Are you ready to lead RSM STAR? Apply now to become a member of the XLVIIth STAR Board and lead the biggest study association of Europe Board recruitment 2024
STAR Board Are you ready for your next challenge? Are you looking to gain managerial work experience? Do you want to develop yourself both personally and professionally? Apply now to become a member of the STAR Board and start an incredible year. A board year at STAR offers the unique opportunity to experience the real business world while developing your professional and social skills at an exponential rate. The STAR Board is responsible for the entire study association RSM STAR, which is the largest student-run study association in Europe. As a member of the board, you will initiate and supervise projects, manage people, display leadership, and develop and execute a long-term strategy. Together with eight other board members, you will learn about your strengths and
weaknesses and receive professional training to further develop your skills. STAR’s rich history and professional image enable valuable connections to hundreds of companies and university staff. STAR organises huge recruitment events, study trips, study support, and the best social events. Supervise a total of over 300 active members who are part of committees and boards and find ways to best cater to the needs of RSM students.
This is your chance to maximize your personal and professional development
Work on answering questions like these in the policy every board gets to decide on every year. Leave your mark and pave the way forward.
At the core of all that STAR does is our mission to enrich the life of all RSM students. What innovations are needed to keep adding value to the students? What is the best long-term strategy to stay relevant?
Besides the learning experience, doing a board year is incredibly fun. Attend drinks, dinners, exclusive events, and the best parties. Meet hundreds of new people and make friends for life. A board year will keep surprising you!
General information Workload
Selection process
After having received the appropriate training to start the board year, the members officially start in July 2024. It is a full-time job and you are expected to attend STAR events outside work hours. However, there is a lot of freedom in how the Board decides to schedule its work hours.
After filling out the application form online, you will be invited for your first interview. The first interview is meant to get to know each other better, talk about a board year in general, and to provide more information about the specific functions and to manage expectations. After this interview, you may be selected for a second interview. For the second interview, we will ask you to prepare cases for specific functions after which you will explain your choices and answers in your second interview. After the second interview, you will be informed whether you are selected to be on the Board or not.
Often, a board year is done during a gap year. However, it is definitely possible to still finish some courses that you may have left of your BSc or MSc. It is not possible to combine a normal study workload (i.e. 60 ECTS) with a board year.
Financial compensation
More information
The STAR Board members receive financial compensation (“bestuursmaanden”) for their work. Dutch students also have the opportunity to keep receiving DUO support.
For general recruitment related questions, please contact our recruitment officer Caroline Debets via recruitment@rsmstar.nl. Do you have questions for specific board members? Schedule a coffee with one or more board members via rsmstar.nl/recruitment
Application deadline 23:59h, 14th of April, 2024 Open to all RSM (Pre-)MSc and BSc students.
STAR in numbers Since 1977, STAR has been the official study association of Rotterdam School of Management... We are the biggest study associaton of Europe, having
6,500 passive members... Every year, we organise more than 450 events and
20 study trips, made possible by our 300+ active members....
We have over 50 committees and boards, of which ca.
24 members work full-time on recruitment events and consulting projects... STAR is led by 9 full-time board members and governed by a Verification Committee and Supervisory Board.
XLVIth STAR Board
Bastiaan van der Kolk Chairman
Timo Zandvliet
Commercial Relations Manager
Jeanne Balvers Project Manager Master
Rosalie Duijndam Secretary
Caroline Debets Brand Manager
Max Zijlstra
Project Manager Career
Ruben Talen Treasurer
Marijn Douma
Project Manager Bachelor
Lars Klijn
Information Processes Manager
Application process 1. Find out what position suits you best Read this brochure carefully to learn more about each position. If you need more information before making a decision, schedule a (virtual) coffee with a board member at www.rsmstar.nl/recruitment.
2. Apply online Apply online through recruitment.rsmstar.nl
3. Don’t be late The application deadline is April 14th, 2024 at 23:59h. Late applications will not be accepted.
4. Schedule your interview After the application deadline, we will call you to schedule an interview with you. Please call us back when we could not reach you.
5. Have the interview(s) Based on your first interview, we will make our decision whether to invite you for a second interview. Before the second interview, you will need to make some functional cases that will be discussed during the second interview. For the positions of Chairman and Treasurer, three interviews will need to take place.
6. Congratulations! After the interviews, you will receive a phone call from us whether you are selected for the position or not. Let the adventure begin!
Chair As Chair, you are leading the association and ultimately responsible for its performance. The position of chairman consists of many different responsibilities, which makes creating a clear structure and overview a crucial part of the job. Your priority is to support your fellow board members in their professional and personal growth in order for them to perform optimally. Also, you will represent STAR at numerous occasions, both internally and externally. In addition, you are responsible for determining, monitoring, and executing STAR’s long term strategy and policy, in order to make sure the association stays relevant. Can you lead a team, make difficult decisions, and track the long-term development of STAR?
