Although YEAA is not directly affiliated with any university or college, many students throughout the country have received up to 6 credits for the internship through their school. Contact your department and advisor for further clarification on your degree’s requirements for an internship.

The Branch Manager position is a full-time job in the summer months. Starting in March, the job requires 10-15 or more hours per week. This work will consist of various pre-season activities such as training, marketing, sales, and recruitment. All of the pre-season activities can be scheduled during weekends or after class; this program does not conflict with school. Successful managers devote 40 hours per week, on average, for the entire summer.

Branch Managers have graduated into many different careers. Engineering, finance and banking, sales, and business are the most frequent categories, but we've had students launch startups, do graphic design, medicine, and so much more. The skills required to run a company apply everywhere.

We pay you minimum wage for every hour you work, but past that, your pay is based on the profit of your business.

We picked the painting and window washing industry because they are skills that are easy to learn. Homeowners intuitively understand the idea of a student painting and window washing business, and they always love helping students. Neither are a difficult skill to learn; leadership, management, marketing, and sales are much more difficult.

We want to compete in a summertime-only industry because that's when students have their break. We start hundreds of businesses across the country each year. We need to have a low startup cost. Exterior painting is a skill that's easy to learn.

We are launching a new startup within the company and aim to expand into other home improvement sectors.

No previous industry experience or past management positions are required. Our incoming interns must simply be willing to work hard, put in the number of hours needed to be successful, and be teachable.

This internship gives you more responsibility and accountability than any other. We don't have a brand name you hear on commercials, but when full-time interviewers ask about "biggest challenges overcome," "most responsibility," and "leadership experience," our students consistently rise above the others. We often get calls from full-time employers asking "do you have any more students available?" The experience you get with our internship is greater than any other.

No. Although roughly half of our interns are business majors the others come from many other fields including but not limited to engineering, education, psychology, arts, and sciences, etc. We firmly believe that learning the art of leadership and management has its place in nearly any industry which is why we accept candidates based on their qualifications and not their majors.

State Farm JC3 Inc. Lenovo HDR Engineering American Transport Group LLC Maxim Healthcare Superior industrial Cleaning General Electric Groupon, Inc Chase Banks Real Living Realty Services Integrated Data Storage PNC Bank’s Private Client Group First Investor Quicken Loans Red Robin Company Twin Cities Siding Professionals Arch Grants Next Generation Lending Real Estate Broker Sales/Efficiency Manager Union Advisors Target Delia Real Estate Group Yankees

There is no registration fee, tuition expense, or other upfront money needed. All you need is a vehicle.

The greatest risk would be time. Both managers and the company invest a great deal of time and effort into making their business successful.

We arrange extensive liability insurance and worker's compensation coverage to protect our managers and painters. As an employee of YEAA, Branch Managers are not liable for worker’s compensation claims nor insurance claims. As a student in our program, there is no risk of monetary loss of any kind.

All of our employees are covered by full workman's compensation.

Managers work hard at marketing their business. We've been around for 35+ years because we've developed a marketing system that works. The only catch? It requires effort. Managers who are determined to succeed and work hard rarely have a problem finding work.

We pay you minimum wage for every hour you work, but past that, your pay is based on the profit of your business.

Yes. Our average student earned $14,000 last summer.

This internship gives you more responsibility and accountability than any other. We don't have a brand name you hear on commercials, but when full-time interviewers ask about "biggest challenges overcome," "most responsibility," and "leadership experience," our students consistently rise above the others. We often get calls from full-time employers asking "do you have any more students available?" The experience you get with our internship is greater than any other.