By Kristina Leung and Julien Gagnier, Mediacorp Canada Inc. staff editors
Description: CMHC is Canada's national housing agency and provider of mortgage loan insurance, mortgage-backed securities, housing policy and programs, and housing research.
Highlights for new grads:
Career planning services
Flexible work hours
Formal leadership training
Health benefits for new employees
In-house training program
Online training program
Orientation program for new employees
Student employment: summer and co-op
Telecommuting
Tuition subsidies
Vacation (after first year): 3 weeks
As part of CMHC's student hiring program, students and new graduates are invited every spring to register their resumes in the Career Section of the CMHC website. This program is dedicated to hiring students and recent graduates across the Corporation, as summer students, co-ops or as contract employees during the course of the year.
Hiring locations across Canada: Halifax NS, Montreal QC, Toronto ON, Calgary AB, Vancouver BC
Typical positions for new grads: Graduates would occupy Analyst (Business Development), Analyst (Risk Management), Market Research Analyst, Policy Analyst (Aboriginal Housing Policy), Data Mining Analyst, Insurance Business Analyst, Treasury Risk Officer, Information Officer, Junior Correspondence Officer, Assistant (Business Development), Analyst (Human Resources Policy & Organizational Development), Marketing Assistant, Human Resources Assistant positions.
New grads hired here typically have these academic backgrounds:
Bachelor of Arts: General, Architecture - Design/History, Architecture - Landscape, Business, Economics, English, French, Geography, History, Human Resources, Industrial Relations, Journalism, Languages (Other), Philosophy, Political Science, Psychology, Public Relations / Communications, Sociology, Urban Geography / Planning
Bachelor of Commerce / Business Administration: General, Accounting, Finance, Human Resources
