Financial Business Cycle 2020

Workshop - Hellotest E-assessment

Do you have an interview soon and want to practice with e-assessments? E-assessment is an important tool that firms use when selecting their candidates. Improve your skills by signing up for an online workshop with Hellotest!

This event will have a duration of 2 hours. Everyone is welcome to join both international and dutch students, there is no selection based on CV. 

In this workshop you will learn about the different assessment topics, take and review multiple short assessments and learn the best tips and tricks to tackle tests in the future.

After taking this workshop you will:

• Know about the different assessment topics.
• Know how to optimally prepare for your assessment.
• A great practical experience with the most common assessment topics.

The workshop will cover the following:

• General introduction to assessments.
• Verbal reasoning
• Numerical reasoning
• Logical reasoning

Every subject is introduced with a theoretical part, we test your capabilities with a practice test.

About Hellotest
Hellotest is the leading assessment preparation company in the Netherlands. Hellotest has joined with the economic faculty in a unique collaboration. Together we organize a highly rated assessment workshop. For more information about e-assessments go to www.hellotest.nl

You can use the following link for this activity: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89496192414

We will start at 15.00, so make sure you are in the call at 14.55.

Workshop - NIBC

Are you interested in the dynamic M&A landscape and are you curious about NIBC?

This event is an excellent opportunity to learn more about NIBC and M&A! During this online event you will get to know NIBC and be introduced to M&A through a workshop that includes a real life business case.

This event will take place on the 17th of November from 10.00 till 12.00 and is open to both Dutch-speaking and international students. The dress code for the workshop is business casual.

Inhouse Day - Nielen Schuman

Do you want to have an unique insight into Nielen Schuman? This event will offer the opportunity to speak with recruiters and employees. It will inspire and potentially form important connections for your future!

Through presentations, cases, and contact with company representatives, you will get a full overview of the corporate culture and the daily tasks at the end of the day. 

Don't miss out on this opportunity and sign up for this activity! This event is open to only Dutch-speaking students.

The dresscode for this Inhouse Day is business formal.

This event may change due to government restrictions. We will keep you updated on how this activity will be organised. 

Auditing and Financial management Drink

Are you interested in what the work in Auditing and Financial Management entails? The Auditing and Financial Management Drink give you the opportunity to learn more about this! 

The participating firms Baker Tilly, HLB, Grant Thornton and Mazars will have various of their recruiters and other company members present to be able to give you their insights. You will be able to form connections with these great companies to start off your future career! 

Due to more strict rules regarding COVID-19, this event will be hosted online. You will get the opportunity to talk to the company representatives in break-out rooms while enjoying snacks and drinks from a box that will be sent to you beforehand. 

NOTE: This event will include Dutch speaking students only. The dress code for this event is business formal. 

Informal Activity - Female High Tea

Are you interested in how it is to be a woman working in the finance sector, and specifically to work at a bank? The Woman in Banking High Tea offers the opportunity for students to speak with women from the companies Lazard, Citi and Barclays to gain perspective on what it is like to work in this industry. 

This event will take place from 13:00-16:30 on and is open to both Dutch-speaking and international females. It will inspire and potentially form important connections for your future!  

Dress code for the high tea is business formal.

Due to more strict rules regarding COVID-19, there might be a possibility that this event will be hosted online. In this case, you will get the opportunity to talk to the company representatives in break-out rooms while enjoying a personal high tea that will be sent to you in a box beforehand. 
We will keep you updated on how this activity will be organised.

Inhouse Day - HAL Investments

Have you got excellent grades, strong analytical skills and would you like to know what it is to work at the highest level in strategy and finance? Take a chance and register yourself for this exclusive afternoon workshop at HAL Investments. 

We are a long-term investment company that is active across the globe from its offices in Rotterdam. HAL solely invests its own (family) capital, a proposition that allows us to focus on long term value creation. 

Working at HAL  provides you with an unmatched variety in investment opportunities and portfolio companies, a dynamic international context and complex assignments that combine strategy, finance and operations. 

In the workshop a recent case will be addressed and by taking you through the process you get to know more about working at HAL. After the workshop we will invite you to a drink where HAL colleagues will join you. The selection procedure for the workshop is based on cv and grade lists (VWO/WO).  For more information about HAL, please go to the website www.halinvestments.nl .

