2025 Sales Internship Program - Chicago
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.
- Research new and inactive accounts
- Improve relationships with new and existing contacts.
- Uncover additional potential opportunities by interacting with customers
- Assist customers in establishing online accounts
- Shadow CDW sellers from varying levels of tenure
- Work with experienced Account Managers on targeted selling campaigns
- Collaborate with a mentor and a buddy to enhance sales and professional skills
- Research segment-specific data for Sales Managers’ territory optimization
- Work with cross-functional teams to understand the CDW business model better
- 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:
- 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)
- Passion for building a long-term career in Sales after graduation
- Strong interpersonal and time management skills
- Ability to commit to a 40-hour work week during standard business hours throughout the summer, with a hybrid work arrangement
- Ambitious, self-starter attitude with a motivation to excel in the role
- 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
CDW is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer committed to a diverse and inclusive work environment. If you are an individual with a disability and need assistance in applying for a position, please contact us at Helpdesk-Recruiting@cdw.com.