JobMine

JobMine is a software system designed to help students become matched with potential employers. It was installed in 2004 and there have been several unsuccessful attempts at replacing it.

Pre-JobMine
Before the JobMine system, most of the job application process was done by hand, producing large amount of paper waste.

Deployment
JobMine was deployed to all students in 2004. Students immediately gave it a cold welcome, citing a "lacking in ease of use, frequent service interruptions, and the less-than-ideal matching algorithm".

WaterlooWorks
See full article: WaterlooWorks  WaterlooWorks was a JobMine replacement project that began as Joberloo as a result of the CECS Employment Process Review that was carried out in 2006. After two failed beta-tests with students from the School of Architecture, the software was found to lack the required scalability. On February 25, 2011, it was announced that the project had been officially cancelled.

JobMine 'glitch'
Since its installation, the JobMine system has been rumoured to contain a flaw that allows students to know the number of offers they have before the ranking period begins. There has been some experimentation done over the years and several theories as to the nature of the glitch have been proposed. The most common belief is that: # offers = Active Applications + Applications Remaining – 50  There are several other bugs that appear in the system, however, discovering the root cause of them is often difficult since JobMine is closed-source.