{"id":442,"date":"2018-09-28T10:36:11","date_gmt":"2018-09-28T14:36:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/employers\/?page_id=442"},"modified":"2026-09-18T09:13:40","modified_gmt":"2026-09-18T13:13:40","slug":"key-dates","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/employers\/hire-co-op\/need-more-information\/key-dates\/","title":{"rendered":"Key Dates"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section class=\"w-screen px-6 cu-section cu-section--white ml-offset-center md:px-8 lg:px-14\">\n    <div class=\"space-y-6 cu-max-w-child-5xl  md:space-y-10 cu-prose-first-last\">\n\n            <div class=\"cu-textmedia flex flex-col lg:flex-row mx-auto gap-6 md:gap-10 my-6 md:my-12 first:mt-0 max-w-5xl\">\n        <div class=\"justify-start cu-textmedia-content cu-prose-first-last\" style=\"flex: 0 0 100%;\">\n            <header class=\"font-light prose-xl cu-pageheader md:prose-2xl cu-component-updated cu-prose-first-last\">\n                                    <h1 class=\"cu-prose-first-last font-semibold !mt-2 mb-4 md:mb-6 relative after:absolute after:h-px after:bottom-0 after:bg-cu-red after:left-px text-3xl md:text-4xl lg:text-5xl lg:leading-[3.5rem] pb-5 after:w-10 text-cu-black-700 not-prose\">\n                        Key Dates\n                    <\/h1>\n                \n                                \n                            <\/header>\n\n                    <\/div>\n\n            <\/div>\n\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The recruitment cycle for co-op students begins one semester before their scheduled work term.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Employers are able to post positions any time throughout each recruitment cycle \u2013 earlier is best, however, to access the largest candidate pool!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><thead><tr><th>&nbsp; Recruitment Cycle<\/th><th>FALL 2026<\/th><th>WINTER 2027<\/th><th>SUMMER 2027<\/th><\/tr><\/thead><tbody><tr><td><strong>Job posting period<\/strong><\/td><td>April \u2013 August 2026<\/td><td>August \u2013 December 2026<\/td><td>December 2026 \u2013 May 2027\u00a0<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Students begin applying to jobs*<\/strong><\/td><td>May 1, 2026<\/td><td>September 1, 2026<\/td><td>\u00a0January 1, 2027\u00a0<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Earliest date for employers to receive resumes<\/strong><\/td><td>May 13, 2026<\/td><td>September 16, 2026<\/td><td>January 19, 2027\u00a0<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Interview scheduling begins<\/strong><\/td><td>May 14, 2026<\/td><td>September 17, 2026<\/td><td>January 20, 2027\u00a0<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Extending job offers begins**<\/strong><\/td><td>May 14, 2026<\/td><td>September 17, 2026<\/td><td>January 20, 2027\u00a0<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Work term start date***<\/strong><\/td><td>September 1, 2026<\/td><td>January 4, 2027<\/td><td>May 3, 2027\u00a0<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Work term end date***<\/strong><\/td><td>December 18, 2026<\/td><td>April 30, 2027<\/td><td>August 27, 2027\u00a0<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em class=\"myprefix-text-italic\">* Each co-op recruitment cycle, positions are posted and job offers are made on a continuous basis throughout the term. Typically, jobs are posted for 4-5 days. Resumes are available to employers immediately after the job has closed.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em class=\"myprefix-text-italic\">**Job offers are presented to students by the Co-op Office on behalf of employers.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em class=\"myprefix-text-italic\">***Start and end dates are flexible. To meet co-op requirements students must be employed for 16 weeks. Individual start and end dates can be negotiated with the student.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button has-custom-width wp-block-button__width-100\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/employers\/contact-us\/\">Contact Co-op<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The recruitment cycle for co-op students begins one semester before their scheduled work term. Employers are able to post positions any time throughout each recruitment cycle \u2013 earlier is best, however, to access the largest candidate pool! &nbsp; Recruitment Cycle FALL 2026 WINTER 2027 SUMMER 2027 Job posting period April \u2013 August 2026 August \u2013 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":70,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_cu_dining_location_slug":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"cu_page_type":[],"class_list":["post-442","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":{"cu_post_thumbnail":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/employers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/442","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/employers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/employers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/employers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/employers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=442"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/employers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/442\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3223,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/employers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/442\/revisions\/3223"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/employers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/70"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/employers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=442"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"cu_page_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/employers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu_page_type?post=442"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}