JEC offers numerous opportunites. Here are a few you can get involved in as a JEC Member:
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High Returns
High Returns is the Junior Economic Club's primary community outreach initiative, centered around providing financial education to middle schoolers across the city. During this program, students will have the opportunity to explore their skills, interests, values, and the world of work to make informed education, career, and life decisions. This program was developed with a primary emphasis on entrepreneurship, financial literacy, and work readiness, while also providing a strong secondary emphasis on mathematics, reading, and writing skills. Upon completion of our program, students will have learned fundamental business and economic concepts, explored career interests and opportunities, and developed work-readiness skills.
JEC Entrepreneurship Incubator Program
In this program, the National Board along with JEC members and alumni who have had extensive experience in entrepreneurship competitions, such as the Diamond Challenge, Intuit's Social Innovation Challenge, and many more, will be accelerating you on the path to developing your own startup and winning prestigious competitions! You will be competing through the JEC as your organization, and teaming up with other JEC members in order to create your startups and tackle these challenges. We will have regular meetings and practice sessions, in order to ensure you are prepared for when the competitions come to a head.
International Junior Economist
The Junior Economist is JEC’s business, economics, and finance news publication,
Junior Economist Graphic Team
Team members will have the opportunity to work with design software, such as Adobe, Microsoft Office, and Canva, to develop a unique visual identity for the Junior Economist’s monthly publications and marketing materials. The time commitment for the team is flexible, and most work will be completed asynchronously.
JEC Mentorship
In this initiative, we will be pairing upperclassmen JEC members with underclassmen, helping them with JEC-related inquiry, their academic questions, and career guidance. If you are either an upperclassman interested in mentoring JEC students or an underclassman interested in receiving mentorship (or vice versa), please contact us.
Technology Committee
Are you interested in web design, programming, and technology? Do you have previous experience with different technology platforms? If so, join JEC's Technology Committee! Committee responsibilities include: 1. Work to maintain and develop the JEC Mobile & Web Application, JEC Website, and other JEC technology platforms. 2. Materialize ideas for expansion or addition to current applications. 3. Assist CTOs with any pending tasks.
Investment Team
The Investment Team will allow you to sharpen your investing skills by researching opportunities, developing pitches, and presenting to fellow members. You’ll have the chance to meet fellow members and apply knowledge gained through JEC events to investing. This year, we are expanding the scope of the Investment Team with a Risk Committee and a revamped research process. Several additional leadership opportunities are available.
JEC Book Club
The JEC Book Club is a new initiative designed to deepen our understanding of business strategies and encourage engaging discussions among our members. They host monthly events with authors via zoom.
Podcasts
Do you enjoy listening to podcasts? Would you like to share your interest in economics, business, and entrepreneurship with a wide audience? We are excited to announce the launch of our new podcast initiative, which will offer you the opportunity to be directly involved in the podcast-making process and learn valuable production skills. This initiative will allow you to record podcasts on business-related topics and publish them on reputable platforms such as Spotify and Apple Podcasts.