In your sophomore year, you’re starting to imagine what you want to do when you graduate. A career in the financial services industry is a great place to start, and to grow. The Sophomore Leaders Conference is designed to be a best-in-class program to pipeline high-potential underrepresented candidates into our Sophomore Summer Program, including female, Black/African American, Hispanic/Latino, Native American/Alaskan Native, Asian, Native Hawaiian/other Pacific Islander, and LGBTQIA students, as well as military veterans and students with disabilities.
During this special, two-day conference, you will get a better understanding of the options available to you in Corporate and Commercial Lending businesses and Enterprise Staff groups.
You will network with your peers and Wells Fargo team members while learning how Wells Fargo delivers financial services to mid-sized, corporate, and other large scale companies.
The conference also includes the chance to interview for some of our selective paid summer internships — a great place to start your career and build your resume.
The conference includes:
- The chance to interview for paid summer internships in Corporate and Commercial Lending, Enterprise Finance, Corporate Risk, and the Chief Administrative Office
- Panel discussions with analysts, managers, and senior leaders
- Professional development workshops
- Seminars on credit, lending, and banking
- Networking opportunities
Conference Dates and Locations:
- Chandler, AZ: March 7 – 8, 2018
- Charlotte, NC: March 15 – 16, 2018
All travel and meal expenses will be paid by Wells Fargo.
Qualifications
The Sophomore Leaders Conference is designed to be a best-in-class program to pipeline high-potential underrepresented candidates into our Sophomore Summer Program, including female, Black/African American, Hispanic/Latino, Native American/Alaskan Native, Asian, Native Hawaiian/other Pacific Islander, and LGBTQIA students, as well as military veterans and students with disabilities.
You must be currently pursuing a bachelor’s degree in any major with an expected graduation of December 2019 or May/June 2020.
Application Details
You are required to provide the following information: (1) resume, (2) a short 350 word essay telling us why diversity is important to an organization and what you hope to achieve from attending the Wells Fargo Sophomore Leaders Conference.
Submit your application by 11:59pm CT on January 8, 2018
Wells Fargo & Company (NYSE: WFC) is a diversified, community-based financial services company with $1.9 trillion in assets. Founded in 1852, Wells Fargo provides banking, insurance, investments, mortgage, and consumer and commercial financial services through more than 8,600 locations, 13,000 ATMs, online (wellsfargo.com), and mobile devices. We’re headquartered in San Francisco, but we’re decentralized so every local Wells Fargo location is a headquarters for satisfying our customers’ financial needs and helping them succeed financially. We do business with 70 million customers and one in three U.S. households. Wells Fargo has approximately 273,000 team members in 42 countries and territories across our more than 90 businesses. At the end of first quarter 2017, Wells Fargo ranked third in assets among U.S. banks. Our vision: “We want to satisfy our customers’ financial needs and help them succeed financially.”