Student-run business clubs offer a way to get immersed in the field and expand professional contacts. As part of its MBA Guide, Crain’s finds clubs can be a key resource of the job search.
Joining a business club at the University of Illinois at Chicago opened a world of possibilities and contacts for Sally Kubes. She had been working in higher education admissions and was interested in how to make processes operate more efficiently. When she landed at UIC she joined and then headed the student-run Operations Management Group.
With the help of professors and professional associations in supply chain, Kubes and her colleagues team mapped a schedule of events, including speakers and company visits. When the pandemic set in, the club scheduled a virtual session with a recruiter in supply chain who offered advice on job searches during a recession.
Right after she graduated in June, Kubes landed a position as an ingredients buyer at Bel Brands USA, maker of the Laughing Cow and Boursin cheeses.
Clubs are an important way to immerse students in fields they may be considering for careers. The University of Chicago Booth School of Business has more than 20 business and professional groups that cover fields including technology, fintech, energy, entrepreneurship, food, health care and real estate. The clubs typically schedule lunch-and-learn sessions with industry experts, guest speakers and company visits.
At Booth, Wyatt Lawyer served as co-chair of the Healthcare Group, which further enhanced his network of contacts. Earlier in the year, Lawyer and his colleagues were talking to the health insurance platform GoHealth about a club visit to learn how the executives built the company. The pandemic scuttled those plans, but it’s the same company Lawyer subsequently joined as director of strategic partnerships.
The Entrepreneurship and Venture Capital Club at Northwestern’s Kellogg School of Management exposed Erica Douglas to the area’s startup community. Discussions with founders provided fodder for Douglas, who was thinking about starting a company in beauty products. She went on to found mSEED, a six-year-old incubator and private label manufacturer for beauty companies in South Holland. “With the club I was able to see how so many people were using ideas and experiences to create completely new entities,” she says.
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