Hire a Student

School of Business students are a rich resource for your business! We offer multiple options for businesses to engage the next generation workforce.

Get the Help You Need

Through our work-integrated learning programs, your business can get short-term help while supporting student learning. Students are focused, educated and motivated to help you succeed in areas like:

  • Operations management

  • Marketing

  • Market research

  • Sales

  • Human resources management

  • Project management

  • eCommerce

  • Event management

  • Information systems

  • Financial & managerial accounting

  • Auditing

  • Taxation

  • Financial computer systems

  • Office administration

  • Bookkeeping

  • International business

Contact the talent matcher in Co-op Education.

Student Placements Are Flexible

We offer multiple options for businesses to engage the next generation workforce.

Expand Your Staff While Supporting Student Learning

Co-op education integrates students’ academic study with periods of related work experience. Students earn academic credit for their placements, which are paid, full-time, align with a school term (four months) and are a minimum of 420 hours.

Learn more about hiring a co-op student.

Solve a Business Challenge Using Student Talent

Through our Directed Studies in Work-Integrated Learning course, students engage with local partners to earn credit while they help a company or non-profit develop a business plan, do some market research, launch an e-commerce site or tackle some other business challenge. These placements are generally unpaid and short term (approximately 50 hours).

Get Insight with Student Research

If your business is looking for intensive research support, Selkirk Innovates can work with you to design and deliver a project that draws on student skills to provide you with actionable insights such as:

  • Identifying & researching market trends

  • Uncovering customer needs

  • Developing databases

  • Examining emerging technology

Funding May Be Available for Student Projects and Wages

We can help you identify funding sources to bring a student on to your team. Some options include:

  • The federal Student Work Placement program

  • Mitacs Accelerate or Business Strategy internships

  • Columbia Basin Trust wage subsidies

For more funding opportunities, visit our online funding database.

We'll Help You Help Students

We can help you identify projects, get funding and keep students on track. Our StudentJobs Board is available to help you recruit your ideal student employee. If you choose to work with students through a research partnership, we’ll take care of recruitment and supervision on behalf of the project.

Contact the talent matcher in Co-op Education.