3. Interview with Carla Jordan, Assistant
Director of Cooperative Education
• Why do
employers want
employees to
have work
experience?
4. What is cooperative education
and how does it help you?
• Academic program
• Allows students to combine classroom instruction with
degree-related work experience
• Allows students to apply classroom instruction to
professional employment settings
• Strengthen students’ marketability upon graduation
• Develop professional work goals, skills and habits, earn
competitive salaries, and make valuable career
contacts
5. How to get an internship
through VSU
1. Register for Co-op and complete a resume. Call the
Co-op office for more details on registration
2. Update registration and resume as needed
3. Communicate information regarding job search or job
placement to Co-op Coordinator
4. Check VSU email account a minimum of two times
per week for information regarding Co-op
6. Qualifications
• Intend to graduate from VSU or a university who
participates in a recognized transfer program
• Obtain sophomore status (30 hours) before being
placed in a Co-op position
• Academic "Good Standing”( 2.0 GPA)
7. Other types of experience
Crystal Goode,
Career Counselor
for VSU.
www.valdosta.edu
Career-Op page
8. Get started!
• Visit the Career Opportunities webpage to get started
now!
• http://www.valdosta.edu/student/student-services/career-
services/
