Challenge yourself! Become active at STAR: Join a committee!
We are STAR STAR is the official study association of Rotterdam School of Management and is the largest study association in Europe with over 6,500 members. We support students in their academic, professional and social development to ensure they have the best student life possible.
STAR connects students with their peers and a broad range of companies. This contact is facilitated through numerous activities and events organized by our committees and boards. Each year, over 250 dedicated active members organize around 450 projects for thousands of students. These projects are classified into three pillars on which STAR’s mission
is built, namely: Social, Academic and Career. All RSM students, in all stages of their studies, can partake in our tailored projects.
Are you ready for your next challenge?
We provide our active members with the opportunity to actively develop themselves both personally and professionally. In addition to this, they get access to a network of enthusiastic students and great companies. STAR creates value for every student. Are you ready to start you STAR journey?
This brochure will give you more information about the committees that STAR is recruiting in September 2020. If you have any questions, do not hesitate to contact us at recruitment@rsmstar.nl.
What happens if I become active at STAR? Once you are an active member, you will meet many new people. The prime “networking time� is during our weekly drinks on Wednesday. By the end of November, you will have the opportunity to join the Active Members Weekend.
After your committee kick-off, you will officially start working on your project(s). On average, an 8-hour work week is what you can expect from a position within a committee. However, if you like, you can spend many more hours with STAR! Besides the weekly drinks, we encourage the committees to have a weekly dinner, usually on Wednesday. For active members, STAR organizes amazing theme nights, a Christmas Dinner, Active Members Day, and much more! You will also visit the office to have meetings and you are always welcome to hang out with your new friends in the social room.
Next to the special activities we arrange for our Active Members, you are of course always welcome to join all other STAR activities! Last but not least, you will have contact with the Board to share your ideas and improvements you would like to implement within STAR. We are always interested in innovative and interesting ideas. We look forward to meeting you!
Your social network will start to grow immediately. STAR Activities:
Month
Activity
October
STAR Management Week
November
Eurotrip
December
STAR Christmas Gala
January
Ski Trip
February
Erasmus Recruitment Days
April
BA & IBA Study Trips
May
International Week Holland
July
SEC
August
iCare
Throughout the year: STAR Social Drinks, International Week Mini-Exchanges, Reach Out Charity and Speaker Series.
A word from our Project Manager BSc Esther Jellema My name is Esther Jellema and I am the Project Manager Bachelor of the XLIIIrd STAR Board. When I was 17 years old, I moved to Rotterdam and I was ready to enjoy the student life! During the Eurekaweek, I came in contact with STAR and wanted to become an active member. As an Activity Team member, I was able to get in contact with many fantastic people within STAR. Organizing parties and the Lustrum Active Members Weekend was amazing. After that, I wanted to be part of another committee. I was then chosen as Program Manager for the EuroTrip. Organizing and joining this trip to Athens was amazing and so memorable! This year, I decided that I wanted to develop myself even further and that is why I decided to apply for a board year at STAR! As the Project Manager Bachelor, I am responsible for the supervision and guidance of all the bachelor committees. I am looking forward to next year and cannot wait to meet all of you!
Active member in the spotlight Kebron Smon My STAR journey started in my first year, when I became responsible for the program for the BA Introduction Days 2018. Together with my fellow committee members, I was responsible for the event’s location, party equipment, daytime entertainment, and so on. Not only did I learn a lot in this committee, I also became close friends with some of my fellow committee members. After a great experience in my first STAR committee, I knew I wanted to to do more at STAR. Hence, in September 2018, I applied for the iCare committee. This committee organizes a three-week volunteer aid trip to a developing country. The preperations for the trip, and especially the trip itself, was an amazing experience. I met some amazing people during this trip that I continue to call my friends to this day.
I was not done at STAR the iCare committee! wanted to develop myself further, so I applied for the position of chairman of the Eurekaweek committee 2020. I was very excited to hear I was selected! Obviously, this year’s Eurekaweek was very different than last years’ because of the pandemic. My fellow committee members and I worked very hard to organize a STAR Eurekaweek under these crazy circumstances. And we succeeded! The committee and I grew very close and have already planned our next drinks together! After three committees, my STAR journey has come to an end. I encourage everyone who wants to meet new people, make friends, and learn by doing, to apply for a committee. I had a great time at STAR and leave with a great skill set.
STAR Academy The STAR Academy is the learning centre within STAR that offers members the opportunity to develop their personal and professional skills. The level of development opportunities increases with the intensity of involvement in the assocation, respectively: passive members, active members and full-time active members. Every committee member follows a personalized track which starts with filling in your own personal development plan. This plan forces you to be conscious about your ambitions regarding personal learning goals. Based on these goals, STAR will make sure you receive suitable trainings. These trainings can be categorized in hard skill training i.e. (acquisition training and InDesign training) and the soft side of development (leadership training, mindfulness, team-building).
