About the role
Internship Program
Participate in an entrepreneurial internship program where you run your own business selling educational materials through a system of referrals and in-home consultations to families.
How it Works
As a wholesale buyer of Southwestern Advantage educational material*, your profit is the difference between wholesale and retail price. Southwestern Advantage is a single-level marketing company that provides the training, product, and business model to help you run your business.
*Participants do not have to purchase the product upfront. They have samples provided in their free sales kit and pay the wholesale once the money is collected from their customers.
Internship Process
Initial contact
Chat with an experienced student leader to learn more about the Southwestern Advantage Internship Program.
Information Session
Hear from those who have participated in the program to discover if the opportunity benefits your future.
Selection Process
Participate in a three-day follow-up process that includes interviews and exercises to determine whether the program is a great fit for both parties.
Campus Meetings
Join in training and relationship-building meetings throughout the school year.
Production Seminar & Parent Webinar
Learn more about the products and business management. Parents can also participate in a webinar to better understand the internship program.
Sales School
Train with a team of experts and your peers in Nashville, TN, with a focus on product knowledge, the cycle of selling, live role-playing, business management, safety, and ethics.
Meet Families
Generate your own customer base by visiting families at their home via home consultations and referrals.
Awards Banquet
Recognize your achievements and milestones and those of your peers during a regional awards ceremony.
Incentive Trip
Qualify for an all-inclusive trip called Sizzler, a five-day retreat at a warm weathered destination that includes a service project to help the local community.
Why Join
Gain a unique, hands-on experience that will set you apart from your peers with transferrable skills in:
- Communication
- Career & Self-Development
- Critical Thinking
- Professionalism
- Leadership
- Business Management
Reward: Everything Is Earned. Everything Is Learned.
- Gain an entrepreneurial mindset by running a profitable business
- Make money by meeting family’s educational needs
Adventure: Your Journey Begins Where Your Comfort Zone Ends.
- Interact with families from diverse backgrounds
- Make new friends and lasting memories with roommates and peers
- Travel domestically and internationally for training, incentive, and service trips
Challenge: Attitude Determines Altitude.
- Learn to accept challenges head-on
- Gain valuable problem-solving skills during day-to-day interactions in the field
- Discover the reward of reaching goals and gaining personal growth
Service: Helping Others is a Choice.
- Share educational resources with families
- Make an impact in the local community
- Go beyond the summer and participate in large-scale service projects
Give Back to the Community
Participate in Share the Advantage – a compilation of give-back programs intended to help individuals, families, and organizations.
- Be empowered to identify and donate educational material to families most in need
- Support and volunteer in long-term impact projects during the Sizzler incentive trip
Jumpstart Your Career
Join over 100,000 alumni in gaining the skills and knowledge for success by starting your career with the Southwestern Advantage Internship Program. Follow in alumni’s footsteps and become a TV personality like Chip Gaines or US Senator like Marsha Blackburn. Many alumni have become successful business owners, real-estate agents, investors, doctors, lawyers, and engineers by using the life and business skills they learned as interns.
Receive guidance from Southwestern Advantage’s Career Services team, a service to student participants that provides:
- Placement in any of the Southwestern Family of Companies members and outside companies in many diverse industries.
- Professional resume-building tools
- Interview tactics and resources
- Letters of Recommendation
- Matches between candidates and careers
- Assistance with grad school applications