Employers and Industry Partners

Increase awareness of your organization and help students understand who you are, what you do, and how they can connect with future opportunities.

Employer visibility activities are a good fit for organizations that want to introduce their workplace culture, promote career pathways, explain hiring timelines, or build a stronger student talent pipeline before active recruitment begins.

UM Behind the Hire engagement sessions 

Introduce students to your organization, workplace culture, recruitment process, career pathways, and current or future opportunities. 

Get Hired

Promote relevant jobs, events, and career opportunities through student-facing career communications where appropriate.

Employer spotlights

Share organization highlights, hiring advice, or career pathway information through approved UM channels where available.

Connect with students in person or virtually through structured events designed to support career exploration, recruitment, and professional relationship building.

These opportunities are a good fit for organizations that want to meet students directly, answer questions, promote opportunities, and build relationships with potential future candidates.

Career fairs and recruitment events

Meet students directly, promote current or future opportunities, and increase your organization’s visibility on campus.

Networking events

Connect with students in a structured setting designed to support career exploration and professional relationship building. 

Employer Advice Cafés    

Share practical career advice with students in an informal setting focused on resumes, interviews, networking, and workplace readiness.

Help students better understand how hiring works, what employers look for, and how they can prepare for career opportunities.

These activities allow employers and industry professionals to share practical insight into recruitment practices, workplace expectations, career pathways, sector trends, and the skills students need to succeed.

Industry panels

Join other professionals to discuss career pathways, workforce trends, skills, and sector-specific opportunities.

Hiring process conversations

Help students understand recruitment timelines, application expectations, interviews, and selection processes.

Workplace readiness activities

Share practical advice on professional communication, networking, workplace expectations, and career preparation.

Connect with students through structured work experiences that allow them to apply classroom learning while contributing to workplace projects, process improvement, research, and day-to-day business needs.

Co-op and internship opportunities can help your organization access emerging talent, build future hiring pipelines, and support students as they gain meaningful professional experience.

Explore co-ops and internships

Share a real organizational challenge that students can explore through a course, program, or experiential learning opportunity.

Applied projects can bring fresh perspectives to business, community, technical, communication, operational, policy, or innovation needs while helping students connect academic learning to real-world contexts.

Partner with students on larger or more structured projects that may involve research, analysis, recommendations, prototypes, presentations, or final reports.

These opportunities are often a good fit for organizations with a defined challenge, question, or opportunity that would benefit from deeper student analysis and practical recommendations.

Explore opportunities to connect with university expertise, research capacity, innovation initiatives, or faculty-led collaboration.

This pathway may be suitable for organizations with complex questions, sector challenges, product or service ideas, data needs, or longer-term partnership goals.

Employers engaging with University of Manitoba students are expected to provide an inclusive environment that is free from harassment and discrimination and that aligns with applicable employment legislation. The CCELC follows national and provincial standards, including those outlined by CACEE and Manitoba Labour Standards (outlined below).  

• Canadian Association of Career Educators and Employers (CACEE) Ethical Recruitment Guidelines
• CACEE Guidelines for Recruiting Graduates with Self-Declared Disabilities
• Manitoba Employment Standards 

Opportunities Not Permitted

The following types of opportunities will not be posted on UMConnect or permitted at University of Manitoba recruitment events, including career fairs and information sessions:

• Opportunities that do not clearly identify the employer name, job title, or job description
• Opportunities that require applicants to pay upfront fees as a condition of employment or application
• Opportunities associated with multi-level marketing plans or pyramid selling schemes, as defined under Canada’s Competition Act
• Opportunities that appear to be unlawful, misleading, or inconsistent with the university’s standards for professional conduct
• Unpaid opportunities that do not comply with applicable Canadian and Manitoba labour legislation and the CACEE Statement on Unpaid Internships

To support positive and professional experiences for students, alumni, employers, and university staff, the Career, Community and Experiential Learning Centre reviews employer participation in career events, information sessions, and UMConnect job postings. The university may decline, suspend, or restrict participation where an employer’s conduct or opportunity is inconsistent with the University of Manitoba Employer Guidelines. Concerns about recruitment practices or treatment of students, alumni, staff, or faculty may be submitted to the Career, Community and Experiential Learning Centre for review.

Employers creating an account and posting opportunities on UMConnect must provide the following information. Incomplete registrations or postings may be declined or removed if they do not meet these requirements.

• The full name of the primary contact person, including a phone number and corporate email address. Registrations submitted using generic email domains (such as Gmail or Hotmail), or email addresses that do not align with the organization’s website domain, may be subject to additional verification or declined.
• A clear description of the nature of the opportunity and the type of position (e.g., full-time, part-time, summer, temporary or contract, internship, or volunteer).
• A detailed job description outlining responsibilities and required qualifications.
• An application deadline.
• A clear description of the application method (e.g., email submission, employer website, or application through UMConnect).
• All required fields completed within the posting.

Registration on UMConnect does not guarantee approval or the ability to post positions. All postings are reviewed by the CCELC and may be declined if they do not align with the University of Manitoba’s employer guidelines.

Employers interested in recruiting or promoting employment opportunities on campus must coordinate with the Career, Community and Experiential Learning Centre (CCELC).

Organizations wishing to book space on campus to recruit or promote employment opportunities must contact CCELC at cs.reception@umanitoba.ca. Employers who arrange or rent space through University of Manitoba Conference & Catering or other campus booking services must also notify the CCELC and adhere to the employer guidelines outlined in this document.

The CCELC reserves the right to review and decline recruitment activities or space bookings that do not align with these guidelines.

The only exception applies to employers booking space to connect specifically with Asper School of Business students in the Drake Centre, which will follow the Asper School of Business employer requirements.

Employer Conduct on Campus

Employers recruiting on campus are expected to conduct their activities in a professional and respectful manner. While on campus, employers must:

• Comply with all applicable fire, health, safety, and building regulations.
• Occupy only the display or recruitment space assigned through CCELC, Conference & Catering, or another authorized campus booking service, and only during the dates and times agreed upon.
• Limit recruitment and promotional activities to the designated location that has been reserved.
• Engage with students in a respectful manner and interact with students who voluntarily approach the recruitment space.
• Refrain from approaching or following students outside of the designated recruitment area, including classrooms, lecture halls, libraries, dining areas, study spaces, or other campus facilities.