Are you looking for bright, motivated potential new employees? Do you have children who  are sophomores, juniors, seniors or grad students in college who are looking for a meaningful summer internship . . . and hopefully a job some day? Do you want to help HRACRE fight the brain drain and attract top notch college grads to our region and to the commercial real estate industry?

If your answer to any of these questions is “Yes” – READ ON!

• HRACRE’s Intern Program is now in its 19TH year and will run for six weeks in the summer of 2026, from June 8th to July 22nd!
  
• We start by soliciting and collecting applications from students at over two dozen colleges and universities.
• Participating HRACRE member employers either select an intern from our pool of applicants (and can be interviewed and selected on a first come first served basis) OR enroll individuals they have identified on their own from their own internship programs.
• Interns participate in any lunch or breakfast  programs each week that are designed to give them an overview of commercial real estate and of all the career tracks encompassed in CRE. The HRACRE Intern Committee plans a robust and engaging line up of speakers for the interns each year. 
  
• Interns can also attend any HRACRE events scheduled during the 6 weeks, and a final intern program luncheon where top performers are recognized based on attendance, participation and a brief essay.
• Participation in the program is free of any charge to participating employers and interns.
• When you sign up to participate, your company is agreeing to allow your interns to participate in the HRACRE programs, speakers, and tours scheduled during the 6 weeks of the HRACRE program.
• When students participate in our program they receive a wide overview of CRE, the benefits of networking, opportunity to connect to other professionals within HRACRE, AND are eligible to receive scholarship dollars at the conclusion of our 6 weeks!
  

We have attached a brochure which describes the program in greater detail.

If you are interested in participating as an employer, please complete the
2026 Employer Participation Form and an HRACRE Internship Committee member will contact you. We consistently have many more intern applications than available spots so we always need additional employers. Employer sign ups are open through April 2026.

Applications for interns closes on May 1st- however the HRACRE pool of candidates will be available to employers who have signed up, as soon as students apply.  Applications are now open to students.

If you agree that this is a wonderful opportunity for our next gen professionals and want to help underwrite the program or would like additional information, contact Kyrus Whitehurst: Kyrus@associationbuilders.com – no contribution is too small to make a difference.