Thrivent, a Fortune 500 diversified financial services organization, is proud to offer a top-rated summer internship program that is designed to give college students meaningful work experience across a range of business functions. Thrivent provides college students with a unique learning opportunity to understand the financial services landscape while working for an organization known for its financial strength and stability, as well as for its culture of ethics and integrity. In 2022, Thrivent was honored to be recognized as one of the World’s Most Ethical Companies for the 11th year in a row.
Thrivent’s 12-week internship program offers students interesting challenges that help them optimize their skills and experience, valuable exposure to Thrivent colleagues and leaders, and an opportunity to understand how Thrivent is fulfilling its promise to help people achieve financial clarity, enabling lives of meaning and gratitude. Our internship program is also a key component to our entry-level talent program to ensure we’re attracting and retaining the top talent we need to serve generations to come.
The Human Resources Intern will work in a highly collaborative environment where teamwork and communication are key to providing the level of support needed for the team to succeed. This position will aid in a variety of ways: provide support with end-to-end coordination of HR projects and initiatives; review programs, process and procedures and make recommendations for changes and improvements; support HR team initiatives by developing and maintaining existing programs and/or systems.
This is a unique opportunity to gain broad HR experience, where you will have responsibility for a variety of projects, and will engage with key decision-makers on the following types of work:
- Support team with the HR cyclical work through planning, forecasting and communication
- Assist in project work that requires a fresh look at current state and make process improvements where possible
- Respond to employee issues and problem solve these with support of the HRBP team
- Other tasks as assigned
Position Requirements
- Current Junior in an undergraduate degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, or related field
- A proven history of excellent academic performance (GPA 3.0+)
- Disciplined, with strong personal management and organization skills
- Takes personal responsibility for the quality and content of the work and complies with information confidentiality requirements where applicable
- Establishes and maintains effective relationships by collaborating to fully understand and meet expectations
- Well-developed written and oral communication skills
- Proficient in MS Office, particularly Excel, MS Teams, and PowerPoint
- Open to intern in our offices full-time during normal business hours
- Ability to work in the United States for indefinite period without sponsorship
Additional Program Information
- Offering competitive compensation
- Full intern event program including development, networking, and social activities.
Location: Minneapolis, MN or Appleton, WI
Thrivent provides Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) without regard to race, religion, color, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, pregnancy, national origin, age, disability, marital status, citizenship status, military or veteran status, genetic information, or any otherstatus protected by applicable local, state, or federal law. This policy applies to all employees and job applicants.
Thrivent is committed to providing reasonable accommodation to individuals with disabilities. If you need a reasonable accommodation, please let us know by sending an email to [email protected] or call 800-847-4836 and request Human Resources.
