Ashland Internships

Ashland Inc. is a Fortune 500 company, global specialty chemicals company, provides innovative products, services and solutions to customers around the globe. Ashland has sales and operations in the United States and in more than 100 countries worldwide. Our operations include five divisions: Ashland Aqualon Functional Ingredients, Ashland Hercules Water Technologies, Ashland Performance Materials, Ashland Consumer Markets (Valvoline) and Ashland Distribution. We're a growing, dynamic company with a vision that gives us a strong sense of who we are and an unyielding commitment to how we practice business.*

Ashland Internships: here

Ashland Inc. is a Fortune 500 company, global specialty chemicals company, provides innovative products, services and solutions to customers around the globe. Ashland has sales and operations in the United States and in more than 100 countries worldwide. Our operations include five divisions: Ashland Aqualon Functional Ingredients, Ashland Hercules Water Technologies, Ashland Performance Materials, Ashland Consumer Markets (Valvoline) and Ashland Distribution. We're a growing, dynamic company with a vision that gives us a strong sense of who we are and an unyielding commitment to how we practice business.*

Ashland Internships: here

"Worked with the sales team to evaluate potential opportunites " Position: Technical Sales Intern Location: Covington, KY Pay: $$16/hour Duration: 11 weeks Review posted on 5/30/2011

I gained real world experience: 1 2 3 4 5 Agree My boss treated me with respect: 1 2 3 4 5 Strongly Agree I enjoyed my fellow co-workers: 1 2 3 4 5 Strongly Agree The work I performed was interesting: 1 2 3 4 5 Neutral "OK" I feel better positioned to gain a fulltime job: 1 2 3 4 5 Agree Overall, I was satisfied with my internship: 1 2 3 4 5 Agree

Pros: - Worked with Ashland's water tech group to identify sales opportunities and work on their crm. - Very fun to be part of some huge deal groups. Really felt collaborative. - Learned sales CRM tools. - Got to work on a couple new business leads. Cons: none. Advice for other students: Solid company. Ashland takes their internships seriously, it's a well done program.

"Worked on the development of a new water related product" Position: Manufacturing Intern Location: Covington, KY Pay: $$21/hour Duration: 12 weeks Review posted on 5/30/2011

I gained real world experience: 1 2 3 4 5 Agree My boss treated me with respect: 1 2 3 4 5 Strongly Agree I enjoyed my fellow co-workers: 1 2 3 4 5 Strongly Agree The work I performed was interesting: 1 2 3 4 5 Agree I feel better positioned to gain a fulltime job: 1 2 3 4 5 Strongly Agree Overall, I was satisfied with my internship: 1 2 3 4 5 Agree

Pros: - Cool, smart engineering team. - Loved working on a new product. - Well organized program and really connected with my Ashland managers. Cons: Some long hours and sometimes I didn't have too much to do. Advice for other students: Work hard and the internship is a pipeline for entry level offers.

"Ashland is a large company that is slightly old school, but treats interns well" Position: Sales Summer Intern Location: Covington, KY Pay: $$16/hour Duration: 11 weeks Review posted on 6/9/2011

I gained real world experience: 1 2 3 4 5 Agree My boss treated me with respect: 1 2 3 4 5 Strongly Agree I enjoyed my fellow co-workers: 1 2 3 4 5 Agree The work I performed was interesting: 1 2 3 4 5 Neutral "OK" I feel better positioned to gain a fulltime job: 1 2 3 4 5 Agree Overall, I was satisfied with my internship: 1 2 3 4 5 Strongly Agree

Pros: Learned the sales cycle at Ashland. Unlike other bschool students, I'm into sales because it's good money and challenging. I got to see how successful sales people in this category take care of clients and prospect for new clients. I really enjoyed the prospecting part. My boss took care of me, explained the process to me, trusted my judgement and we had some great lunches together. Cons: Some of the work was secretary like. Advice for other students: Ashland is an internship that is well done by the HR team. You will learn a lot, but you also have to get into it.

"Working with water tech and paper products was really fun!" Position: Technical Sales Intern Location: Covington, KY Pay: $$18/hour Duration: 12 weeks Review posted on 6/9/2011

I gained real world experience: 1 2 3 4 5 Strongly Agree My boss treated me with respect: 1 2 3 4 5 Strongly Agree I enjoyed my fellow co-workers: 1 2 3 4 5 Strongly Agree The work I performed was interesting: 1 2 3 4 5 Neutral "OK" I feel better positioned to gain a fulltime job: 1 2 3 4 5 Strongly Agree Overall, I was satisfied with my internship: 1 2 3 4 5 Strongly Agree

Pros: - My big summer project was fixing out water systems and saving this particular customer an important amount of money each year. - Hands on experience, didn't sit in the office cube all day, nor was I out traveling i the field all day. It was good mix. - Given independence (no hand holding). Cons: not sure my water technology knowledge translates (?). But, I did learn about enterprise sales. Advice for other students: Work hard when you are at Ashland and soak up the knowledge. Also, I was happy to have an engineering major as my background. Engineering + sales skills are valuable.

"Excellent field experience and Ashland was a great company to intern for" Position: Manufacturing Intern Location: Savannah, GA Pay: $$21/hour Duration: 12 weeks Review posted on 6/9/2011

I gained real world experience: 1 2 3 4 5 Strongly Agree My boss treated me with respect: 1 2 3 4 5 Strongly Agree I enjoyed my fellow co-workers: 1 2 3 4 5 Strongly Agree The work I performed was interesting: 1 2 3 4 5 Strongly Agree I feel better positioned to gain a fulltime job: 1 2 3 4 5 Agree Overall, I was satisfied with my internship: 1 2 3 4 5 Strongly Agree

Pros: - Ability to talk to real engineers and manufacturers in the field. Everybody was really nice to me when I asked them to explain their jobs. I was trying to get a feel as to whether or not this specific line of engineering work was right for me. - Good pay. - Really enjoyed the steam consolidation project. Felt very consultative. Honestly, I was pleasantly surprised at how much managers valued my opinion. Cons: Nothing. Advice for other students: Ashland provides some really good engineering co-ops and internships. I don't know if I could have gotten this type of trust/hands on experience elsewhere.

"Glad I did this instead of lab research" Position: Technical Sales Intern Location: Baltimore, MD Pay: $$20/hour Duration: 12 weeks Review posted on 6/9/2011

I gained real world experience: 1 2 3 4 5 Strongly Agree My boss treated me with respect: 1 2 3 4 5 Agree I enjoyed my fellow co-workers: 1 2 3 4 5 Agree The work I performed was interesting: 1 2 3 4 5 Agree I feel better positioned to gain a fulltime job: 1 2 3 4 5 Agree Overall, I was satisfied with my internship: 1 2 3 4 5 Strongly Agree

Pros: - Team actually listened and valued my recommendations. Able to help out the mill and Hercules (saved money). - Met a bunch of young engineers and we hungout. - Housing Stipend. - Good company culture. Cons: Not much, straightforward internship opp. Advice for other students: I'm glad a did a hands on internship at Ashland rather than work in a lab. Students should really think and consider this.