Dear Potential BGS Member,

Congratulations on your invitation to Beta Gamma Sigma!  My name is Nicole Wright and I wanted to provide some more information about the Society.  By joining, you will become a part of an incredible network of over 625,000 members worldwide. In becoming a member of Beta Gamma Sigma, you will be joining the best in business from around the world. Not only am I a member of the Society but I also have the opportunity to intern at the Central Office this summer. Through talking with other students I have found that there are many things about the Society that you may not know and I would like to share with you a little of what Beta Gamma Sigma can do for you.

As a student many benefits are designed to directly meet your needs. For members in the U.S., a year’s subscription to BusinessWeek, Fortune, and The Week magazines are included in your membership; for those of you who are international students, you can access BusinessWeek online. You can also take advantage of up to $250 discounts on test prep packages with Kaplan, Schweser, Princeton Review and Becker. These are only a few of the many discounts that are available. If you are looking for jobs or internships, Beta Gamma Sigma’s CareerCentral has more than 3,600 job postings available with companies like Disney, Google, Liberty Mutual, and Campbell Soup - companies that all know the value of hiring BGS students.

Other benefits include access to a network of members who are also at the top of the business world. The online directory can connect you with these members, as can the official BGS LinkedIn group. The group is a useful tool to network and view discussions ranging from how to research grad schools to current job posting. With over 13,000 members on LinkedIn, what a great opportunity to make contacts and exchange information! There is also a Facebook group, “Beta Gamma Sigma Current Student Members,” targeted directly to student members. This group has over a 1000 members who are also applying for jobs and graduate schools and facing the same challenges as you. This is a tremendous resource as we transition from school to the professional world. Want to follow Beta Gamma Sigma on Twitter? BGS has recently added a Twitter for members as a great forum for exchanging ideas and interacting with fellow members of the BGS network tool.

I encourage you to visit http://www.betagammasigma.org/benefits.htm to check out all of
the benefits in more detail. Once again, congratulations on your invitation to Beta Gamma Sigma. If you have any questions, feel free to email me at nwright@slu.edu

Sincerely,

Nicole Wright
Beta Gamma Sigma Intern
nwright@slu.edu