Looking for a job or internship? Need to sharpen your resume writing and interviewing skills? Sign up on IUCareers.com for the following employer events. Deadlines are in the next 2 weeks!
1. Walgreens
2. Bon Ton Stores
3. Target Stores Week
1. Walgreens
Recruiting on Jan. 31st
All Majors
2.5 GPA Required
Resume Submission Deadline: Jan. 29
RETAIL MANAGEMENT INTERNSHIP Walgreens, the nation's premier retail drugstore, has opportunities nationwide. With 7,000 stores planned by the year 2010, we're creating opportunities for talented, ambitious individuals to be ready to contribute to future success. So, if you're a motivated, enthusiastic, people-oriented person with a knack for organization and who thrives in the fast-paced world of retail management, we want to talk to you. Why Walgreens? Walgreens is America's best-known, largest-volume, most-trusted pharmacy retailer. We lead the U.S. chain drugstore industry in sales, store growth, and profits. We're also one of the nation's largest retailers overall — fourteenth largest to be exact — and one of its most progressive and successful companies. Founded in 1901, Walgreens serves more than 4 million customers daily and each store averages approximately $7.9 million in annual sales. In 2005, sales reached $42.8 billion marking our 31st consecutive year of record sales and earnings. We’re listed among Fortune’s "Most Admired Companies in America" for the 12th straight year and are ranked No. 1 among food and drugstore retailers. Ten weeks that could change your future! At Walgreens, you have the best of both worlds: the training, support and resources of one of America's largest retail organizations behind you, plus the encouragement to be a true entrepreneur. Because we want you to succeed in your retail career, we've created a comprehensive, step-by-step retail management training program that will equip you to become a Walgreens store manager, and from there — depending on your career goals — to move into higher levels of retail management at Walgreens. • The internship program is designed for college students to complete during the summer between their junior and senior years in school, exposes students to management skills and a full range of retail operations at Walgreens. • Interns will work with experienced store managers to learn about store operations, management responsibilities, merchandising, advertising, inventory, bookkeeping, and human resources. • Training includes research projects with on-the-job training. Interns are expected to complete written projects and research topics. • By the end of your ten-week internship, you'll know just what it means to manage a Walgreens store. • It’s also an opportunity for us to seek exceptional students, prior to their senior year of college, to train for future management consideration. Get paid to learn! • The internship is conducted between the months of May through August. • Interns are paid hourly • Rates vary from $12.00 up to $14.00 per hour • Interns are scheduled for 40-hour work week Apply today! For the fastest response, complete our Walgreens Online Application. Simply go to www.walgreens.com/careers and select “Retail Management”. For additional information, contact us at: Walgreens Retail Management Internship c/o Recruitment & Diversity Services 300 Wilmot Road, #3129 Deerfield, IL 60015 1-866-WORK-4-WAG, ext. 3 (1-866-967-5492 ext. 3) retail.internship@walgreens.com
RETAIL MANAGEMENT TRAINEE Walgreens, the nation's premier retail drugstore, has opportunities nationwide. With 7,000 stores planned by the year 2010, we're creating opportunities for talented, ambitious individuals to be ready to contribute to future success. So, if you're a motivated, enthusiastic, people-oriented person with a knack for organization and who thrives in the fast-paced world of retail management, we want to talk to you. Why Walgreens? Walgreens is America's best-known, largest-volume, most-trusted pharmacy retailer. We lead the U.S. chain drugstore industry in sales, store growth, and profits. We're also one of the nation's largest retailers overall — fourteenth largest to be exact — and one of its most progressive and successful companies. Founded in 1901, Walgreens serves more than 4 million customers daily and each store averages approximately $7.9 million in annual sales. In 2005, sales reached $42.8 billion marking our 31st consecutive year of record sales and earnings. We’re listed among Fortune’s "Most Admired Companies in America" for the 12th straight year and are ranked No. 1 among food and drugstore retailers. Build a Solid Future! At Walgreens, you have the best of both worlds: the training, support, and resources of one of America's largest retail organizations behind you, plus the encouragement to be a true entrepreneur. You'll have the independence to use your own judgment and make your own decisions - almost like having your own business - with all resources of Walgreens behind you every step of the way. • This position is designed to provide extensive training, both on-the-job and through company training programs, to give you the management and