aiesec parttime info booklet 2013

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Dear student,

Great that you are considering a parttime position within AIESEC Wageningen! Since 1948more than 1 million students have chosen to fulfill a parttime or fulltime position within thelargest international student organization in the world - AIESEC.

By means of this information booklet we will provide you with the big picture of thisorganization, and what this organization could provide you. Worldwide there are more than50,000 students from 110 different countries working for AIESEC. This is not only a hugenetwork that you can connect with, but also at local level you will find many students withdifferent backgrounds.

Besides the diversity, AIESEC Wageningen offers much more. International contact,professionalism and personal development are main topics within an AIESEC board year,

both full-time and part-time. What your AIESEC experience will be precisely is for you todecide. Do you want to work in a close team, learn how to build a good strategy, havecontact with multinational organizations or do you want to go to a national or internationalconference? These are among the possibilities and are only a small part of all experiencesyou will have during an AIESEC board year.

We hope that after reading this booklet you will have a good image of all the things AIESECcan offer you and hopefully you will be even more interested to apply for a part-time boardposition. If you have any further questions, you can always come to our office (GeneraalFoulkesweg 37) and have a chat or you can contact us via [email protected].

Enjoy reading and hopefully we will see you soon at AIESEC!

On behalf of AIESEC Wageningen,

Marieke van DeelenLocal Committee President 2012-2013


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Table of Content

History of AIESEC ..................................................................................................................................... 3

AIESEC Wageningen ................................................................................................................................ 4

General Activities .................................................................................................................................... 7

Member Activities AIESEC Wageningen .................................................................................................. 9

Available Board Positions Fulltime ..................................................................................................... 11

Available Board Positions Part-time ................................................................................................... 11

Make a Move team (MaM team) ...................................................................................................... 11

Outgoing Exchange Team (OGX team) .............................................................................................. 12

Incoming Exchange Team (ICX team) ................................................................................................ 12

AIESEC Programs ................................................................................................................................... 14

Application Procedure ........................................................................................................................... 15


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History of AIESEC

In 1948, seven students of Western Europe came together in Stockholm. They founded what

has grown out to be the largest international student organization, AIESEC.

AIESEC is an acronym for Association Internationale des Etudiants en Sciences

Economiques et Commerciales: an organization set up for students in economics and

business related studies. Nowadays, AIESEC is no longer an economics and business

related organization, because it is open for students of every academic major.

With the idea of recovering the relations between European countries after the Second World

War, the founders of AIESEC set up the following goal: no more war! They believed they

would achieve this goal by giving individuals the experience of living and working abroad

themselves. By giving people cultural experiences, they would create mutual understanding.

Students would not only get aware of different cultures, but will also learn and face

challenges by doing an internship as well. As a fulltime and part-time member you will not

only give people the opportunity to do this, you will also experience it yourself in a way.

The vision of AIESEC is: Peace and fulfillment of humankinds potential

The means to this vision are formulated as follows:

Our international platform enables young people to explore and develop their

leadership potential for them to have a positive impact in society.

Currently, AIESEC has grown from 7 to over 110 countries. We have become the largeststudent organization in the world and we are the largest NGO in the world, after the United

Nations. Within these countries, an AIESEC board is present in 1,500 cities in the world and

more than 50,000 students are active members at this moment. They make it possible for

students around the world to go on an international internship or go for an international

project (for example, the Ambassadors Program and NOUR program).

Currently, there are about 13,000 international exchanges realized each

year.

"I commend AIESEC's continuing efforts to develop the future business

leadership of our countriesNelson Mandela

"The United Nations has long recognized that theimagination, ideals and energies of young men and women are vital for thecontinuing development of the societies in which they live. And since itsinception in 1948, AIESEC has contributed to this development by servingas an agent of positive change through education and cultural exchange.In an era of globalization, your programs have helped young peoplearound the world to develop a broader understanding of cultural, socio-economic and business management issues."Kofi Anan


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AIESEC Wageningen

A sparkling year full of surprises is what you can expect when you choose to fulfill a fulltime

or part-time position within AIESEC! You will work together in a group of 20 enthusiastic

students for one year. Our four pillars explain what benefits AIESEC offers you.

Accelerate your growth

- Professional work environment- Learning by doing- Personal feedback & coaching

Personal and professional development of board members is an AIESEC focus point.Through our (international) network, contacts in the business world and a drive to improve,we are constantly setting ourselves up to deliver high quality services to our clients. WithinAIESEC you will experience a professional work environment. As a board member you willhave the opportunities to learn in this environment and enjoy the responsibilities that comewith it. To make the most of a board position, AIESEC offers you trainings, personalcoaching and feedback sessions to grow further. Accelerate your growth personally andprofessionally. We believe that most growth comes through a process of learning by doing.We see in success as well as room for error important factors in achieving results.


