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Meet EFR With over 6.500 members, EFR is one of the most active and most professional study associations of Europe. From academic events to recruitment occasions and social gatherings; we bridge the gap between theory and practice. Each year, we organise various activities and events for students of Erasmus School of Economics, as well as other students of the Erasmus University. Among other things, we offer the cheapest books, provide study support and organise social events to help students feel at home in Rotterdam. We also help prepare you for the labour market, bring you in touch with your future employer and enhance your student experience. All events of EFR are organised by committee members. You can now apply for one of our committees, so you can organise one of our events Foryourself!questions, please do not hesitate to contact us at challenge@efr.nl Application deadline: September 9th, 2022 23:59 efr.nl/challenge 3Part-time committees efr.nl/challenge |
With the memberscommittee Being part of a committee will expand your social network even more, since there are many possiblities to meet with other committee members.The committee members weekend, the EFR prom and the other fun activities that the High Five committee organises are there for you as a committee member only! All the committee members join, which means that you are partying with more than 150 students! You can also join the different trips that EFR organises, like the ski trip or the AC city trip. One thing is for sure; you are going to have a lot of fun as an EFR committee member! With the EFR members As a committee member, you have the opportunity to organise events, trips or drinks that are free for all EFR members to join. This is a chance for you to meet noncommittee members and get to know EFR students from all study phases.
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1. Having fun
With your committee As a committee member you are bound to have fun with your committee. Besides the weekly meetings you will have, you can also see each other in an informal atmosphere. For example, you can go and have dinner together, get some drinks in the city or have your own committee weekend! The committee consist of economics students from different years and study programs, which makes it a great opportunity to meet fellow economics students. The supervisor from the EFR Board is happy to come along with these fun activities.
Personal Learning to handle stress, providing effective feedback, receiving criticism and making decisions around tight schedules are important skills that are not easily picked up during lectures. 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.
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EFR Board support As a committee member, you are not alone in doing your tasks. The EFR Board is there to support you when needed.
Social 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, committee members prom, parties, committee members weekend, our monthly social drink and other get-togethers, there is always something going on. You will form a very stong bond with your committee and other committee members.
EFR Academy EFR offers its committee members the EFR Academy. This includes several general and committee specific workshops. This helps to contribute even more to the professional development of our committee members.
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Every committee has one supervisor from the EFR Board, who will guide you through your year. The EFR Board consists of nine senior students who are dedicating one full-time year to EFR. They have been in your position and are always there to help.
Academic committee
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Academic committee The academic committee’s main task is organising supporting activities for bachelor students. The committee is responsible for the ‘ Meet your professor’ series of short films in which Erasmus School of Economics professors are interviewed about their life and research, and for the two annual editions of the EFR Skills Week during which students follow 8 soft-skills trainings to earn 1 ECTS credit. These projects are closely developed with Erasmus School of Economics. you want to be actively involved in organising activities for Erasmus School of Economics? Then apply for the academic committee!
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events and who are up for a real challenge! Activities committee Workload - 6-8 hours per week 7Part-time committees efr.nl/challenge |
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The activities committee is one of EFR’s oldest and most prominent committees. By doing this committee, your organisational skills will be challenged and developed. will be in charge of EFR’s largest and most challenging events. Over the years the AC has been responsible for several large events like the debate between Rutte and Wilders, Transform Your World congress, and the 10th anniversary of the Children’s Peace Prize Award. organising
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Are your curious, an excellent writer in English (or eager to improve these skills) and have an eye for interesting topics, then apply now to join the EFR content committee!
Content committee
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Workload - 3-5 hours per week Content committee Will you uncover the next Watergate Thescandal?EFRcontent committee is the successor of the prestigious Eclair, a magazine EFR brought out 4 times a year. The EFR content committee is initiated to facilitate the link between students and current economic events. The committee will write articles on a weekly basis about economic news, interesting events on campus and in Rotterdam, prospective career opportunities and of course there is also room for your own initiatives. Your hard work will be published on the EFR website and will represent EFR as a whole!
