2. Your membership will provide a range of benefits which will give you a competitive advantage when applying for jobs or setting up your own business and will support you in your future career.

3. The Benefits of IoD Student Membership Improve your knowledge of business issues, your understanding of the professional environment and your ability to converse with business leaders Add a valuable USP to your CV and interview dialogue Build contacts that may assist you with future employment or work placements Provide a deep resource of business information that will assist in your studies, future career or start up business Be inspired by today’s most exciting business leaders The prestige of association with IoD

4. Join our Business Community You will be connected to the UK’s most influential and reputable network of senior business leaders. IoD members are spread across the UK and much of continental Europe and you will have a number of opportunities to meet and interact with them at: Regional Events Young Directors’ Forum Events Bespoke Student Events National Student Events Online Networking – IoD Student Members on LinkedIn

5. Connect with us online Your portal for all your online IoD resources will be at your finger tips: www.iod.com/student.www.iod.com/student Guru Panel Work Placement and Internships Notice board Start Up Smart Up Business Information Service

6. Information and Communication You will receive regular communication which will provide the latest hot topics, opinion, articles, industry reports and factsheets of relevance to you now and in your emergent career. You will also be able to keep up to date with the latest IoD events schedule and other local initiatives. Director Magazine App Monthly Email Bulletin Regional News

7. How you can gain from IoD student membership: Improve your knowledge of business issues, your understanding of the professional environment and your ability to converse with business leaders. Gain awareness and refinement of your own skills and capabilities and your market force. Build contacts and networks that will assist you with future employment opportunities and provide mentors, supporters or clients for your future.

8. Access detailed and trustworthy information on all aspects of business with comprehensive advice on business start up. Find a structure that allows you to prepare for and negotiate the move from education to business smoothly and successfully with ongoing personal and professional development. Be part of an exclusive organisation that has been supporting business leaders for over a 100 years. How you can gain from IoD student membership: