Northeastern University Seeks Co-op Experiences for Students
About the Northeastern University Life Sciences Co-op Program:
The Co-operative Education Program at Northeastern University (NU), popularly known as "Co-op," is an educational program that provides students with opportunities to alternate six-month periods of academic study and periods of paid full-time employment related to their academic majors and interests. NU is seeking BWH Principal Investigators to hire Co-op students into their labs beginning on June 30, 2008.
For BWH Principal Investigators:
Hiring a NU Co-op student is a simple, cost-effective way to meet human resource needs without recruitment costs. Co-op students are paid by your lab, as temporary hourly employees, and maintain their student status during the course of their employment. The NU Life Sciences Co-op Program gives you the opportunity to help to prepare students for careers in science (graduate school) and medicine, as well as to act as mentors for future colleagues. In addition, opportunities may exist to recruit talented and committed students who are motivated by the challenges presented and who will make positive contributions in the near term, while building potential long-term relationships that may lead to full-time employment after graduation.
About the Students:
The NU Co-op Program is a critical part of how classroom experiences and work experiences become integrated and how potential career choices are shaped. Furthermore, students, as employees, often perform critical roles in the projects in which they participate, often listed as co-authors in papers published in peer-reviewed scientific journals. Examples of positions that Life Sciences Coop students may fill:
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Research assistants/laboratory assistants, providing PIs support for research efforts;
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Clinical assistants in outpatient settings or for clinical studies – managing patient flow and processing data;
Getting Started:
For more information about the program and to begin the selection process, you may use the link in the upper right of this page or you may contact:
Judith Woolfson
Faculty Coordinator, Northeastern University
j.woolfson@neu.edu
617-373-2563
Hiring:
Once you have interviewed and selected a candidate to hire, to begin the BWH hiring process, please contact:
James Mack
Senior Recruiter, BWH Human Resources
jmack2@partners.org
617-582-0138