Please note that to complete your registration for HAL investments, you need to send your grade list from high school, Bachelor and Master to fbcparticipants@fsr.nl

Inhouse Day - Optiver

Are you ready to be challenged?

Experience first-hand the dynamics, speed and challenges the Traders of Optiver face on a daily basis and get to know the world of market making.

Try to solve a series of analytical puzzles in this online trading game and see if you have what it takes to become a trader.

Challenge accepted? Sign up for this game with Optiver on 27th of November!

The dresscode for this event is business formal. This event is open for both Dutch speaking and international students. 

Workshop - BDO

Are you curious what you are going to do as a starting accountant in Audit & Assurance?

Do you want to know if there is a match between you and BDO?

During the BDO GAME you will get the opportunity to get an insight at BDO through different questions and tasks!

This activity will be online and is open for Dutch speaking students only. 

Informal Activity - Google

Have you always wondered what it is really like working at such an interesting and modern company like Google?

Now is your chance to gain more information and speak to some of Google’s employees!

Google is hosting an online Meet the Company event via Zoom, which will have an informal company introduction and the option to ask interesting questions to Google employees! The event will take place at 17:00 on the 19th of November and will approximately take an hour.

No CV selection necessary, everyone is welcome to join both dutch and international students!

You can join through the following link:

http://meet.google.com/vxn-kgxj-ndm

Finance Drink

The Finance Drink is a great way to get to know and connect with interesting companies. You will be able to interact with employees of various companies to ask questions and gain personal perspectives on how it is to work in the field of finance. The companies PGGM, Phi Delphi, and CFI will be participating and you will engage with all of them. Who knows, maybe you will form important connections for your future career in finance! 

 Due to more strict rules regarding COVID-19, this event will be hosted online. You will get the opportunity to talk to the company representatives in break-out rooms.

The event will take place on the 20th of November, 16.00 - 18.30h

NOTE: this event will include Dutch speaking students only. The dress code for this drink is business formal. 

Workshop - Finance Ideas

Working at Finance Ideas means having a positive impact on society. We thrive to do so by advising public organisations like pension funds, housing corporations, and healthcare institutions to realize their future plans in a sustainable and financially responsible manner.

Our goal is to optimize the financial return for these institutions, without losing sight of the social return. We do this based on an aspiration for knowledge, quality and a healthy portion of entrepreneurship.

During this workshop, we give you a taste of what it means to work at Finance Ideas. You will get started with different investment propositions from different real estate funds. During this case we challenge you te take a broader perspective on investing and take into account sustainability as well. After completing this case you will hopefully look at returns with a different perspective.

The dresscode for this event is business formal. This activity will be online and is open for dutch students only. 

Workshop - Hellotest CV training

Many activities during the Financial Business Cycle requires a CV selection. Do you want to increase your chances that you will be selected by recruiters? The aim of this workshop is to gain insights on how to finalise your CV, how to build a strong motivation letter and what to do in order to be well prepared during an interview. Maybe these practical tips will help you further in your career! 

Make most out of the Financial Business Cycle through this workshop and join us 4th of November at 15:00!

In this 2 hour workhop the following things will be discussed:

• The recruitment process
• Extensive clarification on each section
• The best approach for a job application.

You can join through the following link: meet.google.com/jcx-wevp-fsb. We will start at 15.00, so please make sure that you are in the call at 14.55.

No CV selection necessary, everyone is welcome to join both dutch and international students!

Informal Activity - Van Oers

Time to get acquainted with van Oers!

Do you want to learn more about Corporate Finance, Accountancy and Advisory? Van Oers is one of the larger regional accounting and tax law firms in the Netherlands. From these offices they offer tailored solutions to small and larger SMEs, family businesses, director-major shareholders and start-ups.

But enough about Van Oers, it is time to hear your story!

During this informal event will get the opportunity to talk to the company representatives in break-out rooms while enjoying snacks and drinks from a box that will be sent to you beforehand! Ask all your questions and form connections for your future career! Don't miss out on this opportunity, and sign up for this activity. 

NOTE: This event includes Dutch speaking students only. The dresscode is business formal.

Informal Activity - Jumbo

Are you ready to work for an ambitious and entrepreneurial family owned company?