Overview
Introduction
College Works Paintings Internship Program provides college and university students a chance to run their own house-painting business—a unique, life-transforming opportunity to build business management and leadership skills. Past interns say it was a “fantastic growth experience” for anyone wanting to learn about “sales and small business management." Said one: "It tests you to your limits."
Internship Program Stats
How To Apply
Apply here
All applicants participate in a 5-step process:
- The first meeting is an initial phone call where you will learn the basic overview of the program from the recruiter.
- If you are qualified, you'll sit down with an executive for a one on one interview to ask questions and go over the details of the program from start to finish.
- If the company feels you would do well, you enter the research phase where you will be given info about the company background, awards, press and allow you to interview past interns about their experience.
- Next step is a 20-minute phone interview to go over the research phase.
- The last step is an interview with the vice president who will make a final hiring decision.
Number Of Interns
101 or more
Featured Rankings
Best Internships for Overall Career Development
Timing
Summer
Duration
6 to 12 months
Compensation
Paid
About the Program
College Works Paintings provides college and university students a unique, life-transforming opportunity to build business management and leadership skills, hands-on. The internship empowers students to run their own local businesses, manage their own crew of people, and provide a much-needed service within their communities - while earning money as well as invaluable experience. Interns not only gain valuable work...
Intern Reviews
- "The quality of life is superb, everyone I interact with is on the same path as I making the culture extremely progressive which pushes me harder to fulfill my goals, in terms of the #of hours I worked it was all up to me and how successful I intended on being in their program generally doing 40-90 hours a week which was how much I intended and wanted to work."
- "The culture of CWP is amazing. You are around the best of the best college students and there is a culture of growth and competition to strive to do better than where you were at the day before. the hours of work fluctuated depending on the week."
- "It was an internship that was stressful and kept me busy, but at the same time the skills I have developed make the whole experience worth it."
- "They did a great job of helping us have work/life balance. Even training us to schedule fun so we made sure life was enjoyable. Along with that during the summer they hosted fun events where we could meet others and take a chance to relax from our job."
Why Intern Here
College Works is one of the leading business leadership internship programs in the country. We give undergraduate students an extraordinary opportunity to build a competitive resume and gain marketable leadership skills by teaching them how to manage their very own painting business. We help you develop and demonstrate a strong skillset encompassing business ethics, communication, organizational management and sales, along with a firm understanding of the mechanics of leadership applicable to any profession. It’s not just about the money you can earn, it’s about the first real-world experience you’ll get running a business, learning about leadership, management and entrepreneurship.
Getting Hired Here
- "The interview process was very thorough and making sure that I knew my commitment and was going to be successful in doing so before they hired me."
- "The interview process was 5 or 6 steps long. It was pretty extensive and I felt like I was completing for a spot in a top internship program. The interviewers were transparent with me that the internship was difficult and not for everyone but can be very rewarding if you put in the work to be successful."
- "3-4 interviews with different company executives also allowed me to network with these people. Selective standards in the sense that the applicant has to be prepared for the challenging internship."
- "The application process was very convenient and the interviewers made me feel very comfortable."
