Find a Mobility Placement

Create your resume, cover letter, cold calling script, LinkedIn profile and Portfolio.

Create a professional style resume

• Career Development Centre: Resume Writing Advice
• Enhancv (more style/design)
• Create a Cover Letter

Helpful LinkedIn Tools

• LinkedIn and your Online Reputation Management (prezi)
• Student LinkedIn portal
• LinkedIn Profile Checklist

How to build an awesome Portfolio (useful for interviews and applications – especially ENG)

uOttawa career resource centres

• uOttawa Career Development Centre
• Faculty of Law Career and Professional Development Centre
• uOttawa Telfer School of Management Career Centre

Find placement opportunities through the list of resources below. Keep track by creating an Excel file.

Local and National

• uOttawa
  • IndEX (That big red button on the home page of the Co-op Navigator)
  • uOttawa RTE (Apply through uOzone, must complete a financial questionnaire)
  • uOttawa Jobs Now (Through uOzone, apply per employer’s instructions)
• Public Sector & Government Programmes
  • Government of Canada Job Bank
  • City of Ottawa (and other cities of your choice)
  • National Capital Commission
  • Government of Ontario (look at other provinces as well)
  • Young Canada Works (Heritage Canada’s Summer Job Program)
  • Federal Student Work Experience Program (FSWEP)
  • Research Affiliate Program
  • Global Affairs Canada: Work as an intern at Global Affairs Canada (GAC) or apply to GAC’s International Youth Internship Program or International Aboriginal Youth Internships initiative.
  • Public service student recruitment programs
  • City of Gatineau
  • Emploi Québec
  • GC Jobs
• Job Search Websites (key word internship, summer, coop, intern, etc.)
  • GraduateLand
  • Glassdoor
  • Indeed.ca
  • LinkedIn job search
  • Charity Village
  • Workopolis Campus
• Self-directed: Research Potential Employers through directories and lists
  • Startup Ottawa
  • Start-up List (national & international cities)
  • Ottawa Book of Lists from the Ottawa Business Journal (use the lists of Ottawa’s biggest employers to build your own list of potential employers)
  • Community Information Centre of Ottawa (CIC)
• Green Jobs
  • GoodWork.ca: Canada’s Green Jobs
  • Federal Sustainable Development Strategy for Canada
  • Ecology Ottawa: Clean Energy Jobs, Training and Education
  • Ontario Environmental Directory
  • Eco Canada
  • WorkCabin
  • Conservation Authorities of Ontario
• French-language resources
  • Assemblée de la francophonie de l’Ontario
  • Répertoire des services en français d’Ottawa
  • Emploi Québéc

International

• uOttawa
  • IndEX (That big red button on the home page of the Co-op Navigator)
  • Faculty of Social Sciences International
  • Office of Undergraduate Research – Other international opportunities
  • The Canada-Japan Co-op Program
  • uOttawa International Office
  • List of Summer Undergraduate International Research Internships (SIRI)
• Job Search Websites (key word internship, summer, co-op, intern, student, etc.)
  • GraduateLand
  • Glassdoor
  • LinkedIn Jobs
  • Indeed.ca
  • Startups List
  • Internships (USA locations)
• Jobs with non-profit organizations and charities
  • Work in Non-Profits.ca
  • World Wide Helpers
  • Charity Village
  • Juno Beach Centre: Canada’s Second World War museum and cultural centre in Normandy, France. The first round of applications runs until October 30, second round until November 15 and third round until February 15.
• Third Party: Resources, programs, user pay Projects
  • NGO
    • AIESEC (Association Internationale des Étudiants en Sciences Économiques et Commerciales): A student-run, non-profit organization that offers international internship programs. AIESEC provides volunteer opportunities through the Global Citizen program and work experience through the Global Talent program.
    • IAESTE (International Association for Exchange of Students for Technical Experience)
    • Research Internships in Science and Engineering (RISE)
    • Fulbright Foreign Language Teaching Assistant Program
    • SWAP working holidays (owned and run by the Canadian Federation of Students)
  • Private
    • My World Abroad (Free to register under uOttawa email. Look for the job boards as there are lots for the UN and international NGOs)
    • Verge Magazine Search for programmes abroad
    • ISA/GlobaLinks Learning Abroad
    • Projects Abroad
    • Students Abroad
  • Government Programme
    • Global Affairs Canada
    • Government of Canada: Lookup and communicate with Canadian embassies In Europe and the Rest of the World
    • International Experience Canada (IEC): Provides young Canadians the opportunity to travel and work abroad. IEC opportunities are available in countries with which Canada has a bilateral youth mobility arrangement.

1. Schedule a meeting with your Professional Development Specialist (PDS) by calling 613-562-5741 or emailing coop@uOttawa.ca
2. Send your list of potential employers to your PDS, start cold calls, apply directly to job postings
3. Once you’ve applied to a position, your PDS can coordinate with your CO-OP Program Coordinator (CPC) to call employers directly to discuss your possible placement and support your candidacy.
4. Discuss scholarship information for international mobility with your PDS
   • Co-op office
   • Michaëlle Jean Centre for Global and Community Engagement
   • Student Travel Fund – for students in the Faculty of Arts. Purpose of fund: to support study and research, in Canada or abroad, essential to the student’s program in the Faculty of Arts.
   • uOttawa Financial Aid and Awards
   • Scholarships Canada