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The roles you want at the companies you dream about.

SEO Career opens doors to high-impact roles and industries at leading companies nationwide. With 140 corporate partners and counting, we prepare you to secure — and excel in — a paid summer internship at a top corporate firm. The results speak for themselves: 90% of interns land a competitive offer within one year.

Together, we win

Which track is right for you?

Our interns are some of the most prepared and well paid in the country. That’s because we focus on specific industry tracks to help land your dream summer internship. Once you choose a track, we pair you with industry specialists and share roles to help you land an internship.

Explore our tracks.

“After completing SEO Edge, I moved onto SEO Success and ultimately landed a finance internship with Johnson & Johnson. J&J then reached out with a full-time FLDP (Finance Leadership Development Program) offer, which meant entering my senior year at UMD with a job already secured.”

Julian SEO Career Participant

“Thanks to SEO Career, I’m spending the summer at JPMorgan Chase as a US Private Bank Summer Analyst and Advancing Black Pathways Fellow. Through mentorship, training, and hands-on projects with senior stakeholders, I’m building the professional skills to succeed in finance.”

Ashley SEO Career Participant

“SEO Career and SEO Tech Developer are life-changing programs that provided me with mentorship, sponsorship and learning opportunities that allowed me to grow my technical, behavioral, and business skills, and empowered me to thrive in corporate America.”

Jared SEO Career Participant

Alternative Investments and Investment Banking

Get the training you need to compete: accounting, excel modeling, M&A, valuation, and more.

Roles Available:

Investment Banking, Corporate and Commercial Banking, Public Finance, Risk, Private Equity, Private Credit, Growth Equity, Venture Capital

Explore AIIB opportunities

Markets

Get the training you need to compete: bond yields and valuation, equities, portfolio construction, and fixed income.

Roles Available:

Sales and Trading, Wealth Management, Investment Management, Investment Research

Explore Markets opportunities

Finance, Corporate Services and Technology

Get the training you need to compete: corporate financial analysis, Excel, project management, relational database management, Six Sigma, strategic thinking, SQL, and more.

Roles Available:

Cyber Security, Finance, Human Resources, Internal Audit, IT, Marketing, Operations, Product Development, Sales, Services, Software Engineering

Explore FCT opportunities

Real Estate

Get industry-specific training in real estate financial modeling, market research, Argus, feasibility analysis, and more.

Roles Available:

Acquisitions, Asset Management, Capital Markets, Development, Portfolio Management, Research, Property Management and Corporate and Business Services

Explore Real Estate opportunities

Ready to land an internship?

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Close the opportunity gap

When you expand your pipeline with professionally prepared talent, we all win.

Become a partner

“We’re proud to partner with SEO Career to change the face of our industry and create a sustainable pipeline of talent into the sector. SEO Career has a 40-year history of successful partnership with the largest and most respected financial services firms in the US.”

Deborah Harmon Director, Chair, PREA Foundation and Co-Founder & CEO, Artemis Real Estate Partners

How we prepare you

Our multiple programs and initiatives are designed to help students and early career professionals to succeed — from Edge to Success SEO Hire and beyond.

SEO Edge: Interview prep
SEO Success: Internship prep
SEO Hire: Full-time, entry-level career onboarding and development

SEO Edge: Interview prep

All SEO Career participants begin with Edge, an intensive multi-week training that provides you with everything you need to prepare for interviews and land an internship. It includes: 

  • Self-paced online training resources 
  • A dedicated and experienced SEO coach 
  • Resume support and interview practice
  • Deeper dives into our career tracks including being able to Level Up in:
    • Insurance
    • Alternative Investments 
    • And much more! 
  • Access to exclusive internship opportunities from our partners
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SEO Success: Internship prep

Once an SEO Edge participant secures an internship with an SEO Career Partner, you begin the SEO Success program that opens doors to: 

  • Industry-specialized professional development for your future role
  • A dedicated and experienced industry-specialized mentor 
  • Technical and soft skills development 
  • Targeted track focus: Financial Services, Corporate, Technology, Alternative Investments, Investment Banking, Markets and Commercial Real Estate 
  • SEO and Corporate Partner networking events 
  • An exclusive invitation to the SEO Career Summit
Discover our tracks

SEO Hire: Full-time, entry-level career onboarding and development

Open exclusively to SEO Career participants and alumni, SEO Hire partners with companies to promote their entry-level full-time roles.

