Apply now for the EFR master career week committee! Open to all students of Erasmus University
foreword Robert Nieuwenhuis President of the 55th EFR board
Do you want to organize EFR’s newest recruitment event? Do you want to be part of a team of five students that work intensively together and end up as great friends? Do you want to put your knowledge and skills into practice and experience what it is to work on an immense project? If the answers are yes, yes and definitely yes, the EFR master career week committee is your chance to achieve these goals. With four fellow students you will spend your time finding creative and innovative ways to set up this brand new event. Every day you will encounter many different aspects of organizing such an impressive event, ranging from being the contact person for large multinationals to project planning and managing a budget. Even though you will have a specific position within your team, you will be working very closely together with your fellow committee members. This intense fulltime working enevironment is a valuable experience and enables you
to gain all kind of teamwork and soft skills, and as important, friends for life. Besides your fellow committee members, you will become part of EFR and meet a lot of new people such as the EFR board and other EFR committee members. With your committee you will create and enjoy many unforgettable moments. Throughout the year you have the opportunity to develop yourself personally by following professional and trainings. Besides, by participating in this committee you will learn hard skills as well as soft skills, seen by many as one of the most valuable advantages in your future career.
the EFR Master Career Week
The EFR master career week committee is a brand new full time committee within EFR. This committee organises a recruitment event with a week long off-campus branch bootcamps. What is a branch bootcamp? At a branch bootcamp students get the opportunity to meet different companies within one branch during a one or multiple-day event. The event enables companies to differentiate themselves among other competitors in terms of culture and work tasks. Examples of branches are among others: consultancy, finance and data science. The EFR Master Career Week will consist of at least five different bootcamps that take place at various locations in the Netherlands and abroad.
Every committee member is responsible for one part of the EFR Master Career Week. As a team, you are challenged to create a new recruitment event suitable for all kinds of master students. Although everyone has their own tasks, you will work together to make EFR’s showpiece a success. Do you want to have the incredible feeling of working towards a common goal and succeed? Do you want to develop yourself and make friends for life? Are you looking for a challenging project and do you want to be the first committee to organize EFR’s most promising new recruitment event? Then apply now for the EFR master career week committee 2019!
personal, social and professional development
support and training
personal
social
advisory board
financial support
Learning to handle stress, working in a team, 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 the introduction weekends, parties, committee member weekend, our monthly social drink and other get-togethers, there is always something going on. You will form a very strong bond with your committee and other committee members.
As a full time committee you are not alone in doing your tasks. Next to the EFR board, a special advisory board will be established to advise and support you where needed. The advisory board will consist of former EFR members that have experience in supervising or organising such an event. The committee operates under the direct supervision of the Project Manager Career, Commercial Officer and Marketing Officer of the EFR board. Together they form the supervisory board and guide you throughout the year.
The EFR master career week committee is full time from May until December. During this time you are not able to work next to your responsibilities. EFR therefore compensates you by providing financial means. You will receive financial compensation for buying a suit as well as a monthly reimbursement. The total amount will be paid after the EFR Master Career Week is over.
professional
As a fulltime committee member at EFR you will gain a lot of skills during the year by doing. In order to get the most out of this, your professional development will also be supported by several trainings throughout the year.
Next to this, you will gain a professional network and learn more about a large variety of companies and the job opportunities they offer.
chairman As the chairman of the EFR Master Career Week you are the leader, motivator and supporter of the team. Your main responsibility is to lead your committee members in the right direction and make sure the cooperation within the team runs smoothly. As the chairman, you are expected to have a helicopter view over the entire project. Furthermore, you are also the treasurer of the committee and responsible for the budget of the EFR Master Career Week. Especially in this first edition, the treasurer has an extremely important task in safeguarding the financial health and continuity of the EFR Master Career Week. The function of chairman and treasurer is incredibly diverse and gives you a high degree of responsibility. Together with the EFR board it is your job to make sure everything goes as planned. Can you lead the most important committee of EFR?
