The objective of this internship is to create an experience that will not only be fun and interesting, but also give interns relevant, real world experience in a bustling industry.   Eschelon Hospitality’s internship program is rooted in professional development and hands-on learning.    

Eligibility
The Internship Program is for students currently enrolled in an undergraduate college or university, or graduate program. Undergraduate students must have at least junior or senior standing by the start of the internship.

Compensation | Hours Per Week
All Eschelon Hospitality interns are unpaid.  Students must receive course credit from their university to be eligible for the internship program.  Minimum 10 hours per week.

Company Bio
Eschelon Hospitality was founded in 2006 with the purpose of developing and delivering exciting and unique hospitality concepts to the Raleigh-Durham area.  Eschelon Hospitality takes every measure to ensure our guests have a memorable experience by operating to uncompromising standards of service, courtesy, cleanliness and customer satisfaction. With the business savvy drive of president G Patel and the help of loyal partners, Eschelon has become one of the most competitive hospitality groups in the Triangle.

Become familiar with the company’s customer base.  To accomplish this objective, the intern will input information from comments cards into a database.  They will then be able to analyze different trends and see the likes and dislikes of our customer base.  This will help to recognize the areas for improvement within the company, which will in turn, better serve our customers.  The intern will also be encouraged to improve the look and feel of the comments cards to more efficiently collect data from the customer.  

Build business for brunch, lunch or dinner at one restaurant.  The intern will be required to create a marketing campaign to build a specific aspect of the restaurant business.  For example, past interns have worked on building brunch business at The Oxford or lunch business at Mura.  

Assist in event coordination.  Eschelon hosts several events throughout the year.  We also attend large charity events to showcase the restaurant’s cuisine.  Interns have the opportunity to assist in many parts of the event coordination process: concept development, staffing, marketing (press releases, social media, email blasts, flyers, advertising buying, etc) and more.