Recruiting Ethics for Employers

  The Canadian Association for Co-operative Education (CAFCE) provides guidelines on recruiting ethics. The following are those which apply to students:

• Provide accurate job posting information including salary and location
• Provide reasonable notice of candidates to be interviewed and of interview cancellations
• Respect an institution’s schedule regarding job postings, interview arrangements, job offers, etc., and
  heed the co-operative education policies and procedures of an institution
• Not discuss job offers or rankings with candidates before, during, or following an interview
• Not seek a candidate’s assessment of another candidate
• Not make multiple job rankings or offers unless prepared to accept multiple candidates
• Honour all matches, and not rescind offers of employment
• Confirm all job offers in writing
• Not translate a co-op assignment into a full-time position encouraging a student to settle for less