Meet the committees 2013-2014

DISCOVER THE COMMITTEES

CONTENTS Meet the EFR

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Commercial Team

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What will you gain?

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Orientation Cycle Committee

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Support & Training

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EFR – Reporters

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Having Fun!

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Study Trip Committee

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Full-time opportunities

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Round 2 Committee recruitment: After summer 21 Deadline September 8th

Round 1 Committee recruitment: Before the Summer 10 Deadline June 9th 2013

Party Crew

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Erasmus Entrepreneurial Network (Deadline May 16th) 11

Marketing Committee

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Sport Committee

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IBEB Committee

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Activities Committee

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START Committee

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Involve Committee

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Application 27

High Five

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End/summary 28

External Affairs

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MEET THE EFR The Economic Faculty association Rotterdam (EFR) was officially founded in 1964. Forty-nine years later, the EFR has distinguished itself by establishing a reputation of being one of the largest, most active and professional student organisations in Europe. The EFR has over 4500 members of which more than 130 are Active Members who voluntarily commit themselves to organising activities for fellow students.

The EFR is the official study association of the Erasmus School of Economics (ESE) and is not to be confused with a fraternity or a student association.

the scenes of the corporate world and offer you a vibrant social scene ranging from parties to study trips. Through the EFR, students get the chance to meet business- and political leaders as well as to mingle with a large number of enthusiastic fellow students. All activities the EFR organises are based on social, career and/or academic development, the three pillars of the EFR. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact us contact us via info@efr.nl. We look forward to welcome you!

Warm regards,

The EFR aims to bridge the gap between theory and practice. The EFR s strength lies in our rich history, loyal partners and broad social and professional networks. We give students the opportunity to gain an early insight behind

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The EFR-Board

WHAT WILL YOU GAIN? Personal

Social

Learning to handle stress, providing effective feedback, receiving criticism and making decisions around tight schedules are important skills that are not easily picked up in the classroom.

You might have had a time management class, or read something about giving feedback but it is only after you have put it into practice that you begin to understand the fine nuances of these soft skills.

The EFR organises tons of social activities each year. As a committee member you can participate in almost all of them! From our own introduction weekends, Active Members Prom, parties, Active Members weekend, our monthly social drink and other get-togethers, there is always something going on. You will grow a very strong bond with your committee and other EFR Active Members.

Professional In some ways, a year in a committee of the EFR motivates you to take a look into the mirror and confront yourself with the facts. Nobody is perfect and you might make mistakes, or lose your temper, but luckily you are not alone! Counting on your team and receiving their feedback will provide you with something of immeasurable value.

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SUPPORT & TRAINING

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EFR-Board

Active Members Academy

As a committee member you are not alone in doing your tasks. The EFR-Board is there to help you when needed.

Every committee has one supervisor from the board, who will guide you through your year. The EFR-Board consists of eight senior students with committee experience who are dedicating one full-time year to the EFR. They have been in your position and are always there to help.

The Active Members Academy is there to help you to grow and develop yourself whilst keeping your future career in mind. You and your committee will receive training as Active Members and per committee position. For example, the Marketing Committee will get an InDesign course for free, the Commercial Team will get a commercial training and all of the Active Members have the opportunity to develop themselves in unique ways. Think of trainings in cooperation with leading companies like J.P. Morgan, McKinsey or YER, but also trainings focused on your personal development.

A year at the EFR will make you learn more things than you have ever imagined!

HAVING FUN With your committee

With all the Active Members

As a committee member you are bound to have fun with your committee. You have meetings every week, but you can also go and have dinner, go and get some drinks in the city or have a committee weekend! The supervisor from the EFR-Board is happy to come along with these fun activities.

The Active Members Weekend, the EFR-Prom and the other activities the High Five Committee organises are there for you as an Active Member only! All the Active Members join, which means you are partying with more than 130 students! You can also join the different trips the EFR organises, like the Ski Trip or the City Trip. One thing is for sure, you are going to have a lot of fun as an EFR-Active Member.