Erasmus Recruitment marketing team
Workload - 12 hours per week
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As a marketeer in the marketing team, you have two significantly important jobs. First of all, you will set up the marketing campaign of the Erasmus Recruitment Days, you will think about ways to get the most students participating in the event. Secondly, you will try to get more students using Erasmus Recruitment as their preferred place for finding internships, traineeships, first jobs or available committees at EFR or STAR. You will consider an all-year round marketing strategy for Erasmus Recruitment, including several marketing stunts. You will work in a team with 2-5 part-time marketeers, guided by the full-time marketeer of the Erasmus Recruitment Board.
The Erasmus Recruitment Board is a joint full-time board of EFR and STAR. By joining this team, you will experience the perks of both associations.
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High five committee
Do you want to be at the heart of the EFR family and organise activities for all committee members throughout the whole year? Then high five is the committee to apply for! The committee members weekend, the committee 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 strengthen the bond between EFR’s committee members! Together with your committee, you will arrange the entire event from location to programme, from transport to catering.
High five committee Workload - 3-5 hours per week
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 EFR’s committee member base together? Can you make sure all committee members will attend your events?
IBEB student who is eager to organise activities for your fellow students and enjoy thinking out of the box? Then do not hesitate and join the IBEB committee!
IBEB committee
IBEB committee Workload - 3-5 hours per week 11Part-time committees efr.nl/challenge |
There has been a strong community feeling among IBEB students ever since the degree started. As a member of the IBEB committee, you will be organising a wide range of social activities for all your fellow IBEB students, ranging from a casino night to a BBQ at the Kralingse Plas. The iBuddy programme and the IBEB introduction weekend will provide you with the opportunity to both improve your organisatonal skills, learn from experienced students and give prospective IBEB students a warm welcome to AreRotterdam.youan
Workload - 9-12 hours per week
Inspiration Days committee
As a committee you will organise EFR’s flagship congress: the EFR Inspiration Days. This is one of the largest speaker events on campus. Last edition welcomed amongst others Princess Mabel of Orange-Nassau and Frans van Houten (CEO of Philips). With this congress we aspire to be the most innovative, society-aligned event that interactively connects and inspires students from all faculties. To meet this goal we host an interactive congress, where students will explore our theme through several different interactive activities such as: workshops, discussions and the innovation playground. Besides this, prominent speakers will shed their light on the day’s theme during the panel discussion. We are looking for highly motivated students who are goal oriented and have affiliation with organising events, who are ready to make the next EFR Inspiration Days a success!
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Inspiration Days committee
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Involve consultancy committee
The EFR Involve consultancy project gives the chance to a group of about twenty students, including the committee, to apply their academic knowledge in practice and make a sustainable impact on communities that need it the most by performing research on campus and abroad. This is done in partnership with an NGO or social enterprise that will guide and assist you in setting up the research. The committee is responsible for searching for a partner, drafting the research, recruiting the student researchers, arranging the trip abroad and participating in the desk and field research itself. The research consists of three months of desk research (April-June) and three weeks of field research abroad (July/August). The previous editions have been to Kenya, Uganda, Indonesia, Nepal, Peru and Malawi.
Needless to say that the Involve consultancy committee is one of EFR’s most challenging and rewarding committees. - 9-12 hours per week
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Marketing committee Workload - 6-8 hours per week Marketing committee The marketing committee is responsible for the image and promotion of EFR’s activities. You will design promotional materials and brainstorm with committees about creative ways to promote their event. You will be in charge of the entire promotion of EFR’s activities and you will know everything that’s happening within the association. Don’t worry if you are not a great designer yet: we will make you one by offering several design courses. Are you creative and do you like to think out of the box? Are you interested in learning how to work with programs like Indesign? Apply now for the marketing committee! 14 | Part-time committees efr.nl/challenge
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Master Orientation Days committee
Orientation Days committee Workload - 6-8 hours per week 15Part-time committees efr.nl/challenge |
The EFR Master Orientation Days aim to support bachelor 2 and 3 students while they are orientating themselves with regards to the various masters available at Erasmus School of Economics. This event consists of several different Master Orientation Days and provides students with the opportunity to explore the masters and career prospects of different fields of (business) expertise. Last year, we focused on the following days: Financial Economics, International vs Policy Economics, Behavioural Economics, Data Science and Marketing Analytics and UPT. Still, there is always room to expand this! As a member of the Master Orientation Days committee, you will be responsible for the companies, speakers, and content of the Master Orientation Days. We are looking for students with excellent communication skills, an interest in organising and who are enthusiastic about exploring different fields of business!
