Orientation Schedule

IMPORTANT NOTE: Attendance at orientation ALL sessions and activities, is REQUIRED of ALL Freshmen, Transfer, and Graduate students prior to receiving a division assignment and/or approval to interview with employers.

All orientation sessions and activities must be completed before receiving company referrals and before accepting a Co-op assignment (own jobs included).

Meeting #1: Managing the Co-op Process

For: All Computer Science Freshmen, Transfers and Graduate Students

Handouts

Check List of Orientation Sessions
Information Form
Current Co-op Handbook
Orientation Manual
Evaluation Form Co-op Handbook Contents
Agreement Form
Co-op Calendar - Academic Calendar

Topics

Co-op Timetable
Explain Remaining Orientation Schedule
Interview Schedule
Co-op Philosophy and History
Role of the Co-op Coordinator and Counselor
Introduction to Resume Writing
Division Assignments
Co-op on Transcript
Accountability to Co-op
Problems on the Job
Academic Standards for Co-op
Available Co-op Assignments
Student Expectations as Compared to Reality

Meeting #2: Resume, Cover Letter and Interviewing

For: All Computer Science Freshmen, Transfers and Graduate Students

Required - Bring to meeting

Two Typed First Draft Resumes

Topics

Resume Writing and Review
Introduction to Cover Letters
Assignment Resume Critique
Interviewing Techniques and Process

Co-op Quiz

The Undergraduate form of the Quiz (with links)
Undergraduate Quiz.doc(Mac Word 5) version for your local machine
Undergraduate Quiz.doc(Work 2x) PC version for your local machine

The Graduate Student form of the Quiz (with links)
Graduate Quiz.doc(Mac Word 5) version for your local machine
Graduate Quiz.doc(Work 2x) PC version for your local machine

Meeting: Planning a Schedule

For: All Computer Science Transfers, Graduate and Advanced Standing Students

Required

Information concerning your previous College Work:

Transcripts
NU Letter of Transfer Credits

Topics

Division Assignments
Co-op Timetable
Course work Requirements
Directions for Undergraduates in Planning a Schedule
Directions for Graduate Students in Planning a Schedule

Individual Interview I

After completing Orientation #2, you may schedule an individual appointment.

Dress for a formal interview.

Men and women must wear business attire:

Men must wear jacket, tie, shined shoes;

Women must wear solid colors, hemline 3 inches below knee, 2 or 3 inch closed-toe shoes.

To schedule your formal interview with your Faculty Co-op Coordinator, see your coordinators schedule located on the bulletin board outside 57 Cullinane. Sign up for 30 minutes (less than 30 minutes, interview cannot be conducted).

Bring to your interview:

Cover Letter & Resume

Verification Stickers & Co-op Quiz

Verification of citizenship

Birth certificate with an official seal or Passport

Be prepared to discuss, past evaluations, short and long-term plans

Materials may be submitted 24 HOURS BEFORE INTERVIEW.
Place materials in Main Office, 161CN, coordinators' mailbox.

Meeting #3: Student Panel

For: All Computer Science Freshmen, Transfers and Graduate Students

Student Panel Feedback Form

"Working in the Real World" -- As seen from the student's point of view. A Co-op Student Panel with Questions and Answers.

Topics

The Field of Computer Science, Co-op Salaries
The Different Areas and Practice

Student Panel Make-up

Meeting #4: Professionalism and Ethics

For: All Computer Science Freshmen, Transfers and Graduate Students

Topics

Professionalism and Ethics

Meeting: Directions on Seeking a New Assignment

For: All Computer Science Freshmen, Transfers and Graduate Students

This meeting is to be attended at the beginning of the quarter you plan to start searching for an assignment.
If you do not attend this session, make an appointment as soon as possible with your Co-op Faculty Coordinator. Check Co-op Calendar for critical dates.

See directions for Signing up in the Database, Using the Database in the Labs, Using the Database in 57CN and Web site Connections.

Final Clearance Meeting With Your Co-op Faculty Coordinator

THINGS TO REMEMBER IN ORDER TO PARTICIPATE
IN THE
Computer Science Co-op Program
REFERRAL AND SIGN-UP PROCESS Once your resume has been approved then present to your CS Team Coordinator the following:

A. 2 PAPER COPIES OF YOUR RESUME,
B. 1 DISKETTE COPY OF YOUR RESUME
(Macintosh compatible, highly desirable a 6.0 version)

C. Relevant Questions:   Create a MS Word text file (6.0). This file is to be placed on your resume disk.
        Answer the following questions:
         (1).   State your objective(s) for this co-op search period.
         (2).   Identify the area(s) and types of co-op assignment you are interested in having your resume considered.
         (3)   List your strengths that we tell to employers.

D. One UNOFFICIAL TRANSCRIPT,
      Pick up an unofficial transcript or the website version from the NU Self-Interactive System will be fine.
      (copy must be sharp and dark enough to send by faxing).
      If you use are making a copy from an official transcript, then do the following:
      Open the envelop, make copies.                 You keep the original, provide co-op with 1 copy.

E. PROOF OF CITIZENSHIP: Birth certificate with an official seal or Passport (this verification process need only be done once)

F. Return JOB STATUS FORM (this applies only to upper-class students returning from a previous co-op).

G. When the above is completed you should meet with your Coordinator to be cleared to start
signing-up in the MACINTOSH Referral Database, 57 Cullinane (this is INTERVIEW II for first time referrals).

H. Keep a MASTER LIST of your sign-ups;

I. Regularly discuss your search process with a CS Team Coordinator.

ALL OF THE ABOVE MUST BE COMPLETED
TO HAVE ANY MATERIALS SENT.

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