One thing is for sure, you are going to have a lot of fun as an EFR-Active Member.

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FULL-TIME OPPORTUNITIES Every year, the EFR offers three opportunities to apply for full-time positions:

EFR-Board The EFR-Board consists of eight students who have committed themselves to guide the Economic Faculty association Rotterdam through an adventurous year. They are responsible for everything that concerns the EFR and together with more than 130 Active Members they realise the greatest activities in Rotterdam. Every year the EFR is proud to welcome world leaders such as presidents of different countries, CEOs and secretary-generals of the UN. All these activities cost a lot of time and effort. The EFRBoard is there to make sure that all of these things are carried out and the association is lifted up to a new level each year. Every year in May a new group of students is recruited for the full-time Board.

EFR-Business Week committee Do you want to organise the most prestigious week of the EFR? In 2014 the 30th edition will be held, which makes the EFR-Business Week the oldest congress and recruitment event on campus. Six dedicated students work full-time

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on this project from August until April. We are looking for students that want to stand out of the crowd and really want to accomplish something. Every year in May positions for Chairman, Commissioner Opening Day, Commissioner Company Days, Commercial Commissioner, Commissioner Conference Day and Commissioner of Marketing are recruited.

Erasmus Recruitment Days committee The Erasmus Recruitment Days committee organises the biggest on-campus recruitment event in the Benelux.

Around the 100 companies and 2400 students are participating in the Erasmus Recruitment Days, a joint venture between the EFR and STAR. This two-week event will take place in the beginning of February. Seven students are working full-time from August until February to make this happen. Each year in May the Chairman, Treasurer, Commissioner Marketing, Commercial, Editor-in-Chief & IT and Commissioner of Event are recruited.

EFR-Board 2012-2013

EFR-Business Week Committee 2012-2013

Erasmus Recruitment Days Committee 2012-2013

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ROUND 1 COMMITTEE RECRUITMENT BEFORE THE SUMMER Erasmus Entrepreneurial Network Sport Committee Activities Committee Involve Committee High Five External Affairs Commercial Team Orientation Cycle Committee Reporters Study Trip Committee

APPLICATION DEADLINE JUNE 9TH 2013 10

DEADLINE 16th of May

Deadline: May 16th

ERASMUS ENTREPRENEURIAL NETWORK Positions CHAIRMAN / EXTERNAL COMMUNICATION / MARKETING / PROJECT MANAGER The Erasmus Entrepreneurial Network is there to enthuse students about entrepeneurship. For the second time, EEN will organise Get in the Ring, the Investment Battle in collaboration with HOPE. In November 2013 young startups will pitch for a C100.000 - C1.000.000 investment from 5 investors in front of a full auditorium! Apart from that, you will have the opportunity to use your entrepreneurial skills to set up a new event.

Workload

We are looking for students who are very interested in entrepreneurship, and have the skill to make a day like Get in the Ring, the Investment Battle possible. Can you bring wealthy investors and young entrepreneurs together? Then apply now for the Erasmus Entrepreneurial Network!

Tasks • • • •

Get young startups to pitch Get wealthy investors to invest Organise Get in the Ring, the Investment Battle Set up a new entrepreneurial event

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SPORT COMMITTEE

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Positions CHAIRMAN / PROJECT MANAGERS The EFR-Sport Committee will be in charge of all the Sport events of the EFR. Firstly, they will organise the EFR-Ski Trip to a destination of your choice with 100 enthusiastic students! After this, you can use your own creativity to introduce new possibilities for the EFR-Members. A futsal tournament, a football tournament in cooperation with Excelsior, something really creative? It is all up to you!!

We are looking for people who like a party now and then, but are also serious enough to organise a whole trip for a big group of people and other activities for our members.

Tasks • Every block an interesting, fun or challenging activity • Ibuddy programme • Introduction Weekend

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Are you someone who likes skiing or boarding, do you like to party and are you a responsible person? Then you should definitely apply for the EFR-Sport Committee!

