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2007 Annual International CHRIE Conference & Exposition 
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indication that co-op students had a more successful career/employment history than those who did not complete a 
co-op experience; non-co-op students changed jobs more frequently.
Gault, Redington and Schlager (2000) studied the effects of the internship in a business curriculum on 
graduates’ career success. This team of researchers found that graduates with an internship experience obtained their 
full-time positions more quickly than those who did not intern. Internship participants also reported higher levels of 
job satisfaction, presumably because of their preview of the industry before graduation.