Internship Resources
School of Business Administration
School of Business Administration
It is never too early to begin exploring internship opportunities and we encourage you to start as early as possible in making connections with employers. The School of Business and the Career and Life Design Center provide many opportunities to network with employers and ask questions to learn more about their companies and the internship opportunities they offer.
Many companies recruit on campus once per year or do their heaviest recruiting during one specific semester. Some mainly recruit in the fall, for example. So if a student does not attend the fall career fair or take other opportunities to connect with an employer in the fall while they are on campus, they may not have another opportunity to connect in person with this company for a full year.
Even if you feel you aren’t ready to apply for internships yet, it is still important to network to begin making those connections now.
Contact us
ACHIEVE Program
School of Business Administration
232 Elliott Hall
207 Varner Drive
(248) 370-3128
Troy Nelson
Interim ACHIEVE Program Manager
[email protected]
How can meeting with the Internship Coordinator benefit you?
You may have heard the word internship and have a basic understanding of what this is. Regardless of how prepared or unprepared you feel you are, the Internship Coordinator will work with you and get started.
In your meeting with the Internship Coordinator, you will:
- Discuss your internship goals and areas of interest
- Discuss internship structures and employer and SBA expectations
- Prepare your resume to reflect skills and experience to help you pursue your first internship
- Explore resources to use to apply for internships
- Review how you can use LinkedIn to support you in your internship quest
- Review how to demonstrate professionalism and effectively communicate with employers about internships
- Discuss importance of networking events such as Career Fairs and Meet & Greets to engage with employers about internship opportunities
Benefits of completing internships:
- Gain valuable career-related skills in your area of study
- Learn professionalism and business etiquette in a an actual work environment
- Gain industry knowledge
- Gain confidence in your skills and future job prospects
- Build your professional network
- Learn about business operations and global partners
- Gain an advantage over applicants who don’t have internship experience
- Gives you the chance to try a career path or specific type of position to see if it is right for you
- Apply classroom knowledge
- Helps you transition from student to full time employee
As part of the business school’s ACHIEVE program, students participate in many career and professional development activities and events. ACHIEVE aims to prepare students to be day-one professionals. Many students have a goal to complete an internship or two before graduation to help prepare them for the professional world. Students at any phase of the ACHIEVE program, can meet with the Internship Coordinator to discuss employer expectations and how to search for and prepare for an internship.
With Oakland’s location in the heart of Automation Alley and connections to thousands of large and small companies, the right internship experience is ready when you are. Build your resume with quality internship experiences. Listed below are some of the employers who hire OU students for internships:
- American Axle & Manufacturing, Inc.
- BAE Industries
- Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan
- Brose
- Comerica Bank
- Deloitte
- Ernst & Young
- Flex-N-Gate
- Ford Motor Company
- Forvia
- General Motors
- KPMG
- Northwestern Mutual
- Plante Moran LLP
- PriceWaterhouseCoopers
- Rehmann
- Rocket Companies
- Sedgwick
- Stellantis
- UHY International
- UWM (United Wholesale Mortgage)