{"id":44481,"date":"2025-12-16T18:28:41","date_gmt":"2025-12-16T23:28:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/business\/?page_id=44481"},"modified":"2026-01-16T10:55:38","modified_gmt":"2026-01-16T15:55:38","slug":"careers-and-internships","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/business\/academics\/undergraduate\/general-business\/careers-and-internships\/","title":{"rendered":"Careers and Internships"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">General Business<\/h1>\n\n\n<section class=\"cl-wrapper cl-menu-wrapper\"><nav id=\"\" class=\"cl-menu  \" data-name=\"General Business\" data-show-title=\"0\"><ul id=\"menu-general-business\" class=\"cl-menu-list cl-menu-list-no-js\"><li id=\"menu-item-44472\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-44472\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/business\/academics\/undergraduate\/general-business\/\">Overview<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-44476\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-44476\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/business\/academics\/undergraduate\/general-business\/curriculum\/\">Curriculum<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-44486\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-44486\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/business\/academics\/undergraduate\/general-business\/careers-and-internships\/\">Careers and Internships<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-44487\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-44487\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/business\/academics\/undergraduate\/general-business\/beyond-the-classroom\/\">Beyond the Classroom<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-44493\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-44493\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/business\/academics\/undergraduate\/general-business\/faculty\/\">Faculty<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul><\/nav><\/section>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Careers and Internships<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<p>General business majors have the benefit of exposure to a broad range of business disciplines, including management, marketing, and finance, among others. This gives you the opportunity to explore a number of career options and develop your own skill set. Recent general business graduates have pursued graduate degrees or have accepted positions in sales, customer service, financial analysis, and inventory management.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\"><a class=\"cl-button  block-level prominent\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/business\/student-resources\/careers\/\" title=\"\">explore internships and careers<\/a>\n\n<a class=\"cl-button  block-level prominent\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/business\/about\/recruiters\/\" title=\"\">recruit and employ uri students<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Internship Opportunities<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>As a general business major, you can take advantage of a number of internship opportunities, which are available during the summer as well the academic year. It is also possible to earn internship credit and to intern abroad. Learn more about the internship process.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Companies where general business students have interned<\/strong>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Enterprise Rent-a-Car<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Community Investment Corporation&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Collette Travel&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Career Opportunities<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Careers in General Business<\/strong>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Financial Analyst<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Sales Manager<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Management Analyst<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Budget Analyst<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Operations Manager<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Human Resource Manager<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Project Manager<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<strong>Companies&nbsp;employing recent general business graduates<\/strong>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Citizens Bank<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>CVS Health<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Johnson &amp; Johnson<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>US SolarWorks<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Washington Trust<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>General Business Careers and Internships General business majors have the benefit of exposure to a broad range of business disciplines, including management, marketing, and finance, among others. This gives you the opportunity to explore a number of career options and develop your own skill set. Recent general business graduates have pursued graduate degrees or have [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5286,"featured_media":0,"parent":44470,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-44481","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/business\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/44481","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/business\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/business\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/business\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5286"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/business\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=44481"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/business\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/44481\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":45717,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/business\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/44481\/revisions\/45717"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/business\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/44470"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/business\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=44481"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}