During the year, there will also be plenty of feedback and learning goals meetings to ensure you develop yourself personally and professionally. Furthermore, every active member will get a committee kick-off training and functional kick-off training, based on his or her function within the committee.
STAR will make sure you receive suitable training.
Overview of committees Committee
hours/week
open to
positions
Academic Committee Activity Team AM Activity Team BA
8
BSc; PreMSc
5
4
1st year BSc
5
4
1st year BA
5
Activity Team IBA BA Study Trip Commercial Team Events Committee
4
1st year IBA
5
6
BA
5
6
BSc; PreMSc
5
6
BSc; PreMSc
6
6
IBA
5
10
BSc; PreMSc
5
8
BSc
5
6
BSc; PreMSc
5
8
PreMSc
6
6
BSc; PreMSc
6
6
BSc; PreMSc
4
8
BSc;PreMSc
5
IBA Study Trip iCare International Week Marketing Team Premaster Committee Reach Out Ski Trip Speaker Series
Overview of positions Chairman The chairman is the leader, motivator, and coordinator of the project. This position requires strong communication skills and a good sense of responsibility. The chairman is also responsible for the committee’s budget.
Marketing
The marketing manager is the creative brain of the committee. Marketing the project and communicate it to all participants, students, companies and other stakeholders is their task.
Commercial
The commercial relations manager is the sales person of the project. Supplying the project with all financial input and resources needed to fund the project is their responsibility.
Program
The program manager is planner of the project. You are responsible for the organizational part of the project, as well as supporting your fellow committee members to make sure everything is rightly done at the right time and place.
Fundraiser The fundraiser of a committee (iCare) is responsible for raising the funds to organize the event. Approaching, contacting and convincing diverse funds will be your priority.
Academic Coordinator The academic coordinator (Academic Committee) needs to make sure everything runs smoothly during an event. Furthermore, they are responsible for creating academic related content for fellow students.
8 hours/week BSc & PreMSc Chairman Commercial Academic Coordinator (2x) Marketing
Academic Committee One of the core competences of STAR is its academic pillar. The academic committee is responsible for strengthening this academic pillar by organizing various activities throughout the year to support RSM students in their studies. Also, you will have the freedom to further improve the academic pillar with your committee members. Are you ready to be responsible for the core of the Study Association STAR?
What does the committee do? The committee has the responsbility for several academic activities throughout the year, such as the Meet the Masters event. Besides this, you organize trainings for STAR members, such as exam and negotiation trainings. We want to challenge you to be creative and come up with more activities during the year! Not only are you in close contact with RSM and its professors, you also support your fellow students to
pass their studies! The tasks of the academic committee are diverse and challenging. A strong bond with your fellow committee members is the foundation of a successful year!
4 hours/week 1st year BSc Activity Team BA (5x) Activity Team IBA (5x) Activity Team AM (5x)
Activity Teams Throughout the year, STAR hosts drinks for all its passive members and organizes many events for its active members. We provide first-year students with the opportunity to get join an activity team to get familiar with working in a committee. These students will discover the different positions in a committee, while organizing great events. Will you jumpstart your student life in a STAR activity team?
What do the teams do? There are three activity teams, each focused on a specific group of students: BA, IBA, and Active Members (AM). The activity teams BA and IBA organize events for their course, such as an IBA Gala or BA Theme Night. Your team is responsible for the entire event: from DJs to the location! The activity team AM organizes activities for STAR’s active members, such as the Active Members Weekends. These weekends take place twice a year and include a lot of drinks and fun!
Within an activity team, you swap positions after each event. This gives you the opportunity to discover the different positions in a committee and find out what your talents are. At STAR, we encourage you to take initiative and come up with ideas to create even more value for students and active members. In an activity team, you get the opportunity to leave your mark while developing yourself
BA Study Trip Every year, 40 BA students leave for an unforgettable ten-day trip to explore the business, social and academic environment of a vibrant foreign country. In previous years, the BA Study Trip has visited cities such as Hong Kong, Taipei, Shanghai, Beijing and Singapore.
What does the committee do?
This trip gives its participants a wonderful opportunity to discover a new country and meet new people. For many students, it is the highlight of their year! The entire trip is organized by your committee. Your committee get to choose your own destination and is responsible for all the aspects of the trip: from flight tickets to acquisitions, to arranging company visits and marketing.
6 hours/week BA Chairman Commercial (2x) Program Marketing
You have the chance to show your fellow students the unique business environment, must-see hotspots, and the party scene of a new country. Will you broaden your horizon and organise an unforgettable study trip to a mesmerizing location on the other side the world?!
Commercial Team STAR is an important link between RSM students and potential employers. The commercial team works together closely with the Commercial Relations Manager of the STAR board to develop and execute a strategy to facilitate this link! Are you assertive and do you have an affinity with sales? And are you ready to develop yourself in the commercial field? Join the Commercial Team!
