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Conference recap: How To Retain Top Co-op Students by CGI’s Leah Wilson

May 25, 2012 / / 0 Comments

Leah Wilson, Manager, Recruitment at CGI, focused on the “work” aspect of retaining top co-op students in her presentation, delving deep into what makes students want to stay at an organization – and what makes them want to leave.


It turns out that the reasons aren’t so different. With all the fuss being made about tuition and student debt these days, you might think that pay would be the most influential factor, but the #1 reason they stay is their co-workers. When they choose to leave, though, it’s the work and lack of opportunities for growth that makes them go.

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Conference recap: How RIM Retains More Students By Creating A Better Experience by Evan Birtch

May 25, 2012 / / 0 Comments

It’s essential that students have an amazing experience every step of the way when they’re interacting with your organization, including on social media, at on-campus visits, during the application process, throughout their work terms, and even after their internships or co-op terms are over.

That’s the message Evan Birtch, Team Lead, Campus Programs at Research In Motion, brought to his fellow campus recruiters and human resources professionals at the Campus Recruitment Excellence Conference.



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Conference recap: How To Start A Successful Internship Program by Just-Eat.ca’s Antonio da Luz and Jane Mai

May 22, 2012 / / 3 Comments

With a labour shortage looming and the competition for top talent already fierce, one trend we’re seeing more and more of is employers using internship and co-op programs as feeders for entry level roles.

Students seem to like it too – it acts like an extended interview process for both the student and the employer.

It’s also how Just-Eat.ca, Canada’s largest and fastest-growing online restaurant/food order service, hired five of its full-time entry level employees this year.

Just-Eat’s Antonio da Luz and Jane Mai explained how they used TalentEgg to hire nine interns, exposed them to all areas of the business including Sales, Marketing, Operations and Finance, and launched 11 significant intern-driven projects.

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Conference recap: Building A New Employer Brand From Scratch by Target’s Isabelle Morin

May 22, 2012 / / 0 Comments

Imagine if, among all the other challenges you face as a campus recruiter, you also had to launch a brand new employer brand in Canada.

Well, that’s exactly what Isabelle Morin and her team have been up against as Target prepares to open dozens of stores across the country in early 2013.

At the 2012 Campus Recruitment Excellence Awards and Conference on May 14, Isabelle, Group Manager – Campus Recruiting at Target Canada, spoke about how she and her colleagues have approached this unique challenge in order to build Target’s employer brand from scratch and hire new grads for store leadership roles (Executive Team Leaders).

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