Intern

Job Description

Intern | Ryder

The Tone:
This is an internship at Ryder, designed to provide students with a robust platform to apply their academic knowledge directly to real-world projects within a corporate environment. The Ryder Internship program emphasizes developing a strong corporate business sense, enabling interns to grasp how each department strategically contributes to the overall organization’s success. This role is instrumental in cultivating crucial problem-solving and public speaking skills, which interns will hone through active participation in business meetings and diverse company projects.

The TL;DR
• Role: Internship
• Mission: To apply academic knowledge to current Ryder projects, fostering a corporate business sense by understanding departmental contributions, and developing crucial problem-solving and public speaking skills.
• Tech Stack: Windows, MS Office, MS Project, MS Excel

What You’ll Actually Do
• Apply knowledge: Integrate academic learning directly into ongoing Ryder projects, contributing to practical business solutions.
• Develop business sense: Gain an understanding of corporate operations by observing how diverse departments function and contribute to Ryder’s overarching goals.
• Enhance problem-solving: Cultivate crucial problem-solving abilities by actively engaging in various company projects and addressing real-world challenges.
• Improve public speaking: Refine public speaking skills through participation in business meetings and presenting insights within project teams.
• Manage diverse responsibilities: Undertake a variety of duties that will be assigned based on the specific department or area, ensuring exposure to different functions.

The Must-Haves
• Background: Currently enrolled toward a Bachelor’s degree.
• Experience: No specific years of experience are required for this internship role.
• Skills: Strong verbal and written communication skills are essential for effective interaction and documentation. Demonstrable analytical skills are required for understanding complex information and contributing to project solutions, alongside strong organizational skills necessary for supporting and managing multiple projects simultaneously. Candidates must possess personal initiative, enabling them to present ideas and interact effectively with all levels of management and customers. Intermediate proficiency with key PC tools, including Windows, MS Office, MS Project, and MS Excel, is also a core requirement.
• Bonus: A strong preference exists for candidates who can demonstrate prior experience showcasing leadership capabilities. Additionally, the ability to proactively create and maintain professional relationships within all levels of the organization—encompassing peers, work groups, customers, and supervisors—is highly valued. Displaying confidence in quickly learning new systems and processes, and establishing strong customer rapport, will also be beneficial.