Experience an internship with purpose.
Set yourself up for future success, today. As an intern, you’ll lay the foundation for a client base and a successful practice, with support from your team and the company.
You’ll be a success no matter what career you end up in. With Northwestern Mutual, you’ll work for yourself, but never by yourself. You’ll have a mentor who will guide you, advanced training programs to learn from, and access to the digital tools required to start building a thriving business of your own.
You’ll help ease the financial anxiety of the people and communities you feel most passionate about. You can become a trusted financial expert to those who you want to plan for their best future. Using our unique approach to financial planning, you’ll learn how to uncover opportunities and blind spots that often go overlooked. Working with an experienced advisor, you’ll create tailored financial plans designed with our exclusive portfolio of solutions to help your clients grow their money and protect what’s important.
Connect with our recruiterAchieving your highest potential comes through financial education, compensation, and career paths that open as you progress in our business. Your earning potential is driven by you through business-driving initiatives and commissions. We offer incentives for completing developmental activities and making sales. In addition to earning a performance-based compensation, we’re invested in continuing your development throughout your career.
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“I always felt welcomed in the office, and I learned more than I could have imagined. I feel like I have a real idea of what goes on this industry, and I feel better prepared for when I graduate college. The workplace culture was awesome, and I enjoyed working with my fellow interns during this time.”
Intern
“I thought I was coming in to just sell life insurance policies having no clue at all I would be essentially beginning my practice as a financial advisor. This internship is a way better opportunity than described.”
Intern
“I have learned a lot so far and have really enjoyed the hands-on experience and would recommend it to anyone that wants to seriously consider this career path.”
Intern
Did you know?*
94%
of interns said that their internship experience helped them grow personally and professionally.
Nearly 2/3
of our system leaders were former interns or internship leaders
92%
of interns would recommend Northwestern Mutual as a place to do business with.
* Statistics based on internship survey conducted by Northwestern Mutual July 2024. Sample size: n=895
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