Internships offer a lot more than relevant work experiences. With the right company, students can get benefits such as career development.
Vault.com revealed its bets internship programs for career development. These are the companies that have the highest rating for training and mentoring, quality of assignments, real-life experience and networking opportunities.
Evercore's Advisory Summer Analyst and Summer Associate Program still got the top spot as the best internship program for career development. It has been deemed as the top program for 2017. Frank, Rimerman + Co. LLP's Summer Internship and Elliott Davis Decosimo's ENVISION Summer Internship Experience got second and third, respectively.
Evercore's summer program is set for 10 weeks, including one week of training. It is designed to provide undergraduates and MBAs with a relevant experience in banking. Interns can work on various assignments in different industries such as acquisitions, restructurings, recapitalizations, divestitures, partnerships and joint ventures. They will be responsible for a variety of tasks including preparing for and attending client meetings, financial modeling, industry analysis, due diligence and process management and execution of transactions.
Northwestern Mutual's internship program got second place in terms of career development. It has been deemed as the best financial services internship program. Bates White's summer consultant program comes in third place. iHeartMedia Los Angeles and Nickelodeon Animation Studio's Nickternship program comes in fourth and fifth, respectively.
Frank, Rimerman + Co. LLP's summer internship is also one of the best internship programs for career development, in sixth place. It is deemed as the best program for Accounting majors.
Other companies in the list include Perella Weinberg Partners, Bain & Company, James G. Davis Construction Corporation, Swiss Post Solutions, KPCB, Elliott Davis Decosimo and Westar Energy. Capital One's analyst internship program also helped interns with their career development.
It was reported that students should apply for several internships while they are still in college. There is no better way to gain real-life experience than through it. It will also give you a chance to get your foot in the door of your dream company.
