Strengthen and diversify your talent pipeline
Internships (High School & College)
Offering quality internships benefits both partners and scholars. Scholars can strengthen their resumes, build professional networks, and showcase their skills to advance the mission of organizations across a wide range of sectors.
- We provide in-depth applicant support and screening to prepare strong internship candidates
- We regularly check in with supervisors and interns to set up a win-win experience
- 90% of our interns receive employer scores of 8 or higher on a 10-point scale
In the past 16 years, Rainier Scholars has facilitated over 900 internships for high school and college scholars.
Full-time Positions
When you hire a Rainier Scholars graduate, your organization invests in tomorrow’s talented and diverse leaders while strengthening your talent pipeline. Our scholars have studied and practiced leadership in both the classroom and community, enabling them to thrive in a wide range of professional roles and sectors.
Our alumni range from recent college graduates to early- to mid-career professionals.
Internship Partners: Summer 2020 to Present
- Activision
- AdiosCovid
- Amazon/Amazon Web Services
- American Academy of Medicine and Surgery (AAMS)
- Baird
- Bank of America
- The Beet Box
- Brandeis University – Garrity Lab
- Breakthrough Collaborative
- Bridge Partners
- BwD Design Group
- Bulb Digital Portfolios
- Cascade Asset Management Company
- Cascadia Capital
- Changemakers in Computing
- CBRE
- Codeblack Films
- CollinsWoerman
- COPE Health Scholars
- Cowen, Inc.
- Credit Suisse
- Crux Consulting
- Cyborg Mobile
- Dare2Dream
- Deutsche Bank
- Ekata
- EPA, County of Santa Clara
- Epiphany School
- Ernst & Young
- Evergreen State College – First People’s Multicultural Queer & Trans Support Services
- Exotic Metals
- Felux
- Floop
- Forterra
- Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
- Garde Capital
- Gas Technology Institute
- Giddens School
- Girls Fly
- Girls Who Invest
- Glowforge
- GoLab
- Green Plate Special
- Helping Families Thrive
- Hamilton Scholars
- Helsell Fetterman, LLP
- Hennepin County Medical Center
- Highspot
- Housing Diversity Corp.
- IMCO Construction
- Institute for Systems Biology
- International Rescue Committee
- Kaiser Permanente
- The Karel Fellowship
- King County Local Services
- King County Wastewater Treatment Division
- Last Myle
- Legal Voice
- Liberty Mutual
- Martin Literacy Agency
- Methow Valley Riding Unlimited
- Micron Technology
- Microsoft
- Milestone Properties
- Mortenson
- Neospine
- New Technologists
- Northwest Folklife
- Northwestern Mutual
- Novelly
- Novo Nordisk
- Nurturing Roots
- Pacific Northwest Research Institute
- Parker Remick
- PEMCO
- Piper Sandler
- Rainier Partners
- Rainier Prep
- Rainier Scholars
- Renton Innovation Zone Partnership
- Rios Immigration Law, P.S.
- Robinson Scholars
- Russell Investments
- Salish Sea Sciences
- Sasquatch Books
- Seattle Children’s
- Seattle Seahawks
- Seattle University
- Seattle Youth Employment Program
- ServiceNow
- Skywide Logic LLC
- SMR Architects
- Sound Transit
- Spencer Stuart
- St. Olaf College
- Stratacore
- Summer Health Professionals Education Program
- Tableau Software
- TalentBloom
- Team Read
- Teens in Public Service
- Turner Construction
- TLRC Research Community
- USA Facts
- UW Arbortetum
- UW Department of Microbiology
- UW Department of Physiology and Biophysics
- UW Ginger Lab
- UW Molecular Information Systems Lab
- UW Ruesink Lab
- UW Scan Design Lab
- Washington Association of Sewer and Water Districts
- The Washington Bus
- Washington State Charter School Commission
- Woodbery Partners
- The Works Seattle
- Young Storytellers
- YMCA
Next Steps
To learn more about Rainier Scholars internship programs (High School or College), or to explore launching an internship program, please email Sara Jackson, Associate Director of Career Development.
To post a job or internship opportunity for current scholars or alumni, please send us an email. Please include title, a brief position description, and application instructions (or a weblink with this information).