Employers

• Gain access to close to professionally developed student talent who have completed a preparatory work term course to elevate their understanding of the expectations of professional work settings.  
• Increase brand exposure and awareness among nearly 900 students participating in co-op education and work experience through MRU. 
• Fill staffing gaps during peak periods or for special projects by hiring students from more than 15 MRU programs, including Arts, Business, Communications, and Sciences.

A list of the MRU programs that you can work with can be found here.

• Work with enthusiastic students ready to apply their classroom learning to a workplace setting, contributing a minimum of 450 work hours to your team over the course of four (4) months. 
• Take advantage of the opportunity to generate new ideas within your team, thanks to students’ input and knowledge of the latest research, technology, and trends. 
• Use the co-op or work experience term as a recruitment tool by identifying students you’d be interested in hiring upon graduation.

• Provide meaningful work experience for students through the Curricular WIL Program.
• Gain 30-60 hours of project work from engaged students, depending on the WIL course and employer needs. 
• Have access to partner onboarding, including a one-hour virtual training session and accompanying WIL Employer Handbook, designed to prepare and support your organization through its participation in the program. 
• Create mutually beneficial relationships with MRU and its students and staff. 
• At the end of the project period, you will receive a complete deliverable created specifically for your organization's needs.

Getting the most out of MRU’s co-op, work experience, and WIL programs is dependent on collaborative involvement from MRU students and faculty, as well as the MRU Employer Partners. 

Successful MRU Partners interested in these programs can: 

• Foster a learning environment where mentorship and coaching are valued. 
• Provide clear direction, effectively articulating needs and communicating deliverables.
• Deliver constructive feedback in regularly scheduled meetings. 
• Share relevant company information that will set students up for success.

MRU Employer Partners participating in the WIL program should understand that it is a learning experience for the students. We remind our partners that they should not depend on the deliverables produced by the students and should be willing to accept minor imperfections, which can be corrected or built upon by their own team after the program

• Registered businesses of any size (start-up, single-ownership, small, medium, large) in any industry that are legally entitled to operate can become MRU Partners for these programs.
• For co-op and work experience placements, employers must look to hire capable, somewhat polished, low- or moderately-experienced students eager to build skills and develop a career path.