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Leadership Development

Career Success

As you finish your degree program, you may be looking for ways to build leadership potential while you gain experience in your field.

Leadership development and rotational programs provide you with ongoing mentorship, comprehensive experiences, and directed training across a range of business areas within a company.

Companies use these programs to hire interns or post-graduates and train them through rotational programs (i.e. rotating through different parts of a company) or specific, structured training programs. The goal is to recruit and develop leaders for their organization!

PLEASE NOTE: Many of these programs have special recruitment timelines (usually in the fall semester between September and October). Each program has unique components and length of time, usually ranging from two - five years.

Current Listings

LinkedIn, Glassdoor, and Indeed are great starting points in the search for current leadership development and rotational programs. Below are links to auto-generated listings for each site but please note that searches can be modified to meet the different requirements (e.g. location requirements, date posted requirements, etc.) of each user.

Additional Resources

Here are just a few of the companies who offer these programs, but it is not a complete list. You should research companies or fields of interest to you in order to locate similar programs.

Company Name Program Name
Aerospace/Defense
BAE Systems Developmental Programs
Boeing Career Foundation Program
Lockheed Martin Leadership Development Programs
Northrop Grumman Professional Development Program
Pratt & Whitney Leadership Development Program
Textron Leadership Development Program
Automotive
Ford College Graduate & Leadership Programs
Goodyear Development Programs
Rolls-Royce Leadership Program
Consumer Packaged Goods
Acosta Leadership Development Program
Colgate-Palmolive Development Program
L'Oreal Management Trainee Program
Nestle Purina Management Trainee Program
Newell Rubbermaid Management Trainee Programs
Whirlpool Leadership Development Programs
Engineering/Technology
3M Development Programs
AT&T Developmental Program
Avery Dennison Corporation Early Career Development Program
Caterpillar Professional Development Programs
Con Edison Leadership Development Program
Centrica Leadership Development Program
DuPont Marketing Leadership Development Program
Eaton Developmental Programs
Emerson Rotational Programs
GE Leadership Programs
HP HP Graduate Investment Program
Intel Rotational Programs
Intuit Rotational Development Programs
Owens Corning Leadership Development Programs
Praxair Leadership Development Programs
Rockwell Automation Leadership Development Programs
Stanley Black & Decker Leadership Program
ThermoFisher Scientific Leadership Development Programs
Verizon Rotational Programs
Vestas Graduate Program
Financial Services
BB&T Leadership Development Program
Capital One Development Program
Citizens Bank Early Career Programs
Credit Suisse Analyst Programs
Edward Jones Headquarters Rotational Program
Ernst & Young Summer Leadership Program
Fifth Third Bank Leadership Programs
Franklin Templeton Investments Futures Program
HSBC Graduate Program
M&T Bank Management Development Program
RBC Training Program
Regions Bank Management Associate Program
Synovus Management Associate Program
Vanguard Development Programs
Visa Development Programs
Wells Fargo Professional Development Programs
Government/International Affairs
Amtrak Professional Development Program
FBI Presidential Management Fellows Program
International Monetary Fund Research Assistant Program
Federal Reserve Cooperative Educational Program
Missile Defense Agency Missile Defense Career Development Program
Healthcare
Abbott Professional Development Program
Aetna Actuarial Student Training Program
Becton Dickinson Developmental Programs
Cardinal Health Leadership Development Program
Cigna Leadership Development Program
Humana Specialized College Programs
Johnson & Johnson Leadership Development Program
Merck Rotational Programs
MetLife, Inc. Global Leadership Development Program
Insurance
GEICO Leadership Programs
ING International Talent Program
Liberty Mutual Undergrad/Graduate Development Program
Travelers Development Programs
Marketing/Media
Financial Times Internships Trainee Programs
Harper Collins Rotational Associate Program
NBC Universal Early Career & Leadership Programs
Quad/Graphics Corporate Training Program
Turner Broadcasting System Turner Trainee Team
Retail
Abercrombie & Fitch Leadership Development Program
Adidas APAC Trainee Program
Amazon Development Programs
Cintas Management Trainee Program
Gap Inc. Rotational Management Program
Home Depot Internships and Leadership Development Program
John Deere Development Programs
Macy's Executive Development Program
Neiman Marcus Executive Development Program
Marriot Management Training Program
Saks Fifth Avenue Executive Development Program
Sears Holding MBA Senior Leadership Program
Target Finance Leadership Development Program
TJX Companies Inc. Training Program
Walgreens Co. Management Training Program
Sports
ESPN Training Programs
NFL Junior Rotational Program
Miscellaneous
Enterprise Rent-A-Car Management Training Program
Marriott International, Inc. Voyage Global Leadership Development Program
Norfolk Southern Management Trainee Program

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Sara Kesler

CSB Assistant Director of Student Professional Development
keslers@uncw.edu
(910) 962-2544
Cameron Hall 121

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