What will be your responsibilities? • • • • • • •
Bearing the ultimate responsibility for the association; Leading and supporting fellow board members; Representing STAR on internal and external occasions; Being responsible for STAR’s long-strategy; Guiding other chairmen within STAR; Relationship management with the faculty, university, and other associations; Communicating with the Supervisory Board.
“As Chairman of STAR, I cherished the diversity of my responsibilities. Engaging with fellow board members, steering committees, and shaping STAR’s strategy ensured that every day held new challenges and opportunities.” - Bastiaan van der Kolk, Chairman of the XLVIth STAR Board (2023-2024)
Secretary As Secretary, you are the backbone of the entire organization. You facilitate the planning of all events and trips, keeping you in the loop about everything. You manage relationships with multiple stakeholders, are the first contact person for (active) members and supervise the board assistant. The best part of your job is the freedom to be involved with various modules, policy-making, and other projects through which you can make a huge long-term impact. All these different responsibilities make your days very dynamic. Are you ready to work on a diverse range of projects while keeping a perfect overview of the whole association?
What will be your responsibilities? • • • • • •
Knowing STAR like no one else; Keeping a perfect overview of the year planning; Being the first contact person for a wide range of stakeholders; Enhancing the social dynamics within the association; Being proactive and picking up various projects; Working on a variety of projects at once.
“Balancing pivotal association events and managing the various tasks that come with the secretary position has been very rewarding. While supporting the growth of our activity teams, I’ve also been growing professionally. It’s a journey where each task and event plays a part in our shared success.” - Rosalie Duijndam, Secretary of the XLVIth STAR Board (2023-2024)
Treasurer As Treasurer, it is your task to safeguard the financial health of the entire association. In general you’ll be in charge of STAR’s overall financial policy and making sure we have clear rules about money, handling payments, sending out bills, and helping out the board and committees with money matters where you can. You will learn to combine financial knowledge, hard skills, people- and time management. And guess what? As Treasurer, you assume a critical role in managing the long-term investments and financial strategy. Plus, you’ll be communicating with different companies about payments, which helps you build connections and improve your communication skills. Are you up for a challenge, do you have a structured way of working, are you decisive in difficult situations, and can you handle the financial responsibilities of being the treasurer of the 47th STAR Board? Then this position is made for you!
What will be your responsibilities? • • • • • •
Guiding the financial continuity of STAR; Making a budget for the entire association and aiming for a zero-budget result; Supervising all flagship budgets; Guiding and challenge fellow board members and active members in budgetting and financial decision-making; Making tough decisions confidently; Finding solutions to financial and operational challenges;
“Being the treasurer of the largest study association in Europe comes with a lot of responsibilities and many opportunities to develop yourself. I not only acquired valuable financial management skills, but cooperating with other board members, committees and companies contributed also to my personal growth in general” - Ruben Talen, Treasurer of the XLVIth STAR Board (2023-2024)
Commercial Relations Manager As Commercial Relations Manager, you are the money-maker of the team. STAR is highly dependent on the acquisition revenue that you will have to generate. You will do this by maintaining and strengthening relationships with major multinational corporations, creating win-win situations, and negotiating five-digit contracts. Additionally, you will be in charge of the short- and longterm commercial strategies. This entails focussing not only on the short-term advantages but also on the long-term goals. Moreover, you will provide guidance to the commercial processes of all part- and full-time committees. Are you up for the challenge of managing and improving STAR’s relationship with the corporate world, ensuring the association is future-proof?
What will be your responsibilities? • • • • •
Being in charge of STAR’s entire corporate network and leading the contact with STAR’s corporate partners; Guiding all STAR’s commercials by giving commercial advice; Thinking of innovative ideas to iconnect students to the corporate world; Closing 5-digit contracts with multinational companies; Selling the biggest recruitment platform of the university, Erasmus Recruitment (ER);.
“As STAR’s Commercial Relations Manager you are selling a unique value proposition to the largest corporations, expanding your network, and enjoying the freedom in your role. It is an awesome position to be in.” - Timo Zandvliet, Commercial Relations Manager of the XLVIth STAR Board (2023-2024)
Brand Manager As Brand Manager, you are in charge of managing all marketing-related activities. STAR is a strong and well-known brand at the Erasmus University, and it is up to you to maintain and improve the quality and value of this brand. You will create a marketing strategy, design promotional materials and will be responsible for the social media channels. You will guide every committee in the field of marketing. Besides this, you will develop and launch campaigns for STAR as a whole to bring the association to higher levels. You are organised, creative, involved and interested in the results of your campaigns. Can you capture STAR’s (potential) value and express it?
