<p>many students that have internships also get offers from those companies. After all they got to look at you for an entire summer instead of a few hours as in an interview. A coop school is like having internships on steroids. The work experience is baked into the curriculum, while it can be hard at many schools to take a semester off since the coursework is so sequential. Internships or coop programs that require full-time work during the school year are much easier to get than summer positions; everyone wants the summer jobs.</p>
<p>Even if someone decides to look locally for jobs after graduation, having internship or coop experience is a big plus from the point of view of employers. This assumes, BTW, that the student does well on the job. It is likely that other companies will call to ask, and if the student is looking for a job at one of the companies where they worked while in school it just takes an email to their manager to check.</p>
<p>And not to harp on this too much but I just reread the 1s post and noticed it said
Perhaps your son would be more invested in this if he owned the search; you can advise and assist, but IMHO he ought to be doing the legwork. If he can’t/won’t, well…</p>