Located in the hub of Chicago’s business district, Northwestern Mutual – Chicago is a prime workplace for students participating in the Chicago Semester internship. Add in a legacy of leadership that dates to 1872 and a high-performance corporate culture that focuses on personal and professional growth and students have the ultimate urban, professional work experience.
Since 2011, Northwestern Mutual – Chicago has partnered with Chicago Semester offering internships in the firm’s financial planning practice administration and operations departments.
“Being able to partner with the Chicago Semester program to offer internship opportunities to their bright, ambitious students has been very rewarding for myself and Northwestern Mutual – Chicago, “said Jenny Eason, Manager of Support Services.? “Our interns strive to learn all that they can, not only about our industry, but about the professional experience as a whole,” she added.
This past semester, Sophia Randall and David DeHaan, learned what it takes to be a leader in client satisfaction and building a financial planning practice.
“Interning at Northwestern Mutual – Chicago has given me the opportunity to sharpen my skills in specific areas of work that I am interested in pursuing post-graduation,” said Randall.
“As an intern, I was pushed to produce excellent work with the help of experienced professionals around me who are willing and able to help me succeed. This has provided me with a unique and rich learning experience that has prepared me to be a better professional in my field,” she added.
David De Haan, a senior from Northwestern College, was part of Sales Execution Team working with Jenny Eason.
“I’ve had an incredible internship experience here at Northwestern Mutual – Chicago,” said De Haan. “The people here are so friendly and are dedicated to providing an internship experience that’s customizable to my needs and interests. You can definitely tell that Northwestern Mutual is invested in helping create real-world workplace experiences to better prepare young adults for the future,” he added
In addition to the Chicago Semester program, the firm provides internship opportunities in the planning department as an investment analyst intern as well as the firm’s most popular and nationally recognized financial representative internship program.