What will be your responsibilities? • • • • • • • • •
Maintaining and improving the STAR brand; Guiding the marketing activities of all committees; Supervising the Eurekaweek committee and Marketing Team; Developing, designing and executing large campaigns; Gaining insights in your campaigns through the use of analytics; Supporting all full-time marketeers of STAR’s flagships; Initiating new projects to express STAR’s values; Monitoring and managing of STAR’s social media accounts; Designing and approving STAR’s promotional materials.
“As the Brand Manager, I learned how to create and implement a marketing strategy, create new marketing materials to go with the strategy and engage with many of our active members. It is increadibly rewarding to see all efforts of fellow board members and active members come alive and get STAR’s events known by many students.” - Caroline Debets, Brand Manager of the XLVIth STAR Board (2022-2024)
Project Manager BSc As Project Manager Bachelor, you will be responsible for the supervision, guidance, and coaching of the bachelor committees. Social, societal, cultural, and academic-related events are all part of your portfolio, as you will be mainly responsible for a great part of STARs bachelor operations. You will manage many active members and be a part of their personal and professional development. You will help them to grow in their functional position, team work abilities, and the organisation of their projects. You will need a lot of soft skills, enthusiasm and enjoy being in touch with so many different people within STAR. Besides this, you need to be able to multitask and delegate. Will you bring our bachelor committees and their members to a higher level?
What will be your responsibilities? • • • • • •
Managing the responsibility of most bachelor projects, including budgetting and keeping track of expenses and revenues; Coordinating, motivating, and inspiring the bachelor Active Members; Supporting bachelor Active Members in their personal and professional development; Identifying best practices and discovering possible synergies; Developing a long-term strategy for the bachelor committee portfolios; Managing relationships with all academic BSc departments.
“In this year I got a lot of satisfaction in guiding the committee members towards achieving their goals, fostering both their professional and personal growth. The great diversity in committees makes it interesting and gave me the opportunity to develop myself professionally as well.” - Marijn Douma, Project Manager BSc of the XLVIth STAR Board (2023-2024)
Project Manager MSc As the Project Manager Master, you will be responsible for coordinating all twelve Master Committeees and twelve Master Study Trip committees. Supervising the Master Committees is an exceptionally diverse task. Every Committee is different in terms of size, identity, and event portfolio. This position allows you to develop yourself in many functional areas, such as project management, strategic management, commercial relations, budgeting, financial decision making, and most importantly: people management. Are you the one to lead the Master Committees and facilitate their growth?
What will be your responsibilities? • • • • • • •
Guiding almost 70 MSc students over 24 boards and committees; Managing relationships with all academic MSc departments; Enhancing the exposure of Master Committees to students; Facilitating cohesion within and among different master programmes; Carrying the final responsibility for all Master budgets; Finding solutions to financial and operational challenges; Challening master students to be creative and resourceful.
“When I started this board year, I had no idea how it would go or what it would be like. But as I started MSc committee recruitment, created all my Master Committees and started organizing many events, I learned how to manage so many different people and their different personalities and interests. On top of that, my entire board feels like family to me and I enjoy every day with them. This combination of growing professionally while having a lot of fun made this board year amazing :)” - Jeanne Balvers, Project Manager MSc of the XLVIth STAR Board (2023-2024)
Project Manager Career As the Project Manager Career, you are responsible for STAR’s two biggest recruitment projects: STAR Management Week (SMW) and Erasmus Recruitment (ER), organizing the Erasmus Recruitment Days. To do so, you supervise the fulltime SMW committee and the full-time ER Board. You will lead, guide and motivate the full-timers responsible. You have the final responsibility for the success of these ventures, hosting over 150 companies and more than 2000 participants. Besides this, you improve and manage the longterm strategy behind ER & SMW. Erasmus Recruitment is a joint venture of STAR and EFR, meaning that you will have to work in cooperation with the EFR board. Therefore, you must align the interests and capabilities of many different stakeholders. Are you ready to make impactful decisions and strengthen our Career pillar?
What will be your responsibilities? • •
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Being responsible for the biggest events of STAR; Guiding, leading, and motivating two teams, totaling 15 full-time Active Members; Developing and executing the long-term strategy of the SMW and ER; Being the contact person for many stakeholders regarding Career events; Managing relationships many different stakeholders.
