Paid sales internship focused on lead generation, outreach, booking meetings, phone-based prospecting, sourcing, and meeting performance metrics. Interns receive mentor support, complete structured training, gain experience across sales functions, and build professional networks. The program is designed to develop early-career professionals into full-time sales employees.
Job Title: Sales Internship ProgramLocation: Charlotte, NCThis is where careers begin.
- Our CEO, Andrew Bull, once sat exactly where you'd start, as an ALKU intern
- 60% of our current full-time sales employees started as an intern
- Real ALKU accounts, real business, real impact from day one
- Paired with an experienced full-time sales mentor
- Built to fast-track early-career professionals into full-time ALKU team members
- Have Fun Working Hard® — see the culture @LifeatALKU or on our website page: About ALKU
- Pay: $16–$18/hour + weekly performance-based bonuses
- Hours:
- Fall/Spring Semester: minimum 12 hours/week, scheduled around your classes
- Summer: 40 hours/week
- Paid internship only; no academic or class credit
- You'll work the phones, book meetings, chase leads, and hit metrics
- Complete Circuit, our intern training program: hands-on experience and real-time feedback from day one
- Learn both sides of sales
- Drive business through lead generation, outreach, and sourcing
- Build foundational skills and your professional network
- Major doesn't matter, it's all about character traits
- Reward-driven and money-motivated
- Competitive, entrepreneurial mindset
- Quick learner who hits the ground running
- A leader among your peers
- Charismatic and enthusiastic with clients
- Apply, and you'll hear from an Internal Recruiter within 1–4 business days if you're a match
ALKU is an Equal Opportunity Employer committed to fostering an inclusive workplace where all individuals are treated with respect and provided equal employment opportunities. Employment decisions are based on business needs, job-related qualifications, merit, and performance, without regard to any characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local law.
ALKU is committed to providing reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities and applicants throughout the hiring process, consistent with applicable law.
**Applicants must be authorized to work for any employer in the U.S. We are unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment visa at this time.**
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ALKU Charlotte, North Carolina, USA Office
9115 Harris Corners Parkway, Suite 410, Charlotte, United States, 28269
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