Caterpillar, Inc. Kiewit ArcelorMittal General
Electric Sprint U.S. Steel Corporation Williams A
dvanced Construction Ameren Boeing Company
Cargill Express Scripts McCarthy Building
Companies
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08-09 Co-op Intern Average Monthly Salary
Undergraduate
Graduate

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  Co-op
  Intern
  Co-op Intern
• Aerospace Engineering 2,314
  3,079
  --- ---
• Architectural Engineering 2,527
  2,547
  --- ---
• Biological Sciences 2,642
  --- --- ---
• Business Administration(MBA) ---
  --- 2,984
  ---
• Bus Mgt Systems 2,610
  2,313
  ---
  ---
• Ceramic Engineering 2,856 
  --- ---
  ---
• Chemical Engineering 3,133
  2,912
  2,900 ---
• Civil Engineering 2,466
  2,234
  --- ---
• Computer Engineering 2,520
  3,054
  4,634 ---
• Computer Science 2,670
  2,985
  3,050 ---
• Electrical Engineering 2,751
  3,064
  4,432  ---
• Engineering Management 2,754
  2,720
  3,814 ---
• Environmental Engineering ---
  2,643
  ---
  ---
• Freshman Engineering 2,933
  2,069 ---
  ---
• Interdisciplinary Engineering 2,578
  2,502 ---
  ---
• IST 2,973
  3,224
  3,243 ---
• Manufacturing Engineering ---
  ---
  2,476 ---
• Mechanical Engineering 2,742
  3,212
  3,471 ---

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Co-op Eligibility

• FRESHMEN After completing two semesters
• TRANSFERS Can apply immediately for co-op
• INTERNATIONAL
• STUDENTS After 9 months of academic work
• GRADUATE After completing one semester, unless
• STUDENTS COMPLETED UG degree at Missouri
  ST

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Co-op Requirements

• Must be a full-time student at Missouri ST when
  applying for co-op
• Students can not be on any probation
• Must have a minimum cumulative GPA of 2.0
• Employers may establish other eligibility
  requirements based on their needs

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Concerns

• Delayed
• graduation
• Curriculum
• schedule
• Travel
• Housing

Caterpillar co-ops in front of a D11R Dozer
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How to Participate

• Step 1 Register at the COC (3rd Floor
  Norwood Hall) to receive access to MinerJobs,
  complete online profile, upload resume, and pay
  10.00 semester access fee
• Step 2 Let the search begin...Participate in
  Career Fairs, submit your resume for on-campus
  interviews, search employers in your
  hometown, attend employer info-sessions and
  presentations held at Missouri ST
• Step 3 Report your co-op position to the COC,
  complete all necessary forms and submit
  co-op fee to cashiers

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After Registering

• Maintain student status
• Discuss financial aid, scholarships, loans with
  appropriate departments
• Co-op send off party
• Pre-registration e-mail reminder

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COC Services

• 30 minute advising appointments
• Practice Interviews
• Various workshops
• Career Fairs (Fall Spring)
• MinerJobs

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COC Team
Nicole Harrison Administrative Assistant
Melanie Wulff Senior Secretary
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