technical skills necessary to become a Walgreen Store Manager. • Each Management Trainee works one-on-one with experienced store managers, spending time in each department learning to manage the day to day store operations. • Management Trainees will learn management responsibilities, merchandising, advertising, inventory, bookkeeping, and human resources. • Promotion is based on performance and productivity without regard to seniority. • College Degree & Retail Experience preferred. What Can We Offer You? • Salary - Approximately low to mid $30,000’s (Rates vary nationally) • Opportunity for paid overtime • Medical and Dental Coverage • Profit Sharing and Stock Plan • Life Insurance • Paid Vacation/Holiday Pay • Paid Sick Days/Disability Coverage • Employee Discount • Prescription Discount • A promotion from within culture at a great company, working with great people Apply Today! For the fastest response, complete our Walgreens Online Application. Simply go to www.walgreens.com/careers and select “Retail Management”. For additional information, contact us at: Walgreens Retail Management Trainee c/o Recruitment & Diversity Services 300 Wilmot Road, #3129 Deerfield, IL 60015 1-866-WORK-4-WAG, ext. 3 (1-866-967-5492 ext. 3) retail.management@walgreens.com
2. Bon Ton Stores
Recruiting on Jan. 25th
GPA 3.0
US citizen/Perm residency required
Resume deadline: Jan. 16
Executive Training Program:
Who are we: The Bon-Ton Stores, Inc. operates department stores under the nameplates of Bon-Ton, Bergner’s, Boston Store, Carson Pirie Scott, Elder-Beerman, Herberger’s, and Younkers. With over 270 stores in 23 states, we are the second largest regional department store retailer in the United States, employing over 34,000 associates company-wide. The total company sales volume is $3.4 billion. With the consolidation of Carson Pirie Scott & Co. into The Bon-Ton, we now have opportunities in our Merchandising Organization located in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
Positions Available:
Executive Training Program for:
Assistant Buyer
Assistant Planner
Responsibilities: The Bon-Ton Stores, Inc. offers a structured 12-16-week Executive Training Program based in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The first session of your training consists of Store Management Training. You will be responsible for identifying opportunities to drive sales and gross margin, staff development, learning the different aspects of Merchandising and Merchandise Presentation and the most important responsibility of all Selling Managers is Customer Service. The second session of your training consists of Merchandising Organization Training. You will be responsible for assisting the Buyer in buying office operations, assortment plans, stock projections, stock by store analysis, planning and achieving Sales plans along with merchandise plans to achieve Gross Margin plans, information management, assist Buyer in all planning aspects for advertising and develop working relationships with Vendors, the Distribution Center, Senior Management and Stores to accomplish merchandising goals. The third session of your training consists of Merchandise Planning Training. You will be responsible for assisting the Planner in planning office operations, inventory control and financial plans and developing working relationships with Senior Management, Merchants and Stores to accomplish merchandising goals.
Majors Required: All Majors with a cumulative GPA of 3.0 or higher.
Attributes valued in employee: Analytical/Creative, Initiative, Leadership, Excellent problem solving skills, Communication skills, Attention to Detail, Decisive/Confident, Enthusiastic, Success Driven/Goal Oriented
3. Target Stores Week Event
Events held on Jan. 15-Jan. 17
All Majors/All Class Levels
Sign up Deadline: Day of event
What is Target Stores Week?
Take advantage of this unique opportunity to learn from top Target Store executives and soon to be IU Alumni, Kristy Blum. Kristy had the opportunity to intern with Target Stores last summer and has accepted a full-time position with Target Stores. She will be starting her new role in June 08 as Executive Team Lead in the Chicago area.
During this event you will have the opportunity to learn about Target Stores and the different roles each executive plays within the organization. You will also get the rare opportunity to hone in on valuable interviewing skills with the Behavioral Based Interviewing Seminar. A lot of companies have started screening applicants by engaging them in Behavioral Interviews both in person and online. So, once the seminar has been presented, you will have a great chance to put the skills learned to the test with a Mock Interview. This event will culminate into a once in a lifetime opportunity to job shadow at the local Target store with the executives that make the Target organization what it is today.
Space is limited in each daily event and sign ups are separate. You may sign up for all events, or just a couple.
Sign up now for a spot at Target Stores Week! Sign ups via IUCareers.com, listed separately under Interviews/Events in January 2008!
