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 and 300 active 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 300 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 December 2020 - January 2021. 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 April, 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!
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 are looking 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
STAR Erasmus Consulting Field Work
August September
iCare & Eurekaweek IBA Freshman Weekend & BA Introduction Days
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 and 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 During this recruitment period, we are recruiting three part-time committees. Make sure to check out the descriptions of each committee and the overview of positions to get the full picture of a specific committee.
Committee BA Introduction Days Eurekaweek IBA Freshman Weekend Marketing Team ER Commercial Team ER
hours/week 6
open to
positions
BSc BA
6
6
BSc & PreMSc
6
6
6
6
BSc IBA BSc & (Pre-)MSc
2-5
6
BSc & (Pre-)MSc
2-5
Did you know... That we are also recruiting consultants for STAR Erasmus Consulting (SEC) and members of the STAR Management Week (SMW) committee? Make sure to check out the brochures for SEC and SMW as well at rsmstar.nl/recruitment if you are interested in joining STAR!
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.
6 hours/week BSc BA Chairman Commercial (2x) Marketing Program (2x)
BA Introduction Days Each year, around 250 new BA students have the opportunity to join the STAR BA Introduction Days. During this weekend, the students will meet each other and create bonds that will endure during their whole student life. The BA Introduction Days can be summarized as lots of fun, great parties, new friendships and unforgettable memories! Will you be responsible for this legendary weekend?
What does the committee do? As the BA Introduction Days committee, you will be responsible for the organization of the Introduction Weekend for the new Business Administration (Bedrijfskunde) students and make it a weekend they will never forget! You will need to come up with a fun program for the entire weekend for both the days and the nights. Think about great activities to do during the day and contact companies for great deals and sponsorships. You will think about a marketing campaign
to promote the weekend and make as many students as possible enthusiastic to join the event. Also, you can come up with a program for the night, so how about a little theme party? Next to that, you will be in charge of selecting the guides that will accompany the groups of students during the days. Make sure the new students have an unforgettable weekend with a little sneak peek into their new student life and also do not forget to have a great time yourself!
6 hours/week BSc & PreMSc Chairman Marketing Commercial (2x) Program (2x)
Eurekaweek The Eurekaweek is the general introduction week of the Erasmus University Rotterdam where thousands of new students will get to know the city of Rotterdam and their future student life. It is your responsibility to represent STAR during this week and make sure all students want to become a STAR member. Will you make sure that every new student knows about STAR?
What do the teams do? The Eurekaweek Committee starts in January and together with your fellow committee members you will be working towards the Introduction Week of the Erasmus University Rotterdam in August. In the first period, you will focus on contacting companies for possible sponsorships. This is a great way to work on your commercial skills! Also, think about some nice goodies for the goodie bags! Later on, when the Eurekaweek Board releases the official program, it is your job to work out your activities. Some examples of the previous years
are a spring rolls stand, fun games in the lecture halls, an inflatable obstacle course, and a huge party on the Wednesday evening. You will also serve dinner to groups of business students every day, have a stand at the campus fair and you will be invited to the legendary beer cantus! During this week it is your job to give all new students a good first impression of STAR and let them all sign up for a membership. Besides this, you will get the chance to experience this amazing week all over again and meet a lot of great people.
6 hours/week BSc IBA Chairman Commercial (2x) Marketing Program (2x)
IBA Freshmen Weekend Do you still remember your first weeks in Rotterdam? A new city, new people and maybe even a new country. It is up to you to combine all these overwhelming impressions into one weekend. Will you give the IBA freshmen the opportunity to get to know their fellow students and to have sensational kick-off of their academic year?
What does the committee do? The IBA Freshmen Committee organizes - in cooperation with the Rotterdam School of Management an unforgettable weekend for the new International Business Administration students. This weekend will take place at the beginning of the academic year and is all about meeting new people and having a great time! Together with your fellow committee members, a group of new students, the STAR board members, and a group of guides, you will travel to somewhere in the Netherlands where you have
a weekend-filling program for them. It is up to you to come with creative ideas for the program, get in contact with companies for sponsorships or discounts, and create a marketing plan that will have your weekend sold out. Learn by doing, develop yourself, and have a great time with your committee during the preparation period and the weekend itself!
Commercial Team The commercial team is a committee of the Erasmus Recruitment Board. Erasmus Recruitment is a joint venture of EFR and STAR. EFR is the official study association of Erasmus School of Economics (ESE). STAR is the official study association of Rotterdam School of Management (RSM). By joining the commercial team, you get to experience the perks of both associations.
The commercial team is in charge of signing companies for Erasmus Recruitment (the vacancy platform). Commercials have the opportunity to use their sales-skills to close new companies for Erasmus Recruitment. Next to this, the commercials work as account managers. It is their responsibility to foster a good relationship with the companies in their portfolio. The commercial team consists of 2-5 part-time commercials, guided by the fulltime
Commercial Relations Manager of the EFR and STAR Board. Are you ready to represent Erasmus Recruitment and close deals?
Open to BSc, PreMSc , and MSc students 6-8 hours/week
Marketing Team The marketing team is a committee of the Erasmus Recruitment Board. Erasmus Recruitment is a joint venture of EFR and STAR. EFR is the official study association of Erasmus School of Economics (ESE). STAR is the official study association of Rotterdam School of Management (RSM). By joining the marketing team, you get to experience the perks of both associations.
The marketing team will focus on the Erasmus Recruitment vacancy platform. The marketeers need to get more students using Erasmus Recruitment as their preferred place for finding internships, Open to BSc, PreMSc , and MSc students 6-8 hours/ week traineeships, first jobs or available committees at EFR or STAR. They consider an all-year round marketing strategy for Erasmus Recruitment, including several marketing students. The marketing team consists of 2-5
part-time marketeers, guided by the full-time Brand Manager of STAR and EFR Board.
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 January 17, 2021 at 23:59h. Late applications will not be accepted.
4. Schedule your interview
On January 18, 2021, 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 two weeks of January and will take approximately 20 minutes.
6. Congratulations! In February, you will receive a call from us to let you know whether you have been selected or not.