Skills needed:
being responsible strong communication skills being decisive motivator strong analytical skills empathic
commissioner of commercial relations (2x) The commissioners of commercial relations are responsible for all companies participating in the EFR Master Career Week. Together with your fellow commercial it is your task to link students and companies in the best way possible and provide them both with a valuable experience. You will improve your sales skills by trainings from professionals and work closely together with the commercial officer of the EFR board. As a commissioner of commercial relations you will be in touch with many different companies, so it is a great opportunity to discover their differences. As time passes you will notice you are getting closer to your target and you will feel more comfortable taking risks and initiative to make the EFR Master Career Week the most popular off-campus recruitment event! After the acquisition period is over, you are responsible for the planning of the entire week. Can you make this happen?
Skills needed:
go-getter strong communcation skills good negotiator pro-active mindset
commissioner of IT & strategy As commissioner of IT & strategy you are responsible for the online system and presence of the EFR Master Career Week as well as the long-term strategy of the event. As data is becoming the most valuable resource the world owns, this function becomes increasingly important. As commissioner of IT & strategy, you will work closely with the IT Officer of the board and the commissioner of marketing to establish a strong back-end system and a brand new website. In this function you will learn to make optimal use of data, work with different systems and software and run these systems as smooth and effective as possible. Also, to keep the long term strategy compatible with the developing environment it is your job to critically evaluate and innovate the project. Do you have that analytical mindset we are looking for?
Skills needed:
affinity with IT & data strategist critical mindset analytical thinking pro-active
commissioner of marketing As the commissioner of marketing you are responsible for the EFR Master Career Week brand in every aspect. It is your job to communicate the presence EFR Master Career Week everywhere and to make sure every student knows the EFR Master Career Week. Especially in this first edition, your ideas to build towards a professional marketing campaign that set the tone are extremely important. Your responsibilities include developing all the promotional material, take care of the corporate identity, decide which stand there will come and be the creative mind behind all promotional stunts. It’s your job to connect students to the right events! In this function, you learn to be creative and a teamplayer, you have to cope with deadlines and you have to show confidence. Are you the new commissioner of marketing?
Skills needed: eye for detail spot and explore opportunities good planner creative multitasker
Who are we looking for? We are looking for five enthusiastic students, who are ready to dedicate eight months of their life to aim for one single goal: making the first EFR Master Career Week 2019 a great success. Being a member of a full time committee means also greatly developing yourself both professionally, socially and personally. We are looking for innovative and persistent people, willing to make a change. The EFR master career week committee starts May 6, 2019 and finishes at December 20, 2019. By organising the EFR Master Career Week, you have the opportunity to combine a full time working experience with for example an internship, traveling or finishing your studies after the event and Christmas break.
Students ranging from b2 to master can apply The EFR master career week committee is open to students of all faculties You do not need to be a member of EFR to apply
greatest 8 months of your life!
practical information interested or just curious?
Take a look at www.efr.nl/mastercareerweek for more information about the committee. If you have any further questions, you can walk by our office in the G-Building (GB46) or contact Emile Evers by sending an email to pm.career@ efr.nl or calling +31(0)10 408 11 47. Also, we are excited to tell you all about the event during a coffee (or tea)!
Emile Evers, Project Manager Career 2018-2019
practical information application process
You can apply for a position in the EFR master career week committee by sending an e-mail with your CV and motivation letter to challenge@efr.nl. After the application closes, you will be invited for your first interview. This interview is intended to get to know each other, explain your motivation as why to apply for this committee and to provide more information about the project in general as well as the specific functions within the committee. After the first interview, you can be selected for a second interview where you will be asked to solve specific function-related cases. Thereafter, you will hear if you are selected to organise our first EFR Master Career Week 2019!
challenge@efr.nl +31 6 30 55 20 25
informal recruitment drink
Do you want to know more about the committee and ask your question in person to one of our board members? Come to the informal recruitment drink on February 20th. The drink will be from 17.00-19.00 at cafĂŠ In de Smitse.
made your decision?
Send your CV and motivation to challenge@efr.nl Deadline: March 10, 2019
www.efr.nl/challenge challenge@efr.nl