Rate My Work Term (RMWT) is now live on WaterlooWorks.

Background information

Developed with representatives from UWaterloo student societies

Incorporates campus-wide student survey results

Is a first iteration; enhancements may occur in the future

Was purposely kept to under 10 questions to ensure it’s quick and easy for students to fill out students will not be overwhelmed in the job-searching process once we present the data back to them

Introduced to students in Winter 2017 work term

The first section of the form is for CE use

The second section includes the 8 required RMWT questions

This is an anonymous way to share information about your work term

Current State

Collecting information each work term in order to gather a large enough quantity of information that will allow for anonymity when the response data is presented back to students and employers

Plans for future terms

Response data will be presented back anonymously to both students and employers. Students will be able to use the information to aid in their job search. Employers are eager to see how they’re doing and where they can improve

We will wait to present responses until we have a sufficient amount in order to ensure anonymity

Students will not be able to search or filter by these responses

Open-text responses may be a future enhancement, though we need to gain experience with the current functionality before considering this

The more responses we receive, the richer the data for future students applying to jobs. If you’re finishing a work-term, don’t forget to rate!

Rate My Work Term questions:

Rate the following (with 1 being completely unsatisfied and 5 being completely satisfied):

Availability of employer support (e.g. start of the term in the company, ongoing interactions with supervisors/others, general feedback, and end-of-term transition)

Opportunities to learn or develop new skills

Opportunities to make meaningful contributions at work

Opportunities to expand your professional network

Appropriate compensation and/or benefits

Rate the following (with 1 being not related at all, 3 being somewhat related and 5 being closely related):

How closely your work was related to your academic program

How closely your work was related to the skills you are developing at university

Rate your overall satisfaction level with your work term (satisfaction takes into consideration the work being assigned, support and resources, the work environment, whether the job is meeting your expectations, etc.), with 1 being least satisfied and 10 being the most satisfied

To rate your work term:

1. Click the blue ‘View Work Term Record’ button, located within the ‘Co-op Sequence Summary’ table on the right side of your dashboard

2. Scroll down to the ‘Work Term Details’ tab and click ‘WorkTerm Recap’

3. Click the blue ‘Create Record’ button