Help your peers build their career toolkit (resumes, CVs, cover letters and LinkedIn profiles) and learn about career-advancing resources through 1-on-1 appointments and events.

• Build strong oral communication and empathy skills with training on how to apply Basic Listening Sequences (BLS) and active listening techniques, such as summarizing, clarifying, encouraging and asking questions.
• Become equipped with best practices in building career self-marketing tools to empower yourself and your peers on their unique career journeys.

Gain 50+ hours of peer support practice to support post-graduate applications (e.g., clinical psychology and counselling) or experience for client-facing roles (e.g., helplines, service centres, mentorship, patient care and in-takes, etc.)

Engage and inform peers on all things careers by scripting, directing and producing student-centred content for the Science Careers & Experience Centre’s social media accounts (Instagram/TikTok @mcmasterscec and LinkedIn).

• Collaborate with other creators and build a community network of science peers.
• Build confidence with digital communication through peer feedback, collaboration and experimentation with various engagement techniques and approaches.

Create culturally aware and inclusive content by sharing information that recognizes the diversity of science students’ needs and perspectives and applying best practices in digital accessibility and communication.

Co-op Ambassadors are current co-op students who represent their program and share their experience with prospective science students to help them figure out if co-op is right for them. If you have any questions about becoming a Co-op Ambassador, you can contact Imtiaz Ahmed, Cooperative Education Coordinator, ahmedi18@mcmaster.ca.

To learn more about the Co-op Ambassador program, visit here.

To learn about all the ways co-op students can get involved, visit here.