Career Treks
Career Treks give students a firsthand look at the world of work by bringing classroom learning to life through visits to companies and organizations across a variety of industries. Students have the opportunity to learn directly from alumni and industry professionals, ask questions about career journeys and day-to-day work, experience different company cultures, and build meaningful professional connections. These experiences also help students explore potential career paths, expand their networks, develop a better understanding of employer expectations, and discover internship and full-time opportunities that may not otherwise be accessible to them.
CURRENT TREKS & APPLICATIONS
INDUSTRY TREKS — LOCAL
OPEN TO 2ND, 3RD & 4TH YEAR STUDENTS
Local company visits in Denver and Boulder to explore industries and career paths.
DATE | TREK | LOCATION | APPLICATION |
SEP 17 | Finance Career Trek (DaVita & PNC) | Denver | |
SEP 18 | Finance Career Trek (CoBank) | Denver | |
SEP 25 | Sustainable Finance Career Trek | Denver | |
Oct 16 | Finance Career Trek (JP Morgan Private Bank) | Denver | |
OCT 16 | Marketing Career Trek | Boulder | |
OCT 23 | Management Career Trek | Broomfield |
EXPLORATORY TREK — LOCAL
OPEN TO 1ST & 2ND YEAR STUDENTS
Explore a variety of companies and opportunities while building early career awareness.
DATE | TREK | LOCATION | APPLICATION |
OCT 15 | Sustainability Exploratory Trek | Boulder |
OUT-OF-STATE TREKS
OPEN TO 2ND, 3RD & 4TH YEAR STUDENTS
Travel to major U.S. business hubs to meet employers, explore industries, and expand your network. Written and video application requirements.
Students are responsible for funding their Leeds Out of State Career Trek experience. Financial stipends are available by request when you apply.
DATES | CITY | FOCUS AREAS | APPLICATION |
OCT 26–28, 2026 | Chicago | Supply Chain • Operations • Marketing • Sustainability | |
NOV 30–DEC 3, 2026 | New York City | Fashion • Marketing • Media | AVAILABLE SOON → |
FEB 8–11, 2027 | San Francisco | Technology • Sales | AVAILABLE SOON → |
MAR 29–APR 1, 2027 | Austin | Technology • Media • Marketing • Sales | AVAILABLE SOON → |
This was single handedly the best thing I did with my time while at Leeds.
- 2019 Career Trek Participant
Leeds visits Chicago every other year as a part of our career trek series. Our latest focused on the differences between for-profit and non-profit businesses and visited companies such as the Chicago Cubs, Google and YWCA.
Leeds visits Los Angeles every other year as a part of our career trek series. Our latest trek focused on the entertainment, marketing and media industries and visited companies such as Disneyland, CBS, Netflix and Snapchat. We will be visiting LA again in the spring of 2024.
Leeds visits New York each year in November as a part of our career trek series. We have visited a variety of companies within the fashion, media, marketing and technology spaces. Previous companies have included Chanel, Fendi, Michael Kors, Ralph Lauren, L'Oreal, The New York Times, NBCUniversal, LinkedIn and Spotify. Each year is different and so we cannot guarantee we will visit these companies again. We also set up coffee chats and/or shadow days with our alumni across the city.
Leeds visits San Francisco each year in the spring as a part of our career trek series. Our latest trek focused on the technology and sales industries. We visited companies such as LinkedIn, Salesforce, Slack and Twitter.
Leeds visits Seattle every other year as a part of our career trek series. Our latest trek focused on the operations, sustainability and technology industries and visited companies such as Amazon, Lyft and T-Mobile.
This trip made me so proud to be a part of Leeds and I am now more excited than ever to start my professional career.
- 2017 Career Trek Participant
Denver
Interested in pursuing a job or internship in Denver? Attend the Denver Career Trek! Learn about industries and company cultures and meet alums and potential future employers all in Denver. The Denver Career Trek typically occurs twice a year, once in the fall and once in the spring.
"Loved this trek! It was really awesome to get some insight on different companies and what they do. I liked the diversity of the companies we visited. I would do this again in a heart beat!" - Denver Trek Participant, Marketing '16
Previous visits included Craftsy, SolidFire, Zayo Group, Red Door Interactive, Elevated Third, MillerCoors, Uber, Ibotta, ReadyTalk, Ping Identity, Sterling-Rice Group, Metric Theory, KPMG, Grant Thornton, McKinsey, Denver Health, and many others! Email leedstreks@colorado.edu for additional details or to apply.
I LOVED the fact that we met CU alumni from many of the companies. This made it very easy to network with them because we all had something in common. The diverse selection of companies we visited gave us insight on the many stages and types of companies. I've never considered working for a startup until the trek and now I can't stop thinking about it!
- 2018 Career Trek Participant