What do the teams do? You have the opportunity to contribute to the diverse portfolio of companies that work together with STAR. You are in close contact with partners of STAR who are looking to recruit RSM students. Apart from
that, you will fulfill a consulting role to the Commercial Relations Manager updating the commercial strategy of the association! Besides, committees will come to you for advise on their commercial plans and ideas.
6 hours/week BSc & PreMSc Chairman Commercials (4x)
6 hours/week BSc & PreMSc Chairman Commercial Marketing Program (3x)
Events Committee Throughout the year, there are several events for all BA and IBA students. Studying is about so much more than books and lectures, right? At STAR, you can join social drinks, amazing parties, and other great events. The many social and cultural events are the perfect opportunity to let go of the study stress and get to know your fellow students! Will you be the one who is responsible for the biggest social events of your study?!
What does the committee do? The events committee organises a series of events throughout the year, including the Opening Party, the BA and IBA Graduation party, and the New Year’s drink. Besides that, we give you the freedom to come up with new ideas to expand the events portfolio.
You are responsible for organizing the events from A to Z. It is up to you and your committee to create value for students through your events and to make them memorable. Are you ready to organize the best social events for students?
6 hours/week IBA Chairman Commercial (2x) Marketing Program
IBA Study Trip Every year, 40 BA students leave for an unforgettable ten-day trip to explore the business, social and academic environment of a vibrant foreign country. In previous years, the IBA Study Trip has visited cities such as Hanoi, St. Petersburg, Sydney, Seoul, and New Delhi.
What does the committee do? This trip gives its participants a wonderful opportunity to discover a new country and meet new people. For many students, it is the highlight of their year! The entire trip is organized by your committee. Your committee get to choose your own destination and is responsible for all the aspects of the trip: from flight tickets to acquisitions, to arranging company visits and marketing. You have the chance to show your fellow students the unique business
environment, must-see hotspots, and the party scene of a new country. Will you broaden your horizon and organise an unforgettable study trip to a mesmerizing location on the other side the world?!
iCare STAR not only aims to support the development of our members, but also the development of the international community. The international care (iCare) project helps to accomplish that goal. Every August, students participate in setting up a volunteer aid project for a local community in a developing country. Previous years, iCare was involved in projects in Nepal, Senegal, India, and Kenia. The purpose of these trips is to break through inter-cultural boundaries of any kind, in order to foster education, well-being and amity amongst our students and those in need of help. Are you ready to take STAR across borders?
What does the committee do? Every year, the iCare committee cooperates with a player in the developmental aid sector to put together an international threeweek volunteering experience. You will be responsible for all aspects of organizing the trip: picking the destination, finding a project, and
10 hours/week BSc & PreMSc Chairman Commercial Program Marketing Fundraiser
putting together a program to explore the cultural side of the country. With this trip, you offer help to a developing community as well as creating an unforgettable experience for all participants. It offers students a unique and enriching experience that will extend their horizon.
International Week The International Week is an exchange project with participants from all over the world. Local students show foreign students their city, the local culture, business life, party scene, and their home university. Each year, about 20 students from Rotterdam get the chance to broaden their horizons by visiting different partner universities. In May, 25 international students visit Rotterdam and Amsterdam for International Week Holland. Are you the one with that global organizational mind-set to bring different cultures together?
What does the committee do? The International Week Committee will work closely with Amsterdam Study Association SEFA. Throughout the year, you are responsible for the recruitment of students to participate in all International Weeks abroad. Together with your committee, you organise the International Week
Holland, where your goal is to show incoming students the best that The Netherlands has to offer by visiting Amsterdam and Rotterdam. The committee arranges the program, sponsors, accommodation, and makes sure foreign students have the time of their life!
8 hours/week BSc & PreMSc Chairman Commercial (2x) Program Marketing
6 hours/week BSc & PreMSc Chairman Marketeers (5x)
Marketing Team As the largest study association in Europe, STAR has an impressive reach. To make the biggest impact possible, an effective branding and marketing strategy is crucial. As part of the Marketing Team you will make sure the brand image of STAR is captured and carried out in the right way. Are you creative and do you have affinity for marketing, then this is the right committee for you!
What does the committee do? You are responsible for all internal and external marketing of STAR. In your team, you gain experience in managing the marketing strategy of a professional organization. You work closely together with Brand Manager of the STAR Board and take on increasing responsibilities. Also, you will consult the marketeers from STAR’s many committees. This
year, there will be special focus on the commercial opportunties from a brand perspective. Your input is greatly appreciated! STAR strongly encourages you to be creative and take initatives. Got a good or crazy idea? Share it and help keep STAR’s marketing and branding strategies fresh and relevant!
