Sefa Case Club

Looking for an opportunity to connect with the Dutch corporate scene? To test your academic skills on real business cases? All while growing both personally and professionally with fellow inspiring students from all over the world? Join the Sefa Case Club!

The Sefa Case Club, previously known as ABS Case Society, is a student association at the faculty of Economics and Business at the University of Amsterdam attempting to apply academic theory students learn in a practical way through solving real-life business cases. Business cases are documents written by company professionals that detail a problem that a certain public organization or private company is encountering. The topics covered range from finance to corporate social responsibility (CSR), and from marketing to digital innovation. Cases are typically solved in teams of 4 students, in a timeframe ranging from 3 to 28 hours, and are presented to and judged by a panel of academic staff, consultants, and industry professionals. To train our members and prepare them for international case competitions, we host training, workshops, and case days throughout the year.

Sefa Case Club combines preparing ambitious students for international case competitions, as well as organizing the Amsterdam Case Competition.

Sefa Case Club

Sefa Case Club is divided into the managing committee and a team of case solvers. The managing committee is responsible for training the team of case solvers to solve real-life business cases in groups of ambitious students. Next to that, the managing committee is responsible for organizing the Amsterdam Case Competition. The team of case solvers is being trained and the case solvers that demonstrate excellent case-solving skills can be selected to represent the University of Amsterdam at international case competitions.

Amsterdam Case Competition (ACC)

During an entire week, 12 universities will send their top students to Amsterdam. As the managing committee, it is your task to accommodate, transport, and entertain these students, and to make this prestigious case a success in close collaboration with the university. If you are up for a big challenge and a lot of fun, join the managing committee of the Sefa Case Club! The ACC committee delivers an unforgettable and engaging competition experience to competitors by developing and leading a new and highly innovative event schedule and inviting good judges and interesting companies for the cases.

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Hours per week - Managing committee:	12
Hours per week - Case solvers:	5
Committee period:	March 2024 - June 2025
Size of the managing committee:	10
Number of case solvers:	30
Recruitment period committee:	February
Recruitment period case solvers:	September
Application period for case solvers closes:	October 6 - 23:59
Dutch required:	No
Contact:	caseclub@sefa.nl

As chairman you are responsible for the organization of the Case Club. You oversee the committee, you are responsible for the meetings, the planning and the overall functioning of the committee. Essential skills: leadership, proactive, sense of responsibility, strong communication skills

The head of marketing makes sure that companies and students know about the Case Club. You will take care of all the online and offline promotional materials. Drafting a marketing plan and using all possible channels to make sure the Amsterdam Case Competition and Sefa Case Club are well recognized and exposed. Essential skills: creative, punctual, eye for detail, keeping overview

The head of marketing makes sure that companies know about the Case Club. You will take care of all the online promotion materials, such as emails, information documents and eventually promotion on social media. As head of Recruitment you are responsible for the recruitment process of the case competitors. You are also responsible for overseeing the professional development of the case solvers. Essential skills: creative, punctual, eye for detail, keeping overview

As treasurer you are responsible for all the financial aspects of the Case Club. You will make a budget and a realization, and you are responsible for all the cash flows within the committee. Essential skills: accuracy, eye for detail, confidence.

It is your responsibility to set up the competition program and be involved in the training & development program of all the teams that are selected to represent the Univesity of Amsterdam in these competitions. Furthermore, you will function as the main point of contact for international case teams that participate in the Amsterdam Case Competition. Essential skills: team-player, structured, sense of responsibility, proactive

As training coordinator, you are responsible for the trainings organized for the Case Solvers. You will have to get in contact with other consulting companies and arrange different types of trainings, such as acquisition training, general consulting and graphic trainings. Besides this, you are responsible for organizing internal case competitions in collaboration with companies. You are responsible for raising revenue by organising cases with companies. Essential skills: sales-oriented, team-player, convincing

You will keep the full overview of the Amsterdam Case Competition. You will set up the full planning for the competition week, supervise a team of guides, as well as be in charge of arranging accommodation for participants. Essential skills: team-player, structured, sense of responsibilty, proactive

The salespersons of the Amsterdam Case Competition. You are in charge of acquiring partners for the Amsterdam Case Competition, and managing acquired relations. Additionally, you will be responsible for finding a pool of jury members that are best suited to judge the solutions of the teams. Essential skills: sales oriented, team-player, convincing

Sefa Case Club organizes multiple internal case competitions, during which you practice problem-solving skills. Members who demonstrate excellent case-solving skills can be selected to represent the University of Amsterdam at international case competitions. There will be bi-weekly training and internal case competitions. Essential skills: ambitious, analytically strong, curious, proactive