Tasks

• Find the right location for the Ski Trip • Creative in organising new events • Know how to enthuse people to join your activities

Workload

Are you up for this organisational challenge?

ACTIVITIES COMMITTEE Positions CHAIRMAN/PROJECT MANAGERS

The Activities Committee is one of the oldest and most prominent committees of the EFR. Being a member of this committee your organisational skills will be challenged and developed. You will be in charge of a broad range of projects.

You will start with organising the City Trip - a long weekend in a big city in Europe.

In times of political elections, the committee will organise the EFR/EenVandaag Political Debate, one of the most prestigious events of the EFR broadcasted on national

television. You will also be responsible for the organisation of the EFR-Consultancy Charity Game and the promotion of the EFR during the Eureka Week!

We are looking for highly motivated students that are goaloriented and have affiliation with organising events.

Tasks • • • •

Plan the activities and make a script Market your events Arrange locations Make sure your event is one that no participant will forget!

Workload

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INVOLVE COMMITTEE Positions CHAIRMAN / TREASURER / COMMERCIAL / PROJECT MANAGERS The Involve project is a two-year-old and a unique project on campus. The EFR-Involve Committee will be organising a research project where students can use their academic knowledge to improve situations in developing countries.

Last year the second edition of the EFR-Involve project commenced; a group of 20 students did desk research about a social enterprise in the Netherlands, and field research in Ghana for three weeks to verify their findings.

The EFR-Involve Committee has the challenging task to set

Workload Tasks • Find suitable project • Acquisition • Participate in the project!

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Make a difference

up a research project from A to Z! For this committee motivation and enthusiasm are the main qualities we are looking for.

Do you want to get involved and actually make a difference?

HIGH FIVE Positions CHAIRMAN / PROJECT MANAGERS Do you want to be in the heart of the EFR family and organise activities for all Active Members throughout the whole year? Then the High Five is the committee to apply for! The Active Members Weekend, the Active Members Prom and the End of the Year Activity are some of the events you will successfully organise. In addition there is room for any activity that will bring the Active Members of the EFR together.

We are looking for EFR-minded, motivated and enthusiastic students that are in for a party!

Do you want to be that social animal who keeps the EFR active members base together?

Workload Tasks • Arrange locations and make deals for parties /activities • Be present and visible on EFR-Events • Bring Active Members together

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EXTERNAL AFFAIRS Positions

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for it!

CHAIRMAN / PROJECT MANAGERS Since the EFR is the oldest study association on our campus, it has an enormous network within and outside of Rotterdam. As a member of the External Affairs committee you will be responsible for maintaining the valuable relationships with all our contacts, which includes the organising of several Erasmus School of Economics Alumni events. Besides you and your team will attend numerous amazing events the EFR gets invited for, to get

Workload Tasks • Maintain the EFR network • Organise ESE Alumni events • Attend external drinks, conferences and dinners

• Connects committees

and potential partners

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in touch with new parties that might be of interest.

A member of the External Affairs has to be representative and a true networker. You have to stay up to date with all projects within the EFR in order to connect the dots.

COMMERCIAL TEAM Positions COMMERCIALS The Commercial Team is responsible for managing the commercial relations of the EFR. As a member of this committee you will work closely together with the Commercial Officer to monitor the existing company network, finance events and attract new partners.

You will be responsible for the capital raising for major events such as the Orientation Cycle, Involve and the Eureka Week. You will be actively involved in each of these

projects since you are the bridge between the organising committee and the business world.

We are looking for highly motivated students who are strong communicators and are representative.

Do you want to explore the world of negotiations and play a vital role in EFR’s activities?

Apply for the Commercial Team!

Workload Tasks • • • •

Relationship Management Finance EFR Activities Commercial Support Contract Negotiation

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ORIENTATION CYCLE COMMITTEE Positions CHAIRMAN / PROJECT MANAGERS In collaboration with the Erasmus School of Economics and the master study associations Eureos, FSR, Maeur and Transito the EFR organises the Orientation Cycle. This event consists of five different Orientation Days and provides students with the opportunity to explore the career and study prospectives of different fields of (business) expertise.

