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Top Industries and Companies to
Score Full-Time Positions for Interns
1 Accounting 31%
3 Computer Software 24%
5 Internet 22%
25% Management Consulting 2
23% Retail 4
22% Information Technology & Services 6
7 Consumer Goods 21%
19% Oil & Energy 8
Hospital & Health Care 16%
16%
16%
14%
14%
Marketing & Advertising
Banking
Public Relations & Communications
Financial Services
13%Law Practice
Entertainment 13%
Government Administration 13%
12%
12%
12%
12%
Sports
Nonprofit Management
Broadcast Media
Publishing
9
Other Industries’Intern to Full-Time Conversion Ratios
Automotive 17%
16% Telecommunications 10
EY, KPMG US, McGladrey, Plante Moran, PwC
Accenture, Bain & Company, Deloitte, Oliver Wyman, Protiviti
CA Technologies, Intuit, Microsoft, Persistent Systems, Virtusa
Abercrombie & Fitch, Kohl’s Department Stores, Macy’s, Nordstrom, Target
Amazon, Google, Salesforce.com, Yahoo!, Zalando AG
Cerner Corporation, CSC, Dell, Infosys, NetApp
Altria, General Mills, Procter & Gamble, RB, SC Johnson
Anadarko Petroleum Corporation, BP, Chevron, ConocoPhillips, Oxy
Chrysler Group LLC, Continental, Cummins Inc., Daimler AG, Faurecia
BlackBerry, Deutsche Telekom, Orange, Qualcomm, Turkcell
When it comes to cutting your professional teeth, internships really are the new normal. In fact,
3.5 million professionals on LinkedIn have held internship positions at one point. However, which 
internships really pave the way for fruitful careers? Here is LinkedIn’s list of the top industries and
companies that convert the most internships into full-time positions for professionals.


• The top 5 companies in each industry are ordered alphabetically. 
• Of the 3.5 million LinkedIn members who have held internships, 600,000 returned to the same 

• An intern is defined as someone with the term “intern” in their title.
• A conversion is counted when an intern returns to the same company where they held their internship, 

• Education and research institutions were excluded due to the high amount of students who do


More details:
companies as full-time employees.
without the term “intern” in their title.
research or other work on campus.

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Top Industries and Companies to Score Full-Time Positions for Interns

  • 1. Top Industries and Companies to Score Full-Time Positions for Interns 1 Accounting 31% 3 Computer Software 24% 5 Internet 22% 25% Management Consulting 2 23% Retail 4 22% Information Technology & Services 6 7 Consumer Goods 21% 19% Oil & Energy 8 Hospital & Health Care 16% 16% 16% 14% 14% Marketing & Advertising Banking Public Relations & Communications Financial Services 13%Law Practice Entertainment 13% Government Administration 13% 12% 12% 12% 12% Sports Nonprofit Management Broadcast Media Publishing 9 Other Industries’Intern to Full-Time Conversion Ratios Automotive 17% 16% Telecommunications 10 EY, KPMG US, McGladrey, Plante Moran, PwC Accenture, Bain & Company, Deloitte, Oliver Wyman, Protiviti CA Technologies, Intuit, Microsoft, Persistent Systems, Virtusa Abercrombie & Fitch, Kohl’s Department Stores, Macy’s, Nordstrom, Target Amazon, Google, Salesforce.com, Yahoo!, Zalando AG Cerner Corporation, CSC, Dell, Infosys, NetApp Altria, General Mills, Procter & Gamble, RB, SC Johnson Anadarko Petroleum Corporation, BP, Chevron, ConocoPhillips, Oxy Chrysler Group LLC, Continental, Cummins Inc., Daimler AG, Faurecia BlackBerry, Deutsche Telekom, Orange, Qualcomm, Turkcell When it comes to cutting your professional teeth, internships really are the new normal. In fact, 3.5 million professionals on LinkedIn have held internship positions at one point. However, which  internships really pave the way for fruitful careers? Here is LinkedIn’s list of the top industries and companies that convert the most internships into full-time positions for professionals. • The top 5 companies in each industry are ordered alphabetically. • Of the 3.5 million LinkedIn members who have held internships, 600,000 returned to the same • An intern is defined as someone with the term “intern” in their title. • A conversion is counted when an intern returns to the same company where they held their internship, • Education and research institutions were excluded due to the high amount of students who do More details: companies as full-time employees. without the term “intern” in their title. research or other work on campus.