Phase 2
CP E T R E CR UIT MENT
Agenda
• Snapshot
• Your Plan VS New Reality
• Reality/Options
• Survey of Intent & Job Search Strategy
• Next Steps
• Schedule a 1-on-1 with Patti
• Paperwork
• Support System
Snapshot
• 41 students have secured co-op as of March 16
• 40 are still seeking (24 1st co-op; 16 2nd co-op)
• Unfilled positions to date:
• IOL (Imperial Oil) -3
• CF Industries -2
Your Plan VS New Reality
Reality/Options
• More PAID opportunities are likely scarce from this point forward
• Keep checking myCareer Site (better yet set up an alert)
• Steam time is important
• Historically in the Power Engineering/Stationary Engineering
profession, acquiring steam time toward 4th’s has required
volunteering at a qualifying plant. That is still true today.
• “Chemical Valley” (Phase 1) is an anomaly
• Think provincially
• 3 months volunteer co-op can happen with either a MAY or
SEPTEMBER start date
Reality/Options
• Co-op is optional for CPET; CPEO; CPTN which means you can graduate
without a co-op
• Co-op is mandatory for CPEX which means you must secure a co-op to
graduate
• There are graduate positions you can secure across the province that don’t
require you to have your 4th Class HOWEVER, a CPET diploma COMBINED
with a 4th Class Certification is historically the LOCAL hiring standard. It is
also the minimum standard to work for many employers across the province
• If you wish to be most marketable upon graduation, getting your 4th Class
Certification is very important…which requires you to pass your A&B and to
acquire, in total, 12 months steam time. If that is your goal, that means that
getting a co-op with steam time is essential.
Reality/Options
• Going out of the community AND volunteering is a huge sacrifice
• Getting the required steam time can be the golden ticket to a solid,
lucrative career. Sacrificing in the short term can have a great pay off
in the future.
• Domestic students, if you secure a volunteer co-op, speak to financial
aid regarding funding options
Survey of Intent & Job Search Strategy
Next Steps
• Review Survey of
Intent & Job Search
Strategy page
• Review TSSA Plant
List
Step 1
Step 2
• Fill in Survey & Job
Search Strategy
• Schedule 1-on-1
Appointment w/Patti
• Attend 1-on-1 with
resume & completed
Survey & Job Search
Strategy
Step 3
Step 4
• If you are seeking
volunteer co-op,
begin contacting
Chief Engineers
Scheduling a 1-on-1 with Patti
What is the purpose of the 1-on-1?
• Declare your intent for the balance of the recruitment
• Gage where you are at with your 4th Class Exams
• Willing to do a volunteer co-op?
• If so, where?
• Back to Basics – Quick review of your resume & cover letter
• Answer your questions
COME PREPARED!
Scheduling a 1-on-1 with Patti
• To indicate that you intend to continue in this recruitment, you must
schedule a “1-on-1” meeting with Patti next week (March 21 – 25)
• Log into the myCareer System
• Under “Co-op” click “Appointments”
Scheduling a 1-on-1 with Patti
• Click “Book by Appointment Provider”
Scheduling a 1-on-1 with Patti
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• I have set aside
(15 minute) appointment slots next week (March
21 – 25) to accommodate these 1-on-1’s
• EVERYONE needs to book one!
PAPERWORK needed if you secure a co-op on your own.
Available online or through myCareer Centre
Support System
Patti Helps,
Justin Gingerich,
Co-op Advisor
Employer Relations Consultant
(Job Developer)
[email protected]
[email protected]
Room A218-14
Room A218-28
(across the hall from Patti)
This presentation will be available at:
https://www.myLambton.ca/myCareer/students/Workshops/