The Internship
FULL-TIME EMPLOYMENT DURING SUMMER BREAK FOR MINORITY COLLEGE STUDENTS
About the Program
The Ford Minority Dealer Operations (MDO) Summer Intern Program provides hands-on, career-specific experience to minority college students through full-time, paid internships. Employment is during summer break – generally between May and August – at a Ford Motor Company dealership.
Goals for the Program:
- Expose talented students to careers in automotive retailing and Ford Motor Company
- Provide students with challenging work assignments in the areas of accounting, sales, parts and service management in retail dealership operations
- Provide a resource to our dealer body of talented, motivated, high-achieving students for summer employment
- Provide a source of potential middle managers and dealers for employment/investment opportunities in Ford and Lincoln Mercury dealerships and Ford Motor Company
Benefits for the Intern include:
- Opportunities to explore careers in automotive retailing
- Challenging work assignments in all areas of dealership operations
- Full-time paid summer employment
- Valuable contacts for future employment or assistance in reaching career goals
- Networking opportunities with business owners, entrepreneurs, and automotive professionals, as well as peers from other Historically Black Colleges and Universities(HBCU) and Hispanic Serving Institutions (HIS)
- Developmental projects and work assignments
- Opportunities to apply classroom theory to real world situations and to provide fresh ideas from your perspective about the business
