Marketing and Operations Internship Opportunity - The Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc.

Locations: Hartford, Simsbury, Windsor or Southington, CT
WHY JOIN THE HARTFORD?
As a global leader in insurance, asset management, and financial service products, we offer professionals every possibility for growth. Whether we're helping customers or building careers, we're experts at creating the kind of advantages that help people reach their goals.
The Hartford's Undergraduate Summer Intern Program allows us to bring on high-potential students who share our values of customer focus, integrity, diversity & inclusion, teamwork, financial discipline and winning spirit. Dynamic and challenging in every way, these internships provide the opportunity for students to both acquire and demonstrate the skills needed to be successful in today's competitive environment.
WHAT IS THE OPPORTUNITY?
Marketing and Operations opportunities will be in, but not limited to, Marketing, Sales, Product Management and Corporate Relations. Responsibilities are varied depending on the internship opportunity. These opportunities often serve as a direct pipeline of talent for our full-tie opportunities.
At The Hartford, we are committed to providing our interns with a top quality, comprehensive professional development platform from which to launch their work experience. The internship program includes:
On-site Training: Interns gain expertise through challenging, real-life work assignments and projects and access to courses through The Hartford's dedicated Colleges of Corporate University.
Manager and Mentor Relationships: In addition to a direct manager, each intern is connected with a mentor who can provide ongoing support and guidance throughout the summer to ensure a rewarding experience.
Lunch & Learns/Networking Sessions: Provide exposure to top business and technology leaders at The Hartford in an interactive setting designed for information sharing, business overviews and an open exchange on a wide range of topics.
Volunteer Event: To foster teambuilding between the interns they will participate in a volunteer event which exemplifies the Hartford's core values.
Continuing Employment: Our interns are encouraged to continue the work of the Summer internship into the school year as a coop.
This approach allows the intern to keep connected to The Hartford and the manager to keep quality talent working on special assignments.
WHAT ELSE CAN YOU TELL ME?
The Undergraduate Summer Intern Program runs 12 weeks from May through August. Interns typically work 40 hours per week.
Locations can vary from Hartford, Simsbury, Southington or Windsor, CT. Housing will not be provided.
Qualifications
WHAT ARE WE LOOKING FOR?
Target criteria include:
• Minimum 3.0 GPA
• Working towards a bachelor's degree in marketing or liberal arts
• Anticipated graduation date of December 2011 & May 2012


https://thehartford.taleo.net/careersection/1/jobdetail.ftl 3/10/2011