Recap: Internship Talk

On September 30th, from 3-5pm, we hosted our first internship talk. We had a couple speakers fresh from their internships talk to us about their experiences with working in the real world. Everything you could possibly know was covered, topics ranged from job-searches, to co-op, to international placements and exciting plans for the future.

CIDSA would like to thank our speakers: Anne, Liz, Kim, Charlotte, Tony, Gabe, and Jason for taking the time to talk to us!

The talks were a great success and we'd love to host another session! If you missed out, I'm sure that our speakers wouldn't mind chatting about their internships.

To Co-op or not to Co-op...

Hey fellow IDers!

I'm a second year IDer currently signed onto the coop program but i was just wondering some of the pros and cons about signing up to Co-op for ID. I know it's a tad late but I've got to signup for those online coop courses or drop it and I'd rather not pay for Coop fees if it wouldn't be beneficial.

Being from Ottawa there probably wouldn't be nearly as many intern opportunities as Toronto or other larger cities, so it seems joining the co-op program would be a plus having Carleton lending a hand--or i might have misunderstood and finding a placement, regardless of being in coop or not would still lie solely on us. I also know that the heavy coop fees can leave extra holes in the wallet. Any other benefits or downfalls? Thanks for your time!