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For Students: Breakthrough Internship Network

Open to incoming freshmen and all other college students from Breakthrough and KIPP. Students accepted during the regular application timeline will have access to Accenture, as well as local Austin companies with more specialized internship needs.

The Breakthrough Internship Network Program arranges full-time, paid, professional internships for Breakthrough & KIPP college students and provides opportunities to grow their professional network, gain work experience, and explore potential career paths.

Key Benefits

  • Gives access to multiple coaching and training workshops
  • Provides leadership and workforce development skills such as communication etiquette, public speaking, interviewing, resume building, cover letter writing
  • Connects students to several internship opportunities with global companies and local Austin businesses that pay between $10-$20/hour

WHO CAN APPLY?

  • Students currently enrolled college students, age 18 or older from either Breakthrough or KIPP
  • Students who agree to adhere to all host company policies

WHAT’S THE PROCESS?

  • Students apply/interview prior to acceptance into program
  • Students are recommended to internship host companies to apply, interview, and receive coaching throughout the process
  • Attend various training workshops, kick-off event, and participate in end of summer Presentations of Learning

Breakthrough Internship Spotlights

We’d love to hear about your experience with our Breakthrough Internship Network program. Please check out two different options below about how you can share with us.

Current BIN Students

This space is for our interns to obtain valuable resources and improve communication with your Breakthrough team. 

Breakthrough Internship Network Host Companies

Academic Programs International (API)

ABC Home & Commercial Services

Accenture

Aceable

Alchemy Software Development

AllClear ID

American Bank of Commerce

American Constructors

Andrew Harper

AT&T

Austin FC

Baker Botts LLP

Balcones Resources

Bazaarvoice

Ben Barnes Group

Birds Barbershop

Blackbaud

Bluepoint Games

Bracewell & Giuliani LLP

Breakthrough Central Texas

Bridgepoint Consulting

Brigham Resources

Building Team Solutions

Castle Hill Partners

Center for Generational Kinetics

CG&S

Circuit of the Americas

CML Exploration

Comerica

Compass Learning

CSID

Deep Eddy Vodka

Dell Technologies

DLA Piper LLP

DropOff

Durbin Bennett l Private Wealth Management

Enoch Kever PLLC

Farmers Insurance

Fish & Richardson

Fleming & Conway Allstate Agency

FloSports

Forestar Group

George Brothers Kincaid & Horton LLP

Grande Communications

Graves Dougherty Hearon & Moody

Green Mountain Energy Company

GSD&M

Headspring

Hellfire Games

Hill+Knowlton Strategies

HomeAway

Holtzman

Holt Engineering

Horizon Bank

HPI Real Estate & Investments

IBM

Indeed

Independent Financial

Jones Energy

Kasasa

Kendra Scott

KIPP Austin Public Schools

Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center

Lifesize

Live Oak-Gottesman

Luminex Corporation

Mattersight

MI7

Michael & Susan Dell Foundation

Nanohmics

NI

Nolan Ryan Foundation

Noonday Collection

NXP Semiconductors

Onit

Onramp

Packet Design

Parker Phoenix PR

PDS Energy

Pease Park Conservancy

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

Pipeline Success

Pivot3

Plains Capital Bank

Powell Ebert & Smolik PC

PPD

Reed & Scardino LLP

RetailMeNot

Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

Romman

SailPoint

Samsung Austin Semiconductor

Saturn Aviation

Seton Medical Center Austin

Sherry Matthews Advocacy Marketing

Silicon Labs

SocialMedia.org

Solarwinds

St. David’s Institute for Learning

Stantec

Statoil

STG Design

Stratus Properties

Tesla

Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts

Texas Department of Transportation

Texas Forensic Science Commission

Texas Health Institute

Texas Medicaid and Healthcare Partnership

Texas Office of Attorney General

Texas Parks and Wildlife Department

The Butler Brothers

The Chism Company

Tokyo Electron America

Trigger Point

UFCU

Upland Software

uShip

uStudio

Victoria Emergency Associates

W2O Group

Waterloo Associates

Westwood Country Club

Whole Foods Market

Winstead PC

Wortham Insurance