Recruiting and Hiring

Thank you for your interest in recruiting an MDA student!

Students complete academic course work from September-April, and are available to begin working full-time May 1st, after their courses have concluded.

The MDA Career Services Officer works to support organization's recruiting efforts in real-time. While many organizations will wish to promote opportunities for students in early fall, the most significant recruiting period for positions with start dates from May 1st on will occur from November-March with organizations posting opportunities, students applying, organizations interviewing selected candidates, and formal offers being extended to students from November – April.

Ready to Post? You’ve Got Options!

  • 4-month Summer Co-op Positions can be posted to MDA Co-op Job Board in Connect! You can create a Recruiter Account and post the job yourself, tagging the MDA program! Opportunities posted to the MDA Job Board in Connect are promoted to students on a weekly basis.
  • 4-month Summer Co-op Positions can also be sent to the Career Services Officer directly via email. We are happy to post the opportunity for you and promote it to our students! All you need to do is forward us the full job description letting us know when you’d like the posting to close, and how you wish to receive applications. We can either collect applications for you and send them in a bundle after the posting closes, have students directed to your website to apply, or direct students to apply to an email address you provide – whatever works best for you!
  • Extended Contracts and Full-Time Opportunities Beginning in May/June can be sent to the Career Services Officer directly via email. We will forward your job posting to our students and promote it vigorously to our students! All you need to do is forward us the full job description letting us know when you’d like the posting to close, and how you wish to receive applications. We can have students apply directly to a website link or email address you provide – whatever works best for you!
  • Full-Time Opportunities Beginning in the Fall or Winter? Great relationships go both ways, and while our current students are not available until the summer term, we’re happy to promote opportunities for other times of the year to our new grads! You can post to the New Grad Job Board in Connect yourself, or email your opportunity to our Career Services Officer for email distribution to our most recent alumni class!

 

Would you like to connect with our MDA Career Services Office? We’d be happy to set up a time to meet and discuss further via Zoom or Teams, or just chat via email. Please don’t hesitate to reach out to our Career Services Officer and Experiential Learning Coordinator, Juli Bramham, at jcuthber@uwo.ca. We look forward to supporting your recruitment of MDA students!

Important Dates
Recruiting MDA Students for this upcoming May
Posting Go Live to MDA Students Late September each year
Applications for Posted Positions Typically Due October-March
Interviews for Posted Positions Typically Conducted November-April
Job Offers for Posted Positions Typically Extended November-April
Employment Begins May 1

*Please note: Employers are encouraged to submit employment opportunities with start dates of May 1 or later before January 31st whenever possible, in order to gain access to the greatest number of applicants. Though all our students are impressive, the pool of applicants will be deeper the earlier you post.