THE STUDENT AMBASSADOR PROGRAM
What is the QGF Global Portfolio Challenge?
The QGF Global Portfolio Challenge is a virtual investment competition in which participants construct a hypothetical portfolio of between 4-10 investment funds and compete on their portfolio’s performance. Open to both undergraduate and graduate students worldwide, the challenge has already drawn widespread interest from college participants and corporate sponsors. Now spanning 4 continents, the QGF Global Portfolio Challenge has attracted thousands of students from over 100 universities.
QGF Global launched the QGF Portfolio Challenge in the Fall 2004 to teach college students about the Invesntment Fund industry. Our contest offers students a unique, immersive opportunity to learn about investing in Funds and complements their academic studies by offering a window into simulated real-life trading and investing. For a more detailed description of the challenge, its timeline, rules, sponsors, and prizes, please visit our Home Page.
Investment Strategies
EThe Automatic Investment Strategy (AIS) and the Retirement Investment Strategy (RIS) reduce investment risk by automatically switching your policy through up to five investment portfolios, depending on how long is left until your policy's maturity date. Each portfolio offers less exposure to risk than the previous portfolio. The AIS is available on Vista policies issued after January 2005. The RIS is only available on Vista policies issued before January 2005.
As a representative for your school, you will be responsible for raising awareness and driving participation for the portfolio challenge. QGF Global Portfolio Challenge will equip you with all the necessary knowledge of the portfolio challenge and promotional materials and information to disseminate at your school. You will be expected to acquaint your school with the challenge and spur participation through student organizations & clubs, faculty members, fellow students, career centers, and other channels of influence at your school. We will assign you with a unique referral code to track all sign-up growth. You will serve as a liaison for your school and provide QGF valuable insights to help improve the challenge and broaden involvement at your school.
- Motivated, creative, conscientious, well-connected, and actively engaged student on campus
- Reliable, accountable, and able to execute your responsibilities at times without direct supervision
- Leverage your personal network and social media accounts to raise visibility and generate excitement and participation on campus
- Engage with student clubs, campus organizations and events, and school faculty members to introduce the portfolio challenge and establish an enduring grassroots presence on campus
- Share the ambassador program with friends and classmates and help cultivate future student ambassadors
- Maintain a dialogue with QGF and keep them updated with your progress
- Gather and provide student feedback to improve future portfolio challenges
- Your role as student ambassador will benefit you in two critical ways –1) Fostering leadership and marketing skills and2) Gaining a lasting and influential professional reference1) Acquire hands-on experience by assuming a leadership role for an initiative that involves a global and diverse array of students and academic institutions. Through your leadership responsibilities and active engagement with your university community, you will develop vital collaborative, communicative, and project-management skills that will be transferrable to whatever career you choose to pursue upon graduation.2) In addition to gaining professional working experience to boost your resume, we will serve as a professional reference for all ambassadors as they seek job and internship opportunities. Ambassadors that approach their role with energy and diligence will earn a reference from QGF attesting to their leadership skills. Having a strong professional reference can help you stand out amongst other candidates and often serves as a key deciding factor for prospective employers. *See an example of our letter of recommendation at the end of this letter
Letter of Recommendation Example:
Requirements & Eligibility:
- This is a part-time unpaid position
- Must be an undergraduate or graduate student enrolled at an accredited college or university
- Required attendance of an QGF training webinar (30 mins-1 hour) before assuming your ambassador role
- Generate a target of 50, minimum of 25 student sign-ups to be eligible for letter of recommendation
- Must be responsive to all inquiries from QGF about your efforts on campus and demonstrate that you are fulfilling your responsibilities of raising awareness and driving participation for portfolio challenge at your school
- Demonstration of ethics and professionalism at all times
- We welcome and encourage students to come up with and execute their own marketing ideas to further build awareness, visibility, and participation
Duration:
- Fall Semester: late August – early December (on campus)
- Spring semester: early January – early May (on campus)
- The first three weeks of your position will consist of promoting the challenge, boosting awareness, cultivating relationships with your school’s organizations and faculty members, and generating sign-ups on campus
- The remaining weeks of your position will consist of administrative duties – helping educate, manage, distribute
information, and provide assistance to student participants at your school - *Prior to the aforementioned start dates, you will work remotely to disseminate information about the challenge and generate awareness and sign-ups
Time commitment:
- 2-4 hours per week
- We understand the academic rigors of college and are very flexible with our hours to allow students to work within their schedules
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Contact Us
Quantum Growth Foundation
Support Center for Global Portfolio Challenge
support@qgf.org
Urs Rohner
Program Director – QGF Global Portfolio Challenge
urs.rohner@qgf.org
(852) 2476-2016