find your window of opportunity at Southwest Airlines
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Real-World
Experience
Workshops
Casual
Dress
Fun
Why Southwest?
Southwest is more than an airline—it’s a Family.
An internship with Southwest is more than just a job—it’s an opportunity of a lifetime.
With our NoLimits Internship Program, Southwest Airlines can guarantee you more than just
another line to add to your résumé. Not only will you get hands-on business experience in your
particular field, you will also get to experience the Fun-LUVing Culture that makes Southwest
Airlines home to one of the most highly sought after internships year after year.
Where else can you…
• Fly to San Antonio for the evening just to have dinner?
• Wear shorts and T-shirts to work everyday?
• Win a three-legged race with the vice president of your department?
• Be exposed to practical workplace skills in a FUN, easy-going environment?
An internship with Southwest Airlines is a unique and exciting adventure unmatched by any other.
Once you’ve experienced Southwest, there is nothing
that compares. I honestly would have come back
and cleaned toilets just so I could work here.
—James Freese
(former intern, now full-time with Southwest)
Internship Opportunities include, but are not limited to:
Advertising Facilities
Central Publications
Financial Analysis
Charitable GivingFinance Planning
Communication
Flight Operations
Community Relations
Graphic Design and Creative Services
Corporate Tax (Various Positions)
Ground Ops (Various Positions)
Dispatch
Internal Audit
Emerging Media
Legislative
Environmental
Maintenance (Various Positions)
Executive Office
Marketing (Various Positions)
OCC—Dispatch Weather
Operational Safety
People
Promotions
Public Relations
Purchasing
Revenue Management
Safety
Schedule Planning
Technology
Most internships are located in Dallas, TX. Please visit southwest.com/careers/internships
for the most up-to-date listing of internship opportunities and locations.
Think you want to intern with Southwest?
We are looking for individuals with the following:
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A Warrior Spirit, a Servant’s Heart, and Fun-LUVing Attitude!
A commitment to Customer Service
Excellent communication skills
Sense of humor
Self-motivation and energetic personality
Team-oriented quality
Flexibility to work in a dynamic, fast-paced environment
Ability to work well alone or with others
The Freedom to Fly!
All Southwest Interns enjoy free, unlimited space-available travel to anywhere that
Southwest flies, and each Intern takes full advantage of this unique opportunity.
You can:
Free
Travel
• Jet-set to Los Angeles for a weekend on the beach
• Attend a baseball game in Chicago
• Sightsee in New York City
You will find that there are many opportunities to travel all over the country!
Southwest is the only company where you have the freedom to leave after work
Monday night, have dinner in New Orleans’ French Quarter, and be back in
time for work the next morning!
—Nina Guerriero, former Intern
Have FUN, and Get Paid!
Not only do you get to have FUN and
enjoy your work, you get paid as well!
The payment amount will depend on
the particular internship and
requirements. Visit our website for the most up-to-date information.
Pay
$
Real-World Experience
As a Southwest Intern, you are treated
like an Employee from the very first
day you start. You will be challenged to
push yourself and grow not only in your
professional life, but your personal life
as well. Previous Interns have written
for our inflight magazine, assisted with
ad campaign photo shoots, and helped
design marketing strategies for new
gate openings as well as various other activities that have
a direct impact on the success of Southwest Airlines.
Real-World
Experience
You will also be able to attend Career Development classes and events during the work day that will help
you develop the skills that you need in order to succeed in the professional world.
Workshops
Events include:
• Myers-Briggs type indicator
• Career Day
• Days in the Field
What’s great about Southwest is that they let you get involved and actually participate in
important activities. Just last week, I got to fly across the country to sit in on a customer
chat with Southwest’s CEO Gary Kelly and other senior level executives.
—Jackie Eagle, former Intern
I really enjoyed all of the different events that we had throughout the semester,
especially the ‘Not So Amazing Race.’ Not only do you get to compete and have
fun, but It’s a great way to get to know the other interns, whom you don’t
necessarily get to see on a day-to-day basis.
—Adi Dzebic, former Intern
Casual
Dress
LUV the Environment you work in!
If you’re not already excited about what Southwest has to offer, we’ve got
a couple more reasons why Southwest is a great place to intern. We have a
casual dress code 365 days of the year—that’s right, you can wear shorts
and a T-shirt to work! We also host a variety of FUN Culture activities that allow
you to meet and mingle with other Interns and Employees.
Activities include:
• Intern Happy Hour
• The Not-So-Amazing Race
• Water Wars
• Deck Parties
• Message to the Field
• Various Company-wide parties
Fun
The Next Step
Ready to begin your
internship with Southwest?
Apply directly at
southwest.com/careers/internships
Become our fan at
www.facebook.com/NoLimitsInternship
Contact:
NoLimits Internship Program
2702 Love Field Drive, HDQ 4HR
Dallas, TX 75235
nolimits@wnco.com
214.792.4000
I’ve had another internship before, and not only was this more memorable and
awesome, but the other did not come near as close to developing me into a
young professional and growing me as a person. In addition to contributing
to the work Southwest does, we became a close-knit group of friends, and
challenged ourselves in the separate development activities. To describe the
people here as great is an understatement; this is an experience I will never forget.
—Emily Moravec, former Intern