“My board year allowed me to gain valuable experience as a ‘people’ manager, motivating and leading two teams of full timers. You carry the final responsibility for ER and SMW, learning to make effective decisions, while executing the longterm strategy of STAR” -Max Zijlstra, Project Manager Career of the XLVIth STAR Board (2023-2024)
Information Processes Manager As the Information Processes Manager at STAR, you’ll have the flexibility to enhance our operations in various ways. Your role encompasses overseeing all IT activities within STAR and driving process enhancements. Within your projects, there is a lot of freedom to make both incremental and disruptive changes. By the end of your board year, STAR’s IT infrastructure will be significantly enhanced. Your tasks may range from maintaining the STAR website to launching a new online platform, implementing data analytics solutions, and managing both hardware and software assets. Instead of doing everything by yourself, you act more as a project manager and interact with many external parties. Additionally, alongside your counterpart at EFR, you’ll jointly oversee the development of the new Erasmus Recruitment Platform, amplifying your impact within the organization.
What will be your responsibilities? •
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Proactively evaluating and considering emerging technologies to prepare for the future; Managing the Erasmus Recruitment Platform together with your EFR counterpart; Maintaining healthy IT systems through contact with internal and external parties; Managing all data flows and implementing data-driven decision making; Enabling all flagship projects in their online presence.
“I had a lot of freedom choosing and working on projects where I was passionate about while learning about the skills that interested me. This freedom ensured that I consistently contributed value to the association, driving meaningful progress and innovation.” - Lars Klijn, Information Processes Manager of the XLVIth STAR Board (2023-2024)
Modules
Each board member may have several modules that they are responsible for. Modules are a great way to enrich your responsibilities and broaden your portfolio.
Academic
Office Manager
You will manage the academic pillar of STAR. By focusing on academic services and study support, you will create value for all STAR members. You also supervise the Academic Committee.
STAR has two offices, multiple meeting rooms and a storage room at T0. You make sure STAR uses the locations the right way.
Recruitment
You supervise the three Activity Teams, which are committees which members are all first-year bachelor students.
You are responsible for the recruitment of the 300 Active Members. You get the word out, schedule the interviews, follow up on candidates, and organise drinks for the new Active Members.
Alumni
Other modules
Activity Teams
You chair the Alumni Committee, which consists of STAR alumni. Your overall responsibilities are to organise several events, write the Alumni mail and to strengthen the alumni network.
Case Club You are the supervisor of the Case Club. The Case Club is responsible for sending teams to case competitions and organising the RSM STAR case competion.
Human Resources Manager You are responsible for STAR’s main asset: talent. You are the trustee within the association and organise trainings to enhance the personal and professional development of the Active Members.
Compliance & GDPR Diversity & Inclusion Innovation Premaster Societal Impact & Sustainability Vice Chairman
A year full of memories
‘‘Close your eyes and imagine that you are running a company with eight other students. Awesome feeling right?’
‘‘There’s no place in the world where I’d have, at this age, learned as much about myself, other people, companies and responsibilities as here!’’
‘Working in a team so closely almost turns your fellow board members into family’
‘Working in an environment full of ambitious people, makes you strive for accomplishing even greater things.’
‘Creating your own strategy for an association this large is an unique and worthwhile experience’
‘Being part of the Board gives you the opportunity to make friends for life’
FAQ & Contact How do I know what is the right position for me? We encourage you to apply for positions that will challenge you. However, you might need more information first. Via our website, you can schedule a (virtual) coffee with the current board members to learn more. We will also host a drink. I have not been active at STAR before, is that a problem? Not at all! An outside view has been proven to be very valuable when determining strategy and figuring out what it is the students actually want. It may take a little longer than the others to fully “understand” STAR but you will familiarise yourself with the association in no-time. During the interview process, we will take into account that your knowledge of the association may be limited but we strongly encourage you to check out our website and the policy documents (also on the website).
Application process After application closes, you will be invited for your first interview. This first interview is focused on getting to know you better and to manage expectations. In case you are invited for the second interview, we will ask you to prepare function specific cases which will be discussed during the interview. Applying for the STAR Board can be done online at rsmstar.nl/recruitment. The application deadline is April 14th. Full time period Your time as a STAR Board member will start in June/July 2024. At this moment you will get introduced to your position. This includes a full-time week from June 16th till June 23rd 2024. From July 17th 2024 onwards the STAR Board is full-time. STAR offers you a financial compensation for the time invested during a STAR Board year. Contact Head of Recruitment: Caroline Debets E: recruitment@rsmstar.nl W: www.rsmstar.nl/recruitment
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Dates
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March 12th
16:00-18:00
De Smitse
March 26th
16:00-18:00
De Smitse
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Give us a call at +31 (0)10-4081686 or +31 6 23151580
Apply online before the 14th of April!
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