Explore SEO HIRE

Internships at top companies

Our partners are the top companies across Wall Street, Commercial Real Estate, Technology, and other industries across Corporate America. Each internship offers paid, exclusive opportunities that often lead to full-time roles.

Meet our partners
Close the opportunity gap

Expand and develop your pipeline with professionally prepared talent.

Become a Partner

Application Qualifications

All SEO Career participants are responsible for completing online technical training coursework specific to your industry/internship, maintaining contact with your SEO Career Coach, participating in interview preparation for potential partner interviews and attending required SEO Career events. The amount of time you invest each week is up to you but like any program, you get out what you put in.

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  1. To qualify you must also meet the following requirements:
    • 3.2 GPA
    • All majors
    • Accredited 4-Year university
    • Freshman, sophomore, or junior
    • US citizen or legal permanent resident*

    *F-1 Students may be eligible for Phase 2: Success

  2. When should you apply?

    We review applications for Edge on an ongoing basis and candidates can receive career prep resources, training, and coaching year-round. Our partners review applications for summer internships monthly from October through April and selections are made on a rolling basis.

Find out more in our FAQ

Powerful alumni network

SEO’s network of more than 25,000 alumni spans 46 U.S. states and 48 countries.

Many have become industry leaders  across financial services, banking, law, non-profit, technology and corporate sectors. Some have become judges, congress members and entrepreneurs, while others have launched SEO affiliate programs across the globe.

And many  give back to SEO by becoming mentors, coaches, board members, donors, partners, and more.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Looking for more information? Check out our FAQ for deeper answers to the most common questions about SEO Career.

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First year, sophomore and juniors currently attending an accredited, four-year, US college or university. Transfer students from a 2-year school must have a GPA at their 4-year school and SEO may request a transcript.

Competitive candidates should have a GPA of 3.2. First year students may apply in their fall semester without a GPA. You must be a US citizen or US legal permanent resident.* All majors are welcome.

*F-1 Students may be eligible for Phase 2: Success

SEO Career has two phases: Edge and Success. Edge is an intensive multi-week training that provides you with everything you need to prepare for interviews and land an internship. If you land an internship with an SEO Partner, Success prepares you to succeed in that internship…and beyond.

We review applications for Edge on an ongoing basis and candidates are selected to receive career prep resources, training, and coaching year-round. Recruiting for summer internships can begin as early as December/January — 18 months before the summer. Ensure you’re aware of your desired industry recruiting cycles and apply accordingly, the earlier the better!

Note: You may apply at any time to Edge for professional development support, beginning in your first year of college.

Once you apply, the typical response time is 6-8 weeks. Please monitor your email for next steps.

SEO assists trainees with obtaining internships by providing resources to help participants learn about internship opportunities, meet recruiters, prepare for the application process, and practice interview skills.

Participation in Edge doesn’t guarantee an internship offer or automatic matriculation into Success.

No, acceptance to a partner internship program doesn’t guarantee acceptance into Success. Students will receive a separate invitation to participate in Phase 2: Success if eligible.

The Career Summit is a mandatory event open only to SEO interns. This usually takes place a week or two before the start of the summer internship and seeks to provide interns with additional professional development, technical and industry knowledge, and networking opportunities.

This training is hybrid, in-person in New York City and via live stream.

They can email a recommendation to us at seo.career@seo-usa.org. The alum should include their contact information, employer, and Career year. The letter should address the following items:

  • Why have you taken an interest in this student’s candidacy?
  • Are you knowledgeable about the applicant’s academic achievements or extracurricular activities? If yes, comment on specific accomplishments.
  • Provide a candid assessment of the applicant’s strengths and weaknesses.
  • Identify some of the applicant’s qualities that make them an outstanding Career candidate.