As a member of the Orientation Cycle Committee you will be responsible for the companies, speakers and content

Workload Tasks

• Tasks Tasks • Port Days • Entrepreneurship Day • Marketing Day • Finance Day • Bachelor Accountancy Day 18

of the Orientation Days. You will be working together with master study associations and in close collaboration with companies and different faculty departments. We are looking for students with excellent communication skills, an interest in organising and who have a drive for very diverse fields within the curriculum.

Do you want to explore the world behind, for instance, finance or marketing and become the link between education and business?

REPORTERS Positions EDITOR-IN-CHIEF / EFR-REPORTERS / ESE AND CAMPUS REPORTERS / ONLINE REPORTERS Are you interested in the changing study climate and the events of the EFR and the ESE? And do you love to write about that? You will be responsible for the communication to all EFR-Members via the prestigious magazine of the EFR. There are also lots of possibilities to start up an online information feed on EFR.nl. You will inform students about their studies and possibilities, conduct interviews, report about events and print lots of photos. The magazine reaches 5.000 students and once a year 12.000 students will receive

Workload

the special EFR-Business Week theme edition. Online, you can reach well over 100.000 visitors each year.

Do you love to be on the forefront of all events? Become a reporter!

Tasks • • • •

Report about all events Make a magazine Keep in contact with the ESE about news Blog on EFR.nl

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STUDY TRIP COMMITTEE Positions CHAIRMAN / TREASURER / MARKETING / PROJECT MANAGERS The EFR-Study Trip is the EFR-committee that meets our international ambitions. Since the foundation of the association the international aspect has been of great importance for the EFR. Last year’s edition brought us to Jordan, what destination will you pick?

It will be your responsibility to put together a programme with company visits, acadamic visits and cultural activities.

Last year s edition brought us to Jordan, what destination will you pick?

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Workload Tasks • • • •

Decide where to go Promote the trip on campus Find partners to visit Make sure the week is unforgettable!

ROUND 2 COMMITTEE RECRUITMENT AFTER THE SUMMER Party Crew Marketing Committee E.P.I.C. IBEB Committee START Committee

WARNING DEADLINE 16th of May

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PARTY CREW Positions CHAIRMAN / PROJECT MANAGERS The EFR-Party Crew is responsible for organising the EFR parties. As a member of this committee you are challenged to successfully combine the right ingredients to create an unforgettable night. You will organise, market and manage all big parties of EFR, including the Welcome Party, the Welcome Back Party the New Years-Party and the EFRBusiness Week Party. The committee will also be in charge of the monthly EFR-Drink and become the face of this social event.

Tasks • • • •

Decide where to go Promote the trip on campus Find partners to visit Make sure the week is unforgettable!

Tasks

• Every block an interesting, fun or challenging activity

Workload • Ibuddy programme

• Introduction Weekend

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You will be challenged to set up innovative marketing campaigns and to find the right location and the very best DJs. Besides this, the Chairman of the committee will become chairman of the Rotterdam Student Party committee. We are looking for students who are creative, like to organise and of course enjoy to party.

Are you a party animal?

Apply for the Party Crew!

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MARKETING COMMITTEE Positions

CHAIRMAN / DESIGNER ALMANAC / PRINT AND ON CAMPUS PROMOTION / DIGITALISATION AND SOCIAL MEDIA The Marketing Committee is responsible for the image of the EFR and the promotion of EFR s activities. You will design promotional materials and brainstorm with committees about creative ways to promote their event. In addition, you will be responsible for the creation and design of the EFRAlmanac. The variety of activities in a year makes the EFRMarketing Committee one of the most interesting and fun committees of the EFR. We are looking for people with skills in marketing, creative minds, design heroes or people with affinity with IT. We offer design courses for the Marketing Committee, so do

not worry if you are not a great designer yet, we will make you one!

