What SFSU Cooperative Education Can Do for Your Organization
Are you looking for staffing solutions that help maximize your organization's profitability? Then you should know how Cooperative Education can help you achieve that goal. Cooperative Education is a working partnership between student, employer, and the university. Based on your staffing needs, SFSU Co-op pre-screens qualified interns in your field, to forge a mutually beneficial "match". Co-op serves as a catalyst for increased productivity and community involvement. In short, it makes good business sense.

Consider
· Employers have access to a pre-screened pool of highly qualified, well-educated students (juniors, seniors, and graduate level) who are eager to take on meaningful assignments in the workplace.
· Co-op allows companies to be flexible according to their staffing needs. A variety of schedules, both full and part time, allow employers to meet the specific needs of their offices.
· Highly paid, experienced personnel can be freed to work on technically advanced projects.
· Diversifies recruiting and training efforts; Co-op becomes a low-cost "secondary" human resource department.
· Allows you to train international students to continue their career with you overseas.
· Tech employers can participate in our Virtual Co-op Program where students work on employer projects while utilizing SFSU resources (monitored by a faculty advisor).
· Our 1362 past student participants gave our Co-op program a satisfaction rating of 4.6 on a 5.0 scale, while employer satisfaction clocked in at 4.4/5.0.
· Serves as a public relations tool for the company; to the university, student body and the community as a whole.

SFSU Cooperative Education: Where education and employment are fused.