CIIO for Employers
General Information
The Computer Industry Internship Option (CIIO) is a collaborative effort between the Department of Computer Science and local, national and international employers. These employers are primarily government departments, universities or high-tech companies.
The CIIO provides an opportunity for students to obtain rewarding placements that help them develop practical skills in a real work setting before graduation. The CIIO is available to Computer Science Majors (B.Sc. and B.Sc. Honours only) who typically apply between their third and fourth year of studies.
Internships can begin with the commencement of each academic semester (i.e. September, January or May) and are either 8, 12 or 16 months in duration.
Advantages
There are significant benefits to employing an intern.
- Internships spanning a 12-16 month continuous period allow for the completion of significant projects and reduce recruitment and orientation costs.
(Please note, MUN also has an 8 month internship option) - The longer assessment period facilitates the selection of the most capable future employees.
- Because students tend to begin their internships during their third year of study, they arrive at the workplace with strong skills and extensive knowledge.
- Bright students bring fresh ideas and enthusiasm to the workplace.
- Employers can develop stronger relationships with university and college faculty.
This list is reprinted from the Canadian Association for Internship Programs website www.cafip.ca
Program Details
Internship Times: Internships can begin with the commencement of each academic semester (i.e. September, January or May) and are either 8, 12 or 16 months in duration.
Pay Rates: The Province of Newfoundland and Labrador, the Government of Canada and Memorial University have set pay rates for their interns. Private companies are not required to follow these set rates, but it is expected that all employers will pay their interns at a competitive rate. In 2005/6 interns salaries generally ranged from $1800 to $3000 a month.
Duties: Interns duties are primarily in areas of software development and testing, web applications, portal technology and programming.
When to Post an Internship Position: The CIIO does not have a 'match date' as many coop programs have and job development is a year round process. We recommend that if you're interested in hiring an intern you contact us as soon as possible as hiring is done on a first come first served basis.
How We Select Interns
Acceptance into the CIIO is a competitive process. In order to be eligible for the program applicants must:
- be a declared Computer Science Major
- have successfully completed all the courses in either List 1 or List 2
- have at least one computer science course left to complete after the internship
| List 1 | List 2 |
| 1700: Introduction to Computer Science | 1710: Object Oriented Programming I |
| 2710: Problem Solving and Programming | 2710: Object Oriented Programming II |
| 2711: Intro to Algorithms & Data Structures | 2711: Intro to Algorithms & Data Structures |
| 2740: Discrete Structures I | 2742: Logic for Computer Science |
| 2741: Discrete Structures II | 2760: Encountering the Computer |
| 3718: Programming in the Small | 3716: Software Methodology |
| 3724: Computer Organisation | Any other two core 3000-level CS courses |
| 3740: Abstract Machines, Languages and Computations |
Admission to the CIIO is also subject to academic performance and those that are selected are highly motivated and well skilled students.
Former Employers
In the last two years the Department of Computer Science has sent CIIO interns to work with companies both within the province and elsewhere in Canada. These include:
- Consilient Technologies
- Government of Canada, Communications Security Establishment
- Government of Canada, Department of Fisheries and Oceans
- Government of Newfoundland and Labrador, Office of the Chief Information Officer
- Memorial University, Computing and Communications
- Memorial University, Department of Computer Science
- IBM, Toronto Software Lab
- Instrumar
How to Hire an Intern
If you would like to explore the possibility of hiring a CIIO intern, please contact the Internship Coordinator using the contact information below.
The information we would need in order to post your placement would include:
- Intern duties
- Intern qualifications
- Start and end dates of internship
- Rate of pay
- Deadline for applications
Contact Information
For more information on how you can take advantage of the Computer Industry Internship Option please contact:
Rebecca Newhook
Co-operative Education Coordinator
Faculties of Arts and Science
Memorial University
Tel: 864-4098
Fax: 864-8960
Email: rnewhook@mun.ca