You can perform surveys amongst all EFR-Members, order gadgets, create stunning designs or conquer the campus with all our promotion. Can you think outside of the box?

Tasks • Create promotional materials using EFR-templates • Organise major campus stunts and order gadgets • Create and design the EFR-Almanac!

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E.P.I.C. ERASMUS POLITICAL AND INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS CLUB Positions CHAIRMAN / PROJECT MANAGERS All events organised by E.P.I.C. have something to do with politics. In the beginning of the year you organise a Student Debate on campus. After this debate you will organise the trip of the EFR delegation to the London Model United Nations (LIMUN). This amazing conference usually takes place around February and last year we went to London and it is up to you to make sure the participants are well

Workload Tasks • Organise a trip to an international Model United Nations

• Participate in Model United Nations • Organise the EFR- Student Debate • Embassy visits 24

prepared and everything for the trip is arranged. Besides that, you are able to organise embassy visits and there is room for you own initiatives.

We are looking for students who are interested in the field of politics and like to express their own ideas. Do you have a strong opinion and do you want to share it with others?

IBEB COMMITTEE Positions CHAIRMAN / PROJECT MANAGERS Ever since IBEB started there has been a great community feeling among the IBEB students. As a member of the IBEB Committee you will be organising a wide range of activities for all IBEB students. These could range from a Cocktail Workshop to a BBQ at the Kralingsche Plas: it s up to your own originality! The iBuddy Programme and the unforgettable IBEB-Introduction Weekend will provide you with the opportunity to both improve your organising skills

and give prospective IBEB students a warm welcome to Rotterdam.

We are looking for IBEB students who are enthusiastic to organise activities for their fellow students and are able to think creatively. Besides that international orientation is a must. The IBEB Committee is open for IBEB students from all years!

Are you ready for a year of fun with your fellow IBEB students?

Workload Tasks • Every block an interesting, fun or challenging activity

• Ibuddy programme • Introduction Weekend

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START COMMITTEE Positions CHAIRMAN / PROJECT MANAGERS The Start Committee organises events that are for first year economics students only! This is one of the oldest committees at the EFR, because we think it is important for first year students to develop themselves.

The activities focus on the social side of student life, for example the Casino Night or the Pub Crawl. At the end of the year you organise the Introduction Weekend, where you spend the weekend with 100 new economics students and

a lot of Active Members! A big responsibility for someone who is just beginning in Rotterdam!

Are you one of the students who want to step out during his student life? Then go for it!

Workload Tasks • Get in touch with other first years!

• Experience the student life!

• Organise the Casino Night & others

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Organise the ‘Startweekend’

APPLICATION PROCEDURE INTERESTED OR JUST CURIOUS?

AGENDA AND INFORMATION

Visit efr.nl/committees, e-mail to challenge@efr.nl, call 010-4081146 or come by our office HB-20.

Informal Committee Recruitment Drink 16th of May, Siena (H-Building), 16:00h

GO FOR A COFFEE

INTERVIEWS

You can always go for a coffee with one of the board members to ask questions and be informed about the different positions and committees!

The interviews start the 17th of June. The interviews will take fifteen minutes up to half an hour, and will be taken by 2 members of the EFR-Board.

APPLY! Apply by sending an email with your C.V. and motivation to challenge@efr.nl!

When applying, we ask for a short motivation and your C.V. This is nothing to worry about, your C.V. is not as important as it will be in a few years. Right now, the C.V. is a good way for us to keep track of the people applying for our committees and get to know what they are interested in. Do not worry if your C.V. does not look too great yet, in fact, the EFR is here to help you fix that!

Application Deadline Round 1: 9th of June Application Deadline Round 2: 8th of September

APPLY BY SENDING YOUR C.V. AND MOTIVATION TO CHALLENGE@EFR.NL 27

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Information Drink: 16th of May, Siena (H-Building), 16:00 Application Deadline Round 1: 9th of June Application Deadline Round 2: 8th of September

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