8 hours/week PreMSc Chairman Marketing Commercial Program Travel Manager
Premaster Committee The premaster committee is a new committee with a very clear goal: connecting all RSM premaster students! We aim to provide a social and academic platform for these students to meet and socialize with fellow students. Besides drinks, parties, and other events, the Premaster committee organizes several activities, such as an introduction activity and above all, a study trip!
What does the committee do? The structure of this committee is different from the other committees. The committee consists of five students: a chairman, marketing, commercial, program and a travel manager. The chairman is responsible for the overview of the yearbudget and all events and deadlines. Besides that he/she guides the committee and is responsible for the group cohesion. Marketing promotes all events and the study trip. You will also make the program booklet of the Study Trip and keep the Facebook group active. The commercial is in contact with external companies. He/She will also be in contact with universities and companies for the study trip. As a
program you will be responsible for the general program year round and the program of the study trip. Last but not least the Travel manager is responsible for the study trip budget, the general overview timeline of the trip and you will guide the rest of the committee members. The type of activities you and your committee want to organise is all up to you. Think about a karaoke night, boat party or a Christmas gala. Besides organising social activities, you will also organise various academic events where you bring your fellow students in contact with the masters.
Reach Out One of the main pillars on which STAR’s mission is based is Societal Impact and Sustainability (SIS). Throughout the year, we organize several events aimed to contribute to society and sustainability. Students need to be aware of the impact they have on society and the environment, and this committee aims to create that awareness.
What does the committee do? The Reach Out committee gives students the opportunity to add value to the world around them. You will put together a range of events throughout the year for all RSM students. Examples of successful events include the Duck Race and the Buddy Project.
6 hours/week BA Chairman Commercial (2x) Program Marketing
This committee encourages you to come up with new events to have a positive impact on the world around you.
Ski Trip Grab your skis, wax your board, and clear your calendar for the second week of January, because the STAR Ski Trip is a week you do not want to miss! Whether you are an experienced snow lover or someone who has never hit the slopes before, the legendary Ski Trip is a perfect way to start your year. Will you be responsible for organising the legendary Ski Trip for your fellow students?!
What does the committee do? STAR organises this low-cost winter sports trip to a different location every year. As part of the Ski Trip committee, you will be responsible for attracting sponsors, putting together an original program, and all promotion for the trip! You are responsible for a group of around 100 students, and have to
make sure they have an unforgettable week full of snow, sports, and of course daily après skiing adventures!
6 hours/week BSc & PreMSc Chairman Marketing Commercial Program
8 hours/week BSc & PreMSc Chairman Marketing Speakers (2x) Program
Speaker Series This committee is an innovative and dynamic team that organizes diverse academic speaker events. The challenge is to get the best speakers to inspire your fellow students to speak at our university or at a location in Rotterdam. Former speakers are the CEO of Toyota-Lexus, Pieter Zwart and the Mayor of Rotterdam. Will you succeed in attracting the most inspiring leaders, critical thinkers or high-profile business experts to speak at our university?
What does the committee do? The Speaker Series committee is responsible for inviting several renowned people from diverse fields of interests, searching for interesting locations, marketing the event, and much more. These guest speakers will give an inspiring and interactive presentation and there will be room
for discussion and drinks afterwards. The goal is to invite, educate, and facilitate students in forming opinions on issues that move the world. Get in touch with important speakers and organize your own conferences.
FAQ & Contact Why should I apply? When you join a committee, you get the opportunity to develop yourself personally and professionally in a team of like-minded students. At STAR, we value your personal growth and aim to support the kick-start of your career. Besides this, your social network will expand rapidly and you get access to social events for active members such as Active Members Weekend. How do I know what is the right position for me? We encourage you to apply for positions that will challenge you. As an active member, you help STAR create value for students. In return, STAR aims to create value for you by means of accelerating your professional and personal development. If you need more information before making a decision, feel free to contact us.
What about COVID-19? We aim to facilitate as many physical meetings and events as possible, but the safety of our members is our main priority. We are revising the possibilities and limitations of the current situation every day. The entire interview process will be online. Contact Head of Recruitment: Demi Koeleman E: recruitment@rsmstar.nl W: www.rsmstar.nl/recruitment
Application process 1. Find out what position suits you best If you need more information before making a decision, feel free to send an email to recruitment@rsmstar.nl
2. Apply online Apply online through rsmstar.nl/recruitment.
3. Don’t be late The application deadline is September 24, 2020 at 23:59h. Late applications will not be accepted.
4. Schedule your interview
On September 25, 2020, we will call you to schedule an interview with you. Please try to pick up the phone and call us back when we could not reach you.
5. Have the interview
Your interview will take place during the final week of September or first two weeks of October.
6. Congratulations! During the third week of October, you will receive a call from us to let you know whether you have been selected or not.
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