Southwestern Advantage Reviews

Former Employee – worked at Southwestern Advantage full-time for more than 3 years

Pros – Making a lot of money I made over 15K in 12 weeks each summer for the last 3 summers! The most Awesome hands on experience! I am graduating in a couple weeks and people want to hire me and you learn really learn how to sell which is a great skill to have especially when companies are interviewing you! best thing I did over my college career hands down. If you are reading this review bc your on the fence if you believe in yourself and are confident in your ability to do well then you will have a great summer! I Sold in Parkersburg,WV; Orlando,FL; and Columbus,OH. Also the living with host families is awesome! ~EC~

Cons – you give up your whole summer which wasnt really a big deal for me bc I got to go to different states to sell each summer! Also working 80+ hrs a week to some people may be a con but I enjoyed it you work hard all summer and play hard during the fall and spring during the school year!

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Current Employee – been working at Southwestern Advantage as an intern for less than a year

Pros – you learn just so much - its incredible!

Cons – It is very challenging! Not for everybody. If you get through it - you will definitely grow a lot!

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Current Employee – been working at Southwestern Advantage full-time for more than 7 years

Pros – This is my 6th year working for Southwestern Advantage. I first heard about their summer internship during my freshman year of college at UC Berkeley from a close friend. Not only have I enjoyed my time working here, but I have also grown so much in many aspects of my professional and personal life. Besides the financial compensation and the travel opportunities, the main reason I have decided to come back year after year is the leadership and mentorship in the company. Whenever I have a question or need some advice/guidance, I can very easily and comfortably ask my regional director, and even the President or CEO. It is because of my relentless work-ethic and their leadership that I have been able to reach high levels of success and help my colleagues experience the same. While my ultimate career goal is to become am athletic coach and trainer for professionals, I can say that Southwestern has helped paved the way. And best of all, we market and sell some of the top educational resources in the market. We do a great thing!

Cons – The things that are challenging about the job, are the very reasons that give me opportunities to develop personally and professional: learning to be ok with working long hours, following through with my commitments after the feeling has passed, being a disciplined example for those who I train and lead, sacrificing the things I want in the moment for the things I want most in the future.

Advice to Senior Management – Continue to stay true to our message of controlling only our attitudes and efforts, and letting the rest work itself out.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Former Employee – worked at Southwestern Advantage part-time for more than 3 years

Pros – Gain concrete, marketable skills
Learn and perfect soft skills
Master the art of Closing

Cons – Long hours
Dealing with rejection
Confront fears of missing out, failure and the unknown

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at Southwestern Advantage part-time for more than a year

Pros – - Improve leadership, communication/sales skills
- Establish strong work ethic (80 hours a week on supervised)
- Great training and culture
- Develop great attitude for work

Cons – Have to dedicate the entire summer for the intern, but part of being successful is being able to sacrifice the little things in life in order to achieve the ultimate goal

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Current Employee – been working at Southwestern Advantage

Pros – you can earn, learn, impact

Cons – its alot of hard work

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Former Employee – worked at Southwestern Advantage as an intern for more than a year

Pros – Some of the best leadership and management training you can find for a college age student. Surrounded by a culture of highly motivated peers that want to see you succeed and reach your full potential. More than just sales, they want to see you grow personally. Create life long friendships with people that will be successful within their respective career fields.

Cons – 100% commission based. If you work hard and are highly coachable you will succeed. 80 plus hours a week for 13 weeks, but the reason it is tough is because the results are worth it. If you can't work 80 hours a week it's not for you.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Current Employee – been working at Southwestern Advantage full-time for less than a year

Pros – Best Training Around in entire country for pre-grD

Cons – One of the hardest things I have ever done

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Current Employee – been working at Southwestern Advantage full-time for more than 7 years

Pros – The Southwestern Advantage summer program provides students with all the tools they need to be successful not just with Southwestern but for their lives. Students get the opportunity to run their own business, which helps them develop personal responsibility, interpersonal communication skills, solid work ethic, leadership ability, self-confidence, and time- and money-management abilities, among others. On top of that, the support structure available to students is second to none. The student managers truly care about the first-year students, and the sales managers are always available and honestly want to help the students they work with achieve success.

Cons – This program is definitely not for everyone. Some students do very poorly in the program, as pay is entirely based on the number of books they sell during the summer. What that means is that students who are not willing to put in 100% effort will not be successful. Also, students travel outside of their home state for the summer and work the equivalent of two full-time jobs. It is one of the most challenging summer programs for a college student, and students should seriously consider their options and not dive head-first into this program without careful consideration and understanding of what will be required of them.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Current Employee – been working at Southwestern Advantage as an intern for more than 3 years

Pros – This is a life changing summer internship experience. It helps me grow so much. Not just with my communication skills, but also being a person that live the philophies or work hard, treat people better, commitment. The job is so hard but it totally worths it. Don't believe the negative website about the southwestern experience. The president of the company Dan moore are great and he really devotes his heart to help us grow. My student manager is great, she cares about me and want me have the same experience as her, to become a leader. Without southwestern, I would be just a student who moved here since I was 15 from china. This helps me understand the value of myself, understand how to have a positive attitude. I love this internship experience so much, enjoying surround by people who are very positive and very motivated. I finished my 2nd summer, and I will do it one more summer.

Cons – There are cons but everything has cons. But they all worths it and I didn't regret I did this.