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Description
Bring your IT career and talents to CDW, where you can have a greater impact, be inspired by our mission and excited about your career and future. A Fortune 200 leader, we’re the driven professionals and technology experts companies turn to most to solve their IT challenges.
Are you a self-starter that’s eager to develop your strategic selling skills in a collaborative, problem solving team environment? CDW is looking for ambitious and dedicated students to join our Hybrid Summer Sales Internship Program. This Program is designed to provide hands-on experience in business-to-business technology sales. As a Sales Intern, you’ll be exposed to solution-based selling strategies by collaborating with sales professionals that have access to 1,000+ brands to tackle our customers’ IT challenges. Not to mention, you’ll be joining a community of interns from universities across the country.
What you’ll do:
You will participate in a variety of meaningful projects that will allow you to experience each step in a high-performance sales environment. You will make a significant impact to our sales team by providing a fresh perspective. Beyond collaborating and managing strategic projects, the program delivers enrichment activities and social opportunities to grow your professional network and development. Past professional development events included: executive panel breakfast, engagement with vendor partners, structured workshops and volunteer days.
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Research new and inactive accounts
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Improve relationships with new and existing contacts
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Uncover additional potential opportunities by interacting with customers
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Assist customers in establishing online accounts
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Shadow CDW sellers from varying levels of tenure
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Work with experienced Account Managers on targeted selling campaigns
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Collaborate with a mentor and a buddy to enhance sales and professional skills
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Research segment-specific data for Sales Managers’ territory optimization
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Work with cross-functional teams to understand the CDW business model better
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Collaborate with vendor partners to learn about their partnerships with CDW
How you’ll grow:
You will be given the opportunity to sharpen your interpersonal skills and expand your knowledge of the technology industry through hands-on learning over the course of 10 weeks. The internship experience begins with classroom training and continues with ongoing support and feedback from your dedicated Sales Manager. This dynamic program allows you to be fully immersed in CDW’s culture with an opportunity for a full-time sales career after successful completion of the program.
Our interview process:
Please know that your application is being reviewed by a member of the Internship Recruiting Team. We will begin interviewing for our Sales Intern Program in February 2025.
The 2025 Summer Internship Program will begin Tuesday, June 3rd, and end Friday, August 8th and will be a hybrid experience in the location listed in the job description.
What we’re looking for:
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Currently enrolled undergraduate students with a graduation date of December 2025 or May 2026 with ability to begin full-time employment in 2026 (if offered employment post-internship)
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Passion for building a long-term career in Sales after graduation
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Strong interpersonal and time management skills
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Ability to commit to a 40-hour work week during standard business hours throughout the summer, with a hybrid work arrangement
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Ambitious, self-starter attitude with a motivation to excel in the role
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Authorization to work in the U.S. without sponsorship as a full-time coworker
Salary: $ 17/hour
Benefits overview: https://cdw.benefit-info.com/
Salary ranges may be subject to geographic differentials
Who we are:
CDW is a leading technology solutions provider to business, government, education and healthcare organizations across the globe. Our fingerprints can be found on technology in workplaces of more than 250,000 companies; from fresh-faced start-ups to international conglomerates. With the breadth of products and services we offer, there is no request too big or too small.
What you can expect from us: Culture, coworkers, careers.
CDW is not only the People Who Get IT but the People who get People. Our relationships are fueled by our deep expertise and grounded in the CDW Way. Our empowering leadership makes things happen and inspires their teams to do the same. From the teammates beside us to the leaders who guide us, we move forward together. At CDW, you’ll work with people who inspire you. People with positive, success-driven attitudes who you will learn from and forge strong relationships with. Bring your best true self—and your best ideas—to CDW. Because diverse perspectives bring forth better problem solving—and better solutions for our customers on a rapidly evolving technology landscape.
Equal Opportunity Employer, including disability and protected veteran status
Benefits overview: https://cdw.benefit-info.com/
What We Do
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Why Work With Us
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