If you have secured a co-op position through a self-directed job search, you will need to complete the Self-directed Approval Request form on mySuccess. For instructions on submitting request forms via mySuccess, click here.
As a reminder, for a position to count as a co-op work term, it must be:
- Related to Carleton’s Career Competencies and your degree
- Paid, see notes below
- Supervised,
- Full-time hours (35-40 hours per week), and
- Approximately 16-weeks (4-months) in duration per term.
Note: Co-operative Education will not accept the following types of employment:
- Independent contracting arrangements (self-employment)
- Unpaid work including work involving unpaid or reduced pay for training
- Work involving credit in lieu of pay
- Any work which requires the purchase of a service or product, or requires a certified deposit or similar as a condition of employment
- Employment contracts or franchise contracts which charge a fee (i.e. certification fee, licensing fee, equipment purchase, initial investment in a company)
- Work involving pyramid-type or multi-level marketing organizations
- Private tutoring arrangements
- Employment that would involve the work to take place at the private residence of the employer (i.e. caregiver, tutor, landscaping, care attendant)
Please note that all co-op regulations and fees apply if a position is secured through a self-directed job search.
If you are conducting a self-directed job search and wish to learn whether the position might be appropriate, please send a copy of the job description or posting that includes the information listed above via email to your Co-op Student Advisor for review.