Employer Recruitment Guide

Cooperative Education & Internship Program Applied Learning Experiences This two-time national award-winning program integrates career-related work experience with academic coursework. It is centrally coordinated through the Career Services office in cooperation with the academic departments of the university.

Benefits of Hiring a Student • Trained, motivated workers • Students with special skills for projects • Qualified students to meet needs for increased business or seasonal demands • Improved access to special populations • Develop a pipeline of qualified candidates building a pipeline to potential professional employees • Decreased cost of recruitment and training • Improved employee retention • Exposure to a talented pipeline of students who are eager and ready to learn while bringing, enthusiasm, fresh perspectives, energy, and value into the company

The Cooperative Education and Internship Program (CEIP) supports UW-Stout’s polytechnic designation by providing students the opportunity to experience an active and applied focus on learning their professional field. The success of the Co-op and Internship program is based on a framework of collaborative partnerships between employers, students, and the university. Responsibility of the Site Supervisor • Provide a supervised work experience • Provide a position description • Select student through your own hiring process • Supervise and evaluate on-site performance of student

UW STOUT CO OP & INTERNSHIP PROGRAM CO OP COURSE SUBJ X49 FIELD EXPERIENCE COURSE SUBJ X98 OR SUBJ X97 Work experience is at least 8 weeks and students enroll in Fall, Spring, and/or Summer terms Co-op Course (SUBJ-X49) Field Experience Course (SUBJ-X98 or SUBJ-X97)

Students do major-related work within the guidelines of their Academic Program

Earn 1 credit per term – course enrollment must be concurrent w/work experience

Students work in positions located on-campus, off-campus, in-state, out-of-state, and internationally

Paid (W-2 only)

Unpaid & Paid (i.e. W-2, 10-99, Stipend)

32 hrs per week / 320+ hrs per term

Weekly hrs vary / 80+ hrs per term

Student status determined by enrolled credits

Full-time student status awarded

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