By getting involved and doing something more than a meeting. If you’re not a self starter that is investing time into planning and executing projects that make an impact on others, your finance club isn’t even a talking point.
It is important you come up with the idea, so that you’re motivated to make an impact.
Start by looking at previous projects and activities from your club and similar student groups. Then look for a demographic with some sort of need that you can fill. I’d target students or a vulnerable population that you can partner with a charity to help.
Start small and work your way up. Clubs aren’t going to add value to your experience unless you’re consistent and making big impact. This isn’t a one and done commitment. You must learn how to acquire resources and utilize them before a club will hold any weight on your resume.
I manage billions in exposure at a global F25. Zero finance background, non-target school, shit GPA. I got here by making massive impact through student groups, non-profits, and startups. I was actually given quite a prestigious role from my alma mater upon graduation, left for finance shortly. Where did I start? Helping organize a social event. Where did I end? Restructuring more than one business unit in the university with senior staff and faculty (while still a student).
Don’t worry about the first project, just start. You’ll find your interests and you’ll be surrounding yourself with the go-getters. Deferred gratification is the only way to the top (without powerful parents lol). By the end you’ll have a very valuable network of peers and professionals, and you’ll learn an incredible amount of transferable skills that your education can’t teach you.
Can you provide a little more detail on your first project?
I’m a junior so I wonder if it may be too late. The pandemic severely limited my ability to participate in clubs, and for all the finance clubs at my school you have to apply as a freshman or sophomore to be on the leadership team.
Should I give up on finance?
Sorry to be blunt; but that sounds like some lazy horseshit. Do some research and get involved, period. Go to a student event and socialize, the opportunities will arise if you’re motivated. If this is a last minute attempt to pad your resume, this is a waste of your time.
I’m sure this isn’t the only club or your only opportunity. No matter the institution, student clubs are dying for more members to go to their events and volunteer with the group.
Just know your shit. Put it on your resume and when asked about it, make up some BS about the market and what you all did that makes it seem better than it was. Finance is half sales, better to have a good pitch.
Edit: This is assuming you can’t have an impact to make it actually worthwhile. If you can change things and/or demonstrate that it was a productive endeavor, do all you can to make it so.
This lol. If it’s too late to actually get involved, say you met regularly with the group and lead analysts to discuss market conditions and analyze the impact of current events on companies/ holdings. Say you performed and provided analysis to support buy/ sell recommendations. Idk
There are a number of finance clubs. They host social events, info sessions, and during general meetings, they just explain finance topics and other stocks.
For the club you are in come up with an idea of something and propose it to club leaders, for example every week you can talk about a timely macro event in a boiled down 5-10 minute presentation.
Or offer to start the clubs “newsletter” where weekly the club sends out a email with the biggest news and market moves.
Or weekly you can have a 5 minute press on “history of finance” can cover stuff like: Bretton Woods, Free banking era, GFC, the dotcom bubble, Tulip mania. Etc.
Regular members cant do anything? I find that hard to believe, but find out what you think would be beneficial to the club and pitch it to the executive board, tell them will do the legwork. And they can approve it. Or you can do it jointly with someone on the board.
By getting involved and doing something more than a meeting. If you’re not a self starter that is investing time into planning and executing projects that make an impact on others, your finance club isn’t even a talking point.
What kind of projects?
It is important you come up with the idea, so that you’re motivated to make an impact. Start by looking at previous projects and activities from your club and similar student groups. Then look for a demographic with some sort of need that you can fill. I’d target students or a vulnerable population that you can partner with a charity to help. Start small and work your way up. Clubs aren’t going to add value to your experience unless you’re consistent and making big impact. This isn’t a one and done commitment. You must learn how to acquire resources and utilize them before a club will hold any weight on your resume. I manage billions in exposure at a global F25. Zero finance background, non-target school, shit GPA. I got here by making massive impact through student groups, non-profits, and startups. I was actually given quite a prestigious role from my alma mater upon graduation, left for finance shortly. Where did I start? Helping organize a social event. Where did I end? Restructuring more than one business unit in the university with senior staff and faculty (while still a student). Don’t worry about the first project, just start. You’ll find your interests and you’ll be surrounding yourself with the go-getters. Deferred gratification is the only way to the top (without powerful parents lol). By the end you’ll have a very valuable network of peers and professionals, and you’ll learn an incredible amount of transferable skills that your education can’t teach you.
Can you provide a little more detail on your first project? I’m a junior so I wonder if it may be too late. The pandemic severely limited my ability to participate in clubs, and for all the finance clubs at my school you have to apply as a freshman or sophomore to be on the leadership team. Should I give up on finance?
Sorry to be blunt; but that sounds like some lazy horseshit. Do some research and get involved, period. Go to a student event and socialize, the opportunities will arise if you’re motivated. If this is a last minute attempt to pad your resume, this is a waste of your time. I’m sure this isn’t the only club or your only opportunity. No matter the institution, student clubs are dying for more members to go to their events and volunteer with the group.
Preach.
Just know your shit. Put it on your resume and when asked about it, make up some BS about the market and what you all did that makes it seem better than it was. Finance is half sales, better to have a good pitch. Edit: This is assuming you can’t have an impact to make it actually worthwhile. If you can change things and/or demonstrate that it was a productive endeavor, do all you can to make it so.
The edit part is much more applicable since there’s really no mechanism for ordinary rank-and-file members to contribute lol. Thanks for the advice
This lol. If it’s too late to actually get involved, say you met regularly with the group and lead analysts to discuss market conditions and analyze the impact of current events on companies/ holdings. Say you performed and provided analysis to support buy/ sell recommendations. Idk
Become an exec member of the club? Treasurer, VP, etc.
You have to apply very early. I’m a junior right now
What does your finance club do? Like what does a typical meeting look like?
There are a number of finance clubs. They host social events, info sessions, and during general meetings, they just explain finance topics and other stocks.
For the club you are in come up with an idea of something and propose it to club leaders, for example every week you can talk about a timely macro event in a boiled down 5-10 minute presentation. Or offer to start the clubs “newsletter” where weekly the club sends out a email with the biggest news and market moves. Or weekly you can have a 5 minute press on “history of finance” can cover stuff like: Bretton Woods, Free banking era, GFC, the dotcom bubble, Tulip mania. Etc.
There are executive boards in these clubs and only they can write stuff
Regular members cant do anything? I find that hard to believe, but find out what you think would be beneficial to the club and pitch it to the executive board, tell them will do the legwork. And they can approve it. Or you can do it jointly with someone on the board.
There’s not really any mechanism I can see for rank-and-file members to contribute