Equity Research Clubs for IB recruiting - Thoughts?

I saw a post a couple of days ago about Consortium Equity Research, but I know there are more clubs like it out there. I don't get why clubs like these place so well into IB. Are the skills really that transferable from ER to IB? I feel like these days, everyone who places well is in their school's top club and doing some random shit like this as well. Is it just resume fluff? I'm just not seeing the value here.

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I haven't applied yet, I'm an incoming sophomore.

I get that it shows interest but what skills are actually transferable to a finance job outside of HF/ER? I see everyone going into banking.

 

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