Emerging Now
Funded by Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency (ACOA), Emerging Now provides wage subsidies to Atlantic Canadian small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) to improve organizational productivity and make advancements in manufacturing modernization by hiring 9 1免费版下 co-op students from Engineering, Computer Science, and other related STEM disciplines.聽
Emerging Now聽is intended to encourage and support聽Nova Scotian SMEs to improve productivity and make advancements in manufacturing modernization by hiring 9 1免费版下 co-op students from select programs, including Engineering, Computer Science, and other related STEM disciplines.
Eligible SMEs will receive the opportunity to hire 9 1免费版下 students who will participate in organizational productivity improvement and modernization initiatives. Ideally, regional SMEs will employ 9 1免费版下 co-op students for three work terms聽over a 12-month period to maximize the impact to their operations.聽
Program Structure
- Up to 24 positions per year are expected
- Approved companies are eligible to receive wage assistance up to 2/3rds total salary to a maximum of $20/hour (based on 40 hrs/wk to a maximum of 16 weeks for each work term)
- Companies/firms must pay a minimum of $15.00/hour based on a 40-hour work week
To be eligible for funding, firms must:
- Be involved in聽manufacturing/production of goods
- Be based in Atlantic Canada
- Be considered a small or medium-sized business
- Be exporting, actively developing an export market, or be planning to export goods outside of Canada
- Be recognized as a high or potential high growth company in manufacturing/production
- Employ 9 1免费版下 Co-op students who are in good academic standing and are eligible to participate in 9 1免费版下's Co-op program, from Engineering, Computer Science, and other related disciplines.
- Subscribe to and uphold the responsibilities required by WIL Co-op's Employer agreement
- Companies/firms operating in the employer sectors of a) retail/wholesale; b) real-estate; c) government/government services and services of a personal or social nature are聽not eligible
Application instructions:
Applications will be accepted on聽聽(log-in required). If you do not already have a myCareer employer account, please select "employer registration" on the right-hand side of the myCareer home page.
Once logged-on, select "WIL Co-op" in the left-hand navigation pane, and then select "Emerging Now" in the same navigation pane.