Internships

There are two junior-level internships that are particularly important- Marriott and Union Square Hospitality.

Union Square will be interviewing for their summer 2012 FOH internship on Oct 13. I know students arent thinking of next summer so could you please help them understand that this is a very competitive internship with a tight deadline. They will be competing with students across the country but if they get this internship they will have a chance to not only earn credit but have a paid experience at one the USHG restaurants such as Union Square Cafe, Shake Shack etc. They are given real projects by the Restaurant GM. Past intern projects have included writing service manuals, revenue management analysis, inventory management, and writing menu reference guides. They will have several group lunches during the internships- Danny Meyer typically attends one of the lunches. They will also attend management classes on how to run a profitable restaurant. We'd love to get 10 of our top FSM students to interview on Oct 13. Could you please direct good candidates to Ashley?

Marriott International will also be interviewing for internships on Oct 13 and 14. This could be for Winter or Spring internships within culinary and FOH. Marriott is especially interested in culinary-it's a good option for students as they could have excellent career progression opportunities in the kitchen or move into the FOH leadership eventually. Internships are typically at properties in Boston, New York, DC as well as the West coast and Southern part of the country. RI Marriotts are not an option as they arent managed by corporate. Interning with Marriott, in their junior year, will help candidates compete for the Management Development Program in their senior year. Marriott recruiters have told me that if they dont see two internships on a resume, a student is already behind the game! Please direct internship candidates to Sarah. If you have any senior level MDP candidates (again kitchen and FOH) please direct them to Carly. Last year Marriott got more candidates from Penn State and Virginia Tech... ouch!


For both internship interviews, students need to apply by Oct 3 on https://link.jwu.edu. Click on Careers and then On Campus Interviews.