Business-Value Creation and Sales Internship

Everlight Solar • Milwaukee, WI

2d • Onsite

About The Position

The Everlight Solar Business Value-Creation Internship is designed for individuals interested in understanding business development and scalability. This internship utilizes innovative didactic methods, placing candidates in a real-world sales position alongside rigorous academic learning and assignments. The program includes daily meetings with mentors, daily filmed feedback in group training sessions, and weekly academic/positional outcome reviews and collaborative planning. Learning will cover marketing, business, psychology, neuroscience, and social sciences, with an emphasis on real-world application. The internship provides exposure to the clean energy industry, state programs, and federal initiatives. It is a temporary assignment lasting 12 to 16 weeks, with options for extended assignments for exceptional candidates. This is a paid internship with robust academic requirements and rigorous education, offering students the opportunity to achieve critical learning outcomes while receiving full pay alongside the sales team. The internship focuses on networking with industry professionals, developing key interpersonal skills (communication, negotiation, closing sales, overcoming objections), acquiring problem-solving skills through training, establishing a firm understanding of business practices (market analysis, KPI reporting, technology trends, data interpretation), and personal development through book reviews and mental discipline.

Requirements

• Currently enrolled within a relevant accredited undergraduate or graduate program.
• Minimum of one or more years of coursework towards a Bachelor's Degree in relevant program.
• Proficient with iOS and mobile software programs.
• Excellent interpersonal, organizational, written, and verbal communication skills.
• Capability of memorizing and comprehension of industry-critical information.
• Self-Starter and flexibility to work varied hours.
• Ability to locate for the extent of the internship
• Legally authorized to be employed in the United States.
• Authorized to work in the US and background check required.

Responsibilities

• Networking with industry professionals
• Developing key interpersonal (soft) skills such as effective non-verbal and para-verbal communication, negotiation, closing the sale and overcoming customer objections.
• Acquiring strong problem-solving skills via 1-on-1 training with top company reps and actively attending company training sessions.
• Establishing a firm understanding of business practices such as market analysis, KPI reporting, technology trends and interpreting gathered data to make informed business decisions.
• Personal development via participation in company book reviews, practicing mental discipline and striving to perform better tomorrow than today.

Benefits

• Highest earning potential in residential sales
• Defined, merit-based career path
• Advancement to management based on performance
• Incentives program includes: iPhone 15, Apple Watch, AirPods, and more
• Commission only, independent contractor role, which means your potential is unlimited, no cap

What This Job Offers

• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: Associate degree