Model United Nations United Nations committee a member of the Model United Nations committee, your main focus of the year will be to organize MUNROT 2022, our third Model United Nations (MUN) conference at the EUR campus. This ranges from organising the event, to selecting participants. We are looking for students who are deeply interested in the field of politics and like to share their own ideas with an open mind. Are you ready to organise a whole MUN with a group of dedicated and passionate students? apply for the model united nations committee!
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Move committee Are you ready for an experience that will change your perspective on Rotterdam? Do you want to improve your project management and coaching skills, expand your network and work on your resume? Then you should sign up to participate in the move committee! In the move committee you will organise a social project with primary school children from an underprivileged neighborhood in Rotterdam. Together you will brainstorm and organise something positive for the neighbourhood in which the children live. This could for example be a dinner show for the elderly or graffiti workshop. In addition, you will give the children a look into student life by, for example, visiting the university or a student house. You will learn how you can motivate and activate people around you and gain experience in project management and leadership. Move committee Workload - 3-5 hours per week 17Part-time committees efr.nl/challenge |
The EFR party crew is responsible for organising EFR parties. You will organise, promote and manage all parties of EFR, including the Welcome Party, the EFR Drinks and several other theme parties. As a member of this committee, you will have to put your creativity into practice, set up innovative marketing campaigns, find the right locations and the best DJs, while developing your personal and social skills! We are looking for students who are creative, enjoy planning events and love to party! Will you make this year’s EFR parties a success?
Party crew
Workload - 3-5 hours per week Party crew
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Ski trip committee
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The EFR ski trip committee organises our yearly ski trip, which will take place from 6th15th January 2023. Together with your committee, you will be in charge of making this trip an unforgettable experience for over 70 enthusiastic students. This means that you will have to find a suitable travel agency, come up with an awesome program for the whole week, with a lot of partying, ski/ snowboard contest and other fun stuff. Two years ago we went to Avoriaz in the Portes du Soleil which was a great success, it is up to you and your committee to make next year’s EFR ski trip even better! We are looking for people who like a party now and then, but are also serious enough to organise this amazing vacation for a big group of people.
Ski trip committee
Workload - 3-5 hours per week
START committee Workload - 3-5 hours per week START committee The START committee organises events that are for first-year economics students only! This is one of the oldest committees of EFR. The activities focus on the social side of your student life, including a Casino Night or a Pub Crawl. At the end of the year, you organise the introduction weekend, during which you spend three amazing days with more than one hundred new economics students and a lot of EFR committee Readymembers!tokick start your social life at Erasmus School of Economics? 20 | Part-time committees efr.nl/challenge
Study Trip committee
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The EFR Study Trip is the EFR committee that meets our international ambitions. Since the foundation of EFR, the international aspect has been of great importance to EFR. with fellow committee members, will decide where EFR will take a group of 30 students next year. The trip consists of social, academic and business Which translates into sightseeing, university and company visits. work together in a close team willing to accept a EFR Study Trip committee!
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The well-being committee is EFR’s newest committee, focused on the well-being of students. Together with your fellow committee members, you will organise a congres and a few other events that are related to the well-being and mental health of students. Since this committee is new to EFR, you will have the amazing opportunity to unleash your creativity and improve your organisational skills.
Are you interested in mental health and well-being among students? Apply now for the well-being committee!
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Application process You can apply for our part-time committees on efr.nl/challenge. For your application, you will need a CV and a motivation letter. After the deadline has passed, we will contact you via telephone about the next step.
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EFR With over 6.500 members, EFR is one of the most active and most professional study associations of the Netherlands. Each year, we organise various activities and events for students of Erasmus School of Economics, as well as other students of the Erasmus University. From academic events, to recruitment opportunities and social gatherings; we bridge the gap between theory and practice.
Application deadline: 09.09.22 Questions? challenge@efr.nl
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Application deadline: 09.09.22 Questions? challenge@efr.nl
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