“The coop program is the best thing that Georgia Tech does for its students. Any university can offer classes but it takes a stroke of genius to let the intelligentsia of Corporate America to sharpen the minds of the students. In the coop programs, students learn invaluable work ethics, discipline, corporate culture and domain skills that enable them to leapfrog their peers. This is important in the increasingly competitive job market, and I, as a manager of a high tech company, always prefer students who have gone through the rigor of coop programs.”
"ATA Engineering takes great pride in our co-op program, which is at the heart of our recruiting effort for finding future full-time employees. We have offered co-op opportunities for as long as we have been in business. In fact, 25% of the engineers who currently make up ATA's full-time staff started their working relationship with this group of engineers as co-ops or interns. Co-op students with ATA work side-by-side with recognized experts in the fields of mechanical, structural and aerospace engineering, helping to solve a variety of engineering problems. We value the relationship we have developed with the Georgia Tech Co-op program, and we value the students who have and will co-op with ATA as their development and growth is ours as well."
"The ability of the construction industry to attract a sufficient number of qualified young people to support the growth of the economy has been well publicized for years. This shortage has been the primary limiting factor to the growth of many companies. Nearly thirty years ago, we recognized and responded to this challenge by sponsoring a vibrant co-op program for Georgia Tech students. In recent years, our co-op students have numbered fifteen to twenty on each semester rotation. To call these bright young people the lifeblood of the company's future would not be an overstatement. When you realize that seventeen of our former star co-ops are now full time employees — some for nearly twenty years — and that a good number of those are now a part of our leadership team that will take the company into the future, you can understand the importance of the Georgia Tech Co-op Program to McKenney's Inc."
