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2025 Summer Intern - General Motors Student Corps Program

Job Description

GM DOES NOT PROVIDE IMMIGRATION-RELATED SPONSORSHIP FOR THIS ROLE. DO NOT APPLY FOR THIS ROLE IF YOU WILL NEED GM IMMIGRATION SPONSORSHIP (e.g., H-1B, TN, STEM OPT, etc.) NOW OR IN THE FUTURE.   

 

Work Arrangement

Hybrid: This role is categorized as hybrid. This means the successful candidate is expected to report to the metro-Detroit area three times per week, at minimum.

 

About GM Student Corps:

GM Student Corps (GMSC) is a comprehensive, paid summer internship program for high school students in metro-Detroit, Flint and Pontiac that encompasses community service, life skills training, team building and mentoring. The program is centered around professional development to prepare students to tackle today’s challenges and become tomorrow’s leaders.

 

The Team:

Each participating school team consists of 8 high school interns, 2 GM retirees and one college intern. Teams work together to develop their own community service beautification projects in their school or neighborhood. Since 2013, GMSC's goal is preparing students to face today’s challenges and become tomorrow’s leaders.

 

How You’ll Make an Impact:

In this unique role, college interns can make a great impact in the metro-Detroit community, while simultaneously preparing for their own future professional careers.  As an intern, you would play a crucial role in the program as you co-lead community-focused projects, while instructing critical life skills and helping students determine their next steps to achieve their post-high school goals. College interns are exposed to different career paths in GM through workshops and trainings, mentorship with a GM employee in their field of study as well as participate in a group case study project tackling real world business problems.

 

For a deeper look into the program, check out this article here: https://www.gm.com/stories/student-corps-anniversary-showcase

 

What You'll Do (Internship Focus Areas):

Project Management: Brainstorm, research, design, and execute community improvement projects alongside the retirees, guiding the students these valuable skills along the way.

 

Leadership and Communication: Ability to lead and communicate to varying levels of program participants (high school students, retirees, and program management).

 

Mentoring: Spend time with the students discussing their next steps after high school – what career fields are of interest to them, what type of higher education is required, where to obtain that education, and how to navigate the higher education space successfully.

 

Lesson Plan Facilitation: Organize and facilitate lessons to help instruct the students valuable soft skills such as communication, teamwork, and presenting.

 

Program Administration: Maintain financial budget for assigned school team. Track and update payroll information for high school interns. Opportunity to learn and implement corporate giving process.

 

Professional Development: Network with GM employees and learn about different areas of the company. Weekly conversations with assigned Mentor to work on goals, practice skills and prepare of post college graduation.

 

 

Additional Job Description

Required Qualifications:   

Pursuit of a Bachelor’s or Master's degree in one of the following areas: Business, Engineering, Communications, Psychology, Technology, Social Work, Education or related degree

Must be graduating between December 2025 and June 2028

Able to work fulltime, 40 hours per week

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What will give you a Competitive Edge (Preferred Qualifications):

Interpersonal and relationship management skills with the ability to effectively collaborate with varying levels of the organization as needed

Emerging partnership and collaboration skills and ability to learn from and share knowledge with co-workers in a fast-paced environment

High level of integrity, ability to deal with ambiguity, takes initiative/is proactive

Preferred ability to drive company vehicles for work assignments, such as 15-person passenger vans and pickup trucks

Willing and able to participate in community improvement projects with teams, this could include, but is not limited to, yardwork, painting, and learning to utilize new tools

 

Start dates for this internship role are May & June of 2025.

 

Compensation:

The salary range for this role is $3,500 - $5,400 monthly, dependent upon class status and degree

GM will provide a one-time lump sum taxable stipend payment to eligible students selected for the 2025 Student Program

Able to work fulltime, 40 hours per week during the summer months

 

What you’ll get from us (Benefits):

Paid US GM Holidays

GM Family First Vehicle Discount Program

Result-based potential for growth within GM

Intern events to network with company leaders and peers

 

 

About GM

Our vision is a world with Zero Crashes, Zero Emissions and Zero Congestion and we embrace the responsibility to lead the change that will make our world better, safer and more equitable for all.

 

 

Why Join Us 

We aspire to be the most inclusive company in the world. We believe we all must make a choice every day – individually and collectively – to drive meaningful change through our words, our deeds and our culture. Our Work Appropriately philosophy supports our foundation of inclusion and provides employees the flexibility to work where they can have the greatest impact on achieving our goals, dependent on role needs. Every day, we want every employee, no matter their background, ethnicity, preferences, or location, to feel they belong to one General Motors team.

 

 

Diversity Information

General Motors is committed to being a workplace that is not only free of discrimination, but one that genuinely fosters inclusion and belonging. We strongly believe that workforce diversity creates an environment in which our employees can thrive and develop better products for our customers.   We understand and embrace the variety through which people gain experiences whether through professional, personal, educational, or volunteer opportunities. GM is proud to be an equal opportunity employer.


We encourage interested candidates to review the key responsibilities and qualifications and apply for any positions that match your skills and capabilities.

 

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