Beyond Your Degree
The Career and Professional Development (CPD) Team works exclusively with you the moment you become a student at DeGroote. We will help you in your journey to secure summer, internship and new grad job opportunities.
Our team of dedicated Relationship Managers supports you with your career development through one-on-one career coaching appointments, workshops, career development courses, your GR0 and LD0 courses and online resources.
Together, we work on developing tools and skills so that you are prepared to enter the job market. Through our career development programming you will:
Explore and learn about various industries and job functions
Identify your career goals and create a personalized job search strategy
Develop an effective job search toolkit including cover letters, resumes and interview skills
Build a professional network
The CPD Team is the primary point of contact for employer partners interested in talent at DeGroote. We provide full recruitment support to our employer partners and help execute campus recruitment strategies. In addition to the recruitment activities offered by the Student Success Centre, as DeGroote student you will have access to:
Summer and new grad job boards targeting business students
On-campus and off-campus company events
Industry and alumni speakers
Industry and alumni networking events
Our innovative approach to business education and training begins in the classroom, where you learn the fundamentals. You can choose to enhance your education by applying for the internship program, that is available to both domestic and international students, after the second year of your degree. Once you are admitted, DeGroote’s Career and Professional Development team will support your search for an internship.
The Commerce with Internship or IBH with Internship pathway extends your degree program by one year and provides real-world experience, critical thinking skills, enhanced leadership qualities and business acumen, setting you up for success upon graduation.
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Work integrated learning does more than provide students with an opportunity to work and get paid. It helps students develop crucial skills, such as communication and teamwork, which are essential to the success of their academic and professional careers."
ArcelorMittal Dofasco
Brownlow Partners
Celestica
Deloitte
Ford Motor Company of Canada
Hamilton Health Sciences
Jaguar Landrover
KPMG
L3Harris
Laurentian Bank
New Balance Canada
OMERS
RBC
SC Johnson & Son
SOTI Inc.
Stelco
Taylor Leibow
Wells Fargo
My work integrated learning experience provided me the opportunity to better understand the relevance between my studies, my work and my career goals. I was able to see firsthand how the concepts and theories I learned in school applied to the real world."
Standing out in today’s job market requires individuals to be resourceful, adaptable, and creative. To complement the specialized knowledge gained through their studies, students can enhance these skills by applying their learnings in a real-world setting through experiential education and work-integrated learning opportunities.
Every March, Co-operative Education and Work-Integrated Learning (CEWIL) Canada recognizes student successes and fosters awareness of these opportunities through a month-long national storytelling campaign.
The DeGroote School of Business celebrates our students who have completed co-op placements and internships, as well as our employer partners who provide them with opportunities to broaden their skills outside the classroom.
Kieran Warner, Level V Honours BCom With Internship
DeGroote Internship Student of the Year 2023
Internship placement: Intern Staff Accountant, KPMG
The more I worked with Kieran the more I felt comfortable with relying on him to accomplish any task that I assigned to him no matter how difficult or above his level it was. I was able to trust him with communicating directly with clients. He was an absolute pleasure to work with and I am beyond pleased to hear he is returning to work with us full time when he is done school.”
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