<p>I'm a freshman without much free time, but I'm starting to feel a bit anxious about life after college. There's are two business-related clubs on campus-- Would they be significant boosts to my resume? I'm sure they could be fun and great for making friends, but if it won't help me much, I'd rather stick to other non-career-oriented activities.</p>
<p>Business major, Freshmen, and you have no free time? LOL. You’re in the easiest semester you will ever go through…do you work full time or something? I worke 30 hours per week, took 16 hours, played intramural sports, and yes, I was a member of the business related groups as a freshman. They will help IF you get to leadership positions. If you’re in them for four years and don’t do anything significant in them than it won’t do anything.</p>
<p>I never said that I was a business major (I’m not). I’m not sure why it’s so hard to believe that a college student might be busy without a full time job, either…</p>
<p>Because we been there and done that. Your obviously not managing your time well.</p>
<p>^^Exactly. You should have ample time, especially this early to be branching out socially and padding your resume by getting involved. You’re going to lose your mind when you get to upper division classes if 100 level classes are causing you to have no free time. Find someone to help you manage your time and come up with better study habits. It will help you a lot. All colleges have those resources. P</p>
<p>To clarify, I’m NOT spending all my time in classes and studying. I’m involved in a number of extracurricular activities as well-- I just want to know if I should make it a priority to get into a career-related activity, or if it’s working/interning experience that really counts. (If it’s the latter, I wouldn’t devote my energy to career-related clubs no matter how much free time I had.) Anyone?</p>
<p>The career-related ECs themselves won’t help you with the career. What I mean is that an employer is not going to be wowed or give you some special marking for being in the club - it will just viewed as any other club. But, it does help to show you have an interest although if you’re in the major I’m sure you’re already interested.</p>
<p>The thing that career-related ECs do (and especially business clubs) is that they give u good networking opportunities. You will usually find events where u meet professionals and recruiters and you can put your name out there for them to take notice. So, career-related ECs help you in a sense by opening a door for you but it does nothing on its own.</p>
<p>Makes sense, thanks!</p>