Coop vs Internship
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Coop vs Internship
Hey, I haven't been here in about four weeks because I have been so busy with work I haven't had any time. Right now I am working for a construction managment company building six schools for one district. The 120 miles per day of driving to and from work are kind of long but overall I enjoy it so far. What my question is, if a company hires you and they call you a Coop do they usually intend to hire you on full time eventually or are they just mixing that with Intern. The reason I ask is because my pay stubs say my position is as an intern, but my boss and other co-workers refer to me as a Coop. Some insight to what yall think would be nice, Thanks. 
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I go to Drexel, and we have the Co-op program here too. (6 months of school, 6 months of work in your field). The way I always took it was that an intern was an unpaid position, and that a co-op was paid. I don't think either term has anything to do with whether or not you'll be there full time afterwards. I think the only thing that will determine that is your work. I'm a business major, and my first co-op was mechanical engineering. It was nowhere near my field of study, but it was interesting, so I learned it...eventually I was asked back.
For anyone is who thinking about college or has kids on their way...do both of yourselves a favor and look into a college with this program. It's ashame more schools don't do it, but I signed up so that I had to do 3 co-ops in 5 years, or 18 months, and if I didn't complete that, I wouldn't have graduated. My first one gave me a better idea of what I wanted to do, my second narrowed the search down, and the thrid became my career before I even graduated. I CAN PAY MY OWN TUITION NOW
Not that I'm happy about it, but the parents are. One of the best decisions I've made.
For anyone is who thinking about college or has kids on their way...do both of yourselves a favor and look into a college with this program. It's ashame more schools don't do it, but I signed up so that I had to do 3 co-ops in 5 years, or 18 months, and if I didn't complete that, I wouldn't have graduated. My first one gave me a better idea of what I wanted to do, my second narrowed the search down, and the thrid became my career before I even graduated. I CAN PAY MY OWN TUITION NOW
Not that I'm happy about it, but the parents are. One of the best decisions I've made.
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Boeing here in Wichita hired interns during the summer, seems like mostly engineering or business students. They were paid positions, I don't know if they counted for college credit or not. The university here has a co-op placement service, they are also paid, and some class credit is given for them.
Where I went to college, there did not seem to be many opportunities for interns, and hardly any co-op positions. Actually, there weren't and still aren't many good jobs as far as that's concerned. Very little demand for education. I think those programs are great, gives students a chance to see the real world before getting shoved out into it.
Where I went to college, there did not seem to be many opportunities for interns, and hardly any co-op positions. Actually, there weren't and still aren't many good jobs as far as that's concerned. Very little demand for education. I think those programs are great, gives students a chance to see the real world before getting shoved out into it.
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Originally Posted by mikebon08
Boeing here in Wichita hired interns during the summer, seems like mostly engineering or business students.
Originally Posted by mikebon08
Where I went to college, there did not seem to be many opportunities for interns, and hardly any co-op positions. Actually, there weren't and still aren't many good jobs as far as that's concerned. Very little demand for education. I think those programs are great, gives students a chance to see the real world before getting shoved out into it.
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No.....what I meant was that the area in general does not have many jobs that require an education. Even teachers and nurses are not paid that well, and forget engineering. Actually there aren't that many good jobs of any kind around there.
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