Internships

Where Will I Intern?

Discovery Internships is your personal recruiter.
We use the application process to understand your internship and career interests - and then we market you to prospective employers. At the core, we help employers connect with young, motivated students such as yourself that are interested in working alongside professionals in exchange for gaining real work experience. Sometimes we will utilize employers in our extensive network; often we will actually approach new employers to find YOU the right position. That's right: not an internship; YOUR internship!

   

 Tell us about your career interests - and learn how spending a summer with Discovery Internships can drive your future!

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Internship Industries

The Internship Placement Process

Hotel Management & Hospitality

 Hotel management and hospitality professionals are the key players behind a comfortable room and good food. There are many career opportunities within the industry. Convention managers arrange special events at a hotel or resort; food and beverage managers prepare menus and hire restaurant and service staff; and entertainment and Spa Managers who arrange luxury accommodations. A General Manager of a Hotel looks over all aspects and in addition setting room rates, controls the budget expenditures, and establishes standards for service to guests, decor, housekeeping, food quality, and banquet operations.

As a CE intern, you could work with one or all of the many management divisions. You may work in an internal role or you could interact directly with both leisure and business travelers.

Past CE interns have:

  • Gained exposure in every department of a premiere hotel including: front desk, concierge, human resources, restaurant, finance, sales and business management
  • Trained with industry experts
  • Mastered essential guest relations tools
  • Learned about the hiring and interview process
  • Sat in on meetings to assess and enhance the hospitality model
  • And much, much more...

Testimonials

I worked for a major media group. My mentor gave me a lot of independence and trust. I had a lot of my own projects in the media marketing department, including developing website content. I did a lot more than getting coffee and doing busy work. I learned a lot!
- Erika
I have to admit that I surprised even myself in the business meetings. No one expected the high school intern to say anything, but I stepped up, spoke up, and shared ideas during the conferences. They even used a few of my ideas within their operations!
- Samantha
I am a people person and working at the front desk of a 5 star hotel could not have been more perfect for me. I got to relate and assist people all day every day. I really got to use my social skills and now feel confident about my future because of this!
- Zach
Being able to work in so many different departments in a hotel really opened my eyes to how many great opportunities there are out there. In the beginning I thought I’d either love it or hate it. It turns out that there is so much that I really enjoy about the hotel industry, and I happen to be good at a lot of it, too!
- Seth

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