Career Treks

Since 2014, the Leeds Career Trek program has brought over 600 students to visit companies all throughout the United States. Attending a career trek allows our students the chance to learn from and network with alumni, immerse themselves in different company cultures, and be presented with unique opportunities. Previous companies that have hired Leeds students after attending a career trek include NBCUniversal, LinkedIn, The Walt Disney Company, Slack, Salesforce, Ralph Lauren and The New York Times.

Students are responsible for funding their Leeds Career Trek experience and we do have financial stipends available. We have given out over $75,000 in stipends since 2014. Are you an individual or business interested in donating to our trek scholarship fund? You can make your tax deductible donation here.

To apply for the following treks, visit: https://leeds.tfaforms.net/114.

Denver: Finance
Dates: September 22nd
Areas: Downtown Denver
Class Level: Sophomores, Juniors, and Seniors in Finance
Total Trek Cost: $0
Application Deadline: September 14th
Contact: leedstreks@colorado.edu

Denver: Management
Dates: October 13th
Areas: Downtown Denver
Class Level: Sophomores, Juniors, and Seniors in Management
Total Trek Cost: $0
Application Deadline: September 27th
Contact: leedstreks@colorado.edu

Denver: Marketing
Dates: November 3rd
Areas: Downtown Denver
Class Level: Sophomores, Juniors, and Seniors in Marketing
Total Trek Cost: $0
Application Deadline: September 27th
Contact: leedstreks@colorado.edu

New York City
Dates: November 14th - November 17th
Areas: New York City
Class Level: Sophomores, Juniors, and Seniors
Total Trek Cost: $550 - $800
Application Deadline: September 27th
Contact: leedstreks@colorado.edu

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This was single handedly the best thing I did with my time while at Leeds.

- 2019 Career Trek Participant

Chicago

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.

Los Angeles

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.

New York

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.

San Francisco

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.

Seattle

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.

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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.

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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

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