Somerset Logistics and Middle Tennessee State University Student Internship Opportunities

On February 24th Somerset Logistics participated in MTSU's Internship Fair. The Internship Fair provided students majoring in Business Administration, Entrepreneurship, Management, and Marketing the chance to learn about different internship opportunities. Somerset Logistics has long provided students internship opportunities. Somerset Interns conduct a training program focused on transportation/logistics knowledge, sales techniques and how to be a professional in today's dynamic work environments before transitioning to sales representatives. As an academically approved Internship Sponsor Somerset provides interns unparalleled opportunities to develop professionally, acquire real-world managerial/entrepreneurial experiences, in a hands-on dynamic sales environment.

Students and Sponsors (Employers) have to have the following to qualify for the program (per MTSU requirements and taken from their website).

Student (Intern) Qualifications

• Entrepreneurship or Management majors
• Entrepreneurship major: Junior standing (80+ semester hours)
• Management major: Senior standing (90+ semester hours)
• Must have at least a 2.5 overall grade point average
• Student must earn the internship position by securing part-time employment with an academically approved Internship Sponsor (employer)

Company Internship Position

• Must be academically approved by the Internship Coordinator and Department of Management
• Part-time position requires a student to work between 15 and 25 hours per week during Fall or Spring semesters. Summer semesters may be full-time
• Work should be a new learning experience for the student intern (i.e., should not be a job the student holds currently of has held previously)

The Student (Intern) agrees to:

• Meet with Internship Coordinator as requested
• Work a min of 225 hours for 3 hours of college credit (12-25 hours per week)
• Summer - work a minimum of 2 months in the summer regardless of the number of hours earned (must work until July 15th)
• Fall - work a min of 3 months the fall semester (must work until Dec 1st)
• Spring - work a min of 3 months in the spring semester (must work until April 1st)
• Work in a company approved by the Internship Coordinator
• Perform in a professional manner and comply with the employing company's regulations and policies
• Maintain employing company's confidentialities
• Submit an Internship Portfolio Project to the Internship Coordinator by the designated due date
• Ask the employing company to complete and submit Employer's Performance Evaluation of Intern form

If you have questions on how to become a Somerset intern, employee, or an independent freight broker/agent please contact Somerset Logistics at www.somersetlogistics.com. We challenge you to come and be a part of our team of transportation professionals.