Sharpen your skills with an internship
The School of Business and Economics is continually building relationships with local employers—throughout northwest Indiana and the Chicagoland region—which creates opportunities for internships, career-related part-time positions, and other opportunities to benefit our students.
Internships allow students to:
- Be aware of the skills employers want
- Gain marketable work-world experiences
- Pursue their career interests and use their current skills in a professional environment
- Gain access to networks for building colleagues and mentors in a chosen career field
Where our students have interned
A sample of where our students have interned recently includes:
- American Red Cross (Merrillville, Ind.) — Marketing/Events
- Baker Tilly International (Chicago) — Accounting
- Food Bank of Northwest Indiana (Merrillville, Ind.) — Marketing
- IU Northwest: University Advancement (Gary, Ind.) — Marketing/Social Media
- Jack Gray Transport (Gary, Ind.) — Accounting
- Northwestern Indiana Regional Planning Commission (Portage, Ind.) — Finance
- RubinBrown CPA (Chicago) — Accounting
- Speedway (Dyer, Ind.) — Operations
Interested in an internship?
If you're interested in pursuing an internship as a part of your educational experience within the School of Business and Economics, it’s important that you first arrange an appointment with HelenMarie Harmon, the director of student success, engagement & career development, to discuss your career goals, as well as strategies for finding and applying to available internships.
It may be possible to get academic credit for your internship if you are a junior or senior-level business student. If credit is possible, there would be additional steps in the process, including securing a School of Business and Economics professor in the academic area appropriate to the internship experience.
