By guest blogger Brittany Thompson, human resources
“The best parts of interning at GEICO were the many opportunities I had to develop my professional skills and network with talented, driven people.” – Finance major Philip Brown, Penn State
Our GEICO interns in Fredericksburg this summer were busy! They didn’t just learn about and observe the business operations at GEICO in sales, service, claims, and planning departments and sub-departments, visit our auto damage body shop in Fredericksburg, take part in marketing trips and the intern summit at the corporate headquarters (as if that weren’t already a full schedule for the summer!). Our 12 interns also worked alongside upper management and independently to analyze business problems and offer real solutions. We look forward to implementing their recommendations and seeing them again as future GEICO associates!
At GEICO we pride ourselves on customer interactions and make our claims process as easy as possible. After learning about the claims process, interacting with claims associates, and presenting with her team to upper management on first-call resolution strategies, Virginia Tech economics major Frankie Coulson said, “The best, most surprising part of working at GEICO is how many managers and upper-level executives we got to talk to and learn from.”
Virginia Tech business information technology major David Knopik agreed. “When I first came in,” he said, “I was expecting that all the managers and directors wouldn’t even bother talking to an intern or helping me out, but that was not the case at all!”
Risk management major Allyson Hoffman (Penn State) enjoyed her customer service department project; she analyzed the reasons policyholders call customer service based on their tenure with GEICO. Having the opportunity to present to top regional management makes the GEICO internship a rare opportunity for college students. “Everyone was so friendly and always there to help,” Hoffman said. “We got to experience real data behind GEICO’s process and recommended changes that would be effective to the company.”
At the end of the summer many of our interns became candidates for leadership programs. From the day our interns started in June, they became part of our GEICO family. Though we’ll miss them all as they finish their college degrees this year, we’re looking forward to seeing them again soon after graduation.
Finance major Raymond Boisvert (Radford University) is interested in a GEICO career because, “I’ve seen the advancement potential in the GEICO career ladder, I am excited to get into a leadership program and start working my way up to a senior management position.”
Our internships, achievement awards, and community service events are all great ways to become a member of the GEICO family and can mark the start of a wonderful career opportunity!