Recruitment Schedule

Western Science now has a continuous recruiting cycle. We encourage you to post your job by January and hire in February for a May or September start. We will gladly accept job postings, arrange interviews, and extend job offers until August each year.

Actuarial Science Recruitment

Postings for Actuarial Science recruitment  will close no earlier than September 30, 2024. This will give students adequate time to apply to positions after enrolling in the Science Co-op Program in the first few weeks of September. Postings will go-live to students well in advance of this closing date. The continuous interview, offer and acceptance period for Actuarial Science co-op students will begin in October 2024.

Recommendations for all other Science Co-op Recruitment

Important Recruitment Dates

Date

Activity

Notes
September 27, 2024 Job Postings go live to students
October 13, 2024 Earliest possible application deadline
October 14, 2024 - August 15, 2025 Continuous Interview, Offer, and Acceptance period

Job offers to be submitted through Western’s Job Offer Form

Students are given 48 hours to consider offers

Notable Dates:

Fall Reading Week – Oct. 12 - 20, 2024
Fall Term Exams and Holiday Closure* – Dec 9, 2024 - Jan 6, 2025.
Winter Reading Week – Feb 15 - 23, 2025
Winter Term Final Exams* – April 7 – 30, 2025
August 8, 2025 Final application deadline for 2024-2025 recruitment cycle.

Job Postings

Please post your job at   Western Connect or  email Dorota at dolive8@uwo.ca  with your posting.
Please, no application deadlines before September 30, 2024.

Interviews

To arrange interviews please fill out the Interview Request Form , or if you have questions you can email interviews@uwo.ca . If you choose to contact students directly, please notify us of the selected candidates so that we can track this information in our database.

Offers

All job offers are submitted through this Job Offer Form . Please use a separate form for each distinct job title. We request that job offers not be given directly to the students. Students have two business days to accept or decline an offer. Thank you for recruiting at Western.

Some Notes

  • We encourage you to recruit early even for September starts! We will gladly accept job postings, arrange interviews, and extend job offers until August each year.
  • Our current student cohort have flexibility to start between May and September 2025.
  • We do not have a full candidate pool available for January starts. We occasionally have students who are seeking a January start.
  • Our work terms run for 4-16 months in length.
  • We conduct a continuous recruitment cycle (no offer or rank match deadlines)

If you have questions or concerns, please contact Dorota Oliveira.