Southern Company, Atlanta, GA
Location:
Atlanta, GA
Company Overview:
Southern Company, one of America's largest generators of electricity, provides power to more than 4 million people everyday. We are made up of over 25,000 talented and diverse professionals each building a unique career. Join us and we will help you build an amazing career at a Fortune 500 leader.
Majors sought:
Chemical Engineering, Civil Engineering, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, and Mechanical Engineering
How long has Southern Company utilized co-op students from Clemson?
Southern Company has been utilizing co-op students from Clemson for fifteen years.
How many co-op students are employed with Southern Company each semester?
Southern Company has about 120 students on assignment each semester. Students are located throughout the Southern Company service territory which covers Alabama, the Florida panhandle, Georgia and the coast of Mississippi.
Quotes:
"Our company considers co-op students to be one of our most significant feeder pools for filling permanent positions. It's a 'win-win' for both the student employee and the company. The student gets the opportunity to gain great experience and get paid while doing it. The benefits to the company allow us to assess work quality and performance before full-time consideration. The end result is usually a permanent employee whose work skills and related experience far exceeds the average job applicant. The Cooperative Education Program has been ultra successful for us in recruiting and training student employees to do our work. And for the student it is an investment in their own future - it usually leads to full-time job opportunities upon graduation. It is one of our key recruiting strategies allowing us to fill jobs with competent, trained, and experienced new employees with reduced turnover. We intend to continue our Co-op Program because we've gotten nothing but positive results from it."