Northwestern Mutual

Northwestern Mutual is a great place to experiment, learn and grow a career. When you join us, you’ll be part of a team focused on helping people become financially secure. We offer the strength and scale of a Fortune 100 company combined with an entrepreneurial culture. Big ideas don’t happen when you feel boxed in. Our agile, collaborative work environment enables you to do your work how and where you do it best.

We emphasize empowerment, teamwork and innovation—all in an effort to solve problems in a digital world and create an industry-leading digital platform.
Innovation is essential for delivering not just what’s needed now, but also for what people will expect in the future. We’re focused on creating a distinctive digital experience. We’re building muscles around experimentation—generating and testing new ideas as we create our digital future.

Northwestern Mutual's internship offers hands-on experience through teamwork and collaboration, as well as individual work assignments. Interns participate in a wide range of learning and development activities including job shadows, attending various speaking engagements and events designed to expose interns to other areas of the firm. Working in teams, interns collaborate with each other on assigned case studies, to be presented at the conclusion of the internship program.

From the minute you join us as a summer intern, our focus is on providing you with opportunities for learning and professional growth. You will have an opportunity to network with senior leaders, attend company-sponsored events and participate in community volunteer events. You will gain first-hand experience in learning what
it's like to work and live in the city of Milwaukee with access to all the city has to offer.

Becoming a Financial Representative

When you join our team of financial professionals, you will build lasting relationships with clients and help them to achieve their financial goals. In doing so, you’ll help solidify your own future as well. The career offers flexibility at a company where hard work is valued and rewarded. Your local network office wiill help you:

• Build a practice from the ground up with support from mentors and training tools
• Guide clients through a financial planning process which reflects our belief that over a lifetime, most people will experience many different financial needs and circumstances.  After assessing your clients needs, you will recommend and provide insurance and investment solutions to help meet their financial security goals.

Learn more about our financial representative career:  

• Success stories 
• Training and Rewards Programs

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Becoming a Financial Representative Intern

As a financial representative intern, you’ll get real-world job experience as you discover a career with flexibility and rewards. 

Teamwork. Training. Hard work. Fun. It’s part of what has made the Northwestern Mutual internship program a Top Ten Internship for 21 years in a row according to Vault Guide to Internships, 2017 Edition. When you join our financial representative intern program, you’ll be supported by a team of people in one of our local network offices that will:

• Help you master our personalized planning process to provide financial solutions tailored to each client’s needs over his or her lifetime.
• Help you build on your classroom learning and develop lifelong skills.
• Work with your school schedule with internships that are available to full-time students either full-time during the summer or part-time during the school year.

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Find a Northwestern Mutual office location in your area.

Northwestern Mutual has been helping families and businesses achieve financial security for 160 years. Our 7,000+ home office professionals are split across two campuses: Franklin and downtown Milwaukee (HQ). We’re continuing to grow, and we believe diversity makes us stronger as we help shape the future of financial security. Help us get to know you by applying for open positions.

In the Fall of 2017, we expanded our campus in downtown Milwaukee overlooking Lake Michigan. The Northwestern Mutual Tower and Commons includes a state-of-the-art employee Learning Institute, and features a natural light-filled, 21st century work environment. This signature development reinforces our commitment to job growth, attracting top talent and drawing new business to Milwaukee.