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How networking landed me a co-op position
I never imagined that my path to a sales co-op position with the Abbotsford Canucks would begin with a dinner among friends rather than a polished LinkedIn message or formal networking event. Yet that is exactly how I landed the role. It was the result of a genuine connection built years earlier from my very first co-op work placement, which I hadn鈥檛 even realized was networking at the time.
After returning to Vancouver from a six-month study abroad, I met up with three girls I befriended during my first co-op work placement at the Downtown Surrey Business Improvement Association (BIA). Naturally, as all 51猎奇入口students would, we chatted about co-op and future academic plans. During that dinner, one of my friends mentioned an internship opening with the Abbotsford Canucks where she was currently working full-time, and she encouraged me to apply.