Cooperative education is supposed to be a fulfilling and valuable learning experience, giving a student the opportunity to gain experience and explore a possible future career. The team at here is providing that opportunity for me.
I'm a grade 12 student from A.B. Lucas Secondary School and have been participating in a co-op program placement here for just over a week now, and I can truthfully say it's been a great experience. Jonathan and Brendan went out of their way to get me on board, even after a typo in my resume left them with no way of contacting me in person (I'll never do that again...) and they have continued to keep me involved in the day to day inner workings of the business.
I've helped out where I can, and am slowly learning some of the more technical and practical aspects of the job, like how they stay organized, while still quickly, efficiently and accurately delivering results to their numerous clients. The casual yet professional environment makes working here feel like working with real human beings rather than Web Site Production robots.
I really didn't expect to fit in quite so well or be involved as much as I have been, but I'm nothing but grateful for it and am definitely looking forward to the weeks to come.