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Develop a global mindset

- International work environment- Opportunities abroad

-International conferences

AIESEC is an international student organization located in 110 countries. Worldwide some60.000 individuals are active AIESEC members. AIESEC offers an international workenvironment with numerous opportunities to get in touch with different people and culturesand develop a global mindset. There are opportunities to collaborate with internationalcolleagues, meet up with AIESEC trainees doing internships in the Netherlands and haveregular contact with AIESEC offices abroad. The ability to participate in one of the 470international AIESEC conferences organized during the year is another unique option.Finally, AIESEC offers you opportunities to go abroad. Take the next step and do aninternship or project abroad, help other AIESEC entities or apply for an AIESEC boardmembership in another country.

Expand your network

- Team work- National involvement- Partner companies

Globally, AIESEC is the largest student-run network. You have the opportunity to expandyour networkand meet people. Within AIESEC you will work in teams. Throughout a yearyou will build friendships on a local, national and international level. Apart from this

professional interaction with clients and partner companies, AIESEC offers opportunities toget in touch with prospective employers and discover the many opportunities present.

Enjoy participation

- Celebrate success- Great people- Work hard, play hard

Besides a learning experience, an AIESEC board year means loads of fun. You will enjoyparticipationin many social activities. These include team weekends, dinners, team buildingactivities, conferences, weekly drinks and more. You will get to know and work togethermany great people. At AIESEC we aim to celebrate results, achievements and success.Therefore, an AIESEC board year can be characterized by a work hard, play hard mentality:we aim at providing our services as professional as possible but we strongly acknowledgethe value of pleasure and fun during and after work.


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StructureThe structure of AIESEC Wageningen is as follows: the Executive Board (EB) is the full-time

board of AIESEC Wageningen, consisting of a President, a Vice-President and the three

coordinators of the teams. These three coordinators are leading their own teams with part-

time members: the Outgoing Exchange team, the Incoming Exchange team and the Make aMove team. Schematically the structure looks as following:

LocalCommitteePresident

Outgoing

ExchangeCoordinator

Internationalaffairs

External

Relations

Marketing

Social media

Incoming

ExchangeCoordinator

AcquisitionManagers (3x)

Account

Managers (3x)

Make a MoveCoordinator

AccountManagers

(2x)

External

Relations

Marketing

SpecialProjects

Logistics

Onlinepositioningmanager

Vice President


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General Activities

Throughout a year with AIESEC, you will get many chances and opportunities to develop

yourself.

In line with our mission, AIESEC focuses a lot on the development of its members. Theopportunities that AIESEC will offer you are a unique chance and will speed up your personaldevelopment. As a member you can attend trainings, reception weekends, national andinternational conferences and many other international opportunities. All these opportunitieswill be explained more extensively below.

Trainings Cycle

If you become a member of AIESEC Wageningen you will go through the trainings cycle. Thegoal of this cycle is to bring a structure in the personal development and trainings of themembers. It will also make you aware of the different development and training phases youwill go through. Every member can receive about 15 training moments a year. Keep in mind

that the learning experience that AIESEC offers is for 80% the work that one actually does inAIESEC, not solely the trainings on itself.

1. Self-Assessment: E.g. Feedback, personal goal setting and personality tests.2. Kick-Off: National, local, team, system and functional takeover.3. Practical: Skill development: e.g. Interviewing, writing, sales, time management.4. Personal: E.g. Inhouse days, personal management, application & assessment trainings.

Reception WeekendsEvery year, AIESEC committees in theNetherlands organize five differentreception weekends together.

These weekends are meant to give theforeign trainees an insight into the Dutchculture and the several AIESEC cities.The special things about these weekendsare that you really get in touch withtrainees from all over the world and withAIESEC members throughout the wholecountry. So, you will meet students fromfor example Australia, Brazil, China, Spainand all the 250 AIESEC members fromthe Netherlands.


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National ConferencesDuring these two-day conferences (organized twice a year) all the AIESEC board membersgather together, to get to know each other and to share experiences. These two days consist

of trainings and policy sessions, where everyone thinks about the short and long termstrategic direction of AIESEC the Netherlands. And most of all, it is all about fun and gettingto know new people!

International ConferencesEvery year AIESEC worldwide organizes more than350 international conferences! Every member ofAIESEC is able to attend these amazing conferences.The special thing about such a conference is that youare able to interact with hundreds of students from allover the world.

Nearly every conference is about personaldevelopment and about leadership. It is a uniqueexperience to learn more about other cultures andcountries together with students who do the samework for AIESEC but in a completely different country

and reality. Next to that it is really amazing to meet so many people to build up a greatinternational network. LC Wageningen went, for example, to Switzerland last year and itwas awesome.

Board Position in Another Country

AIESEC offers you the opportunity to fulfilla board position in a Local Committee oreven a Member Committee of anothercountry. This gives you the opportunity todevelop yourself, not only on a personallevel, but also on a professional andcultural level. At this moment Dutchstudents can fulfill leadership positions inDenmark, Brazil, Bahrain, Ghana, Qatarand Jordan.


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Member Activities AIESEC Wageningen

A great board year is what you can expect if you decide to apply for AIESEC. For a whole

year you will work intensively together with 20 enthusiastic students. In this year you willlearn to deal with different kinds of people, learn how to manage your time, to plan, tocoordinate, to organize and many more things!

It is extremely useful to commit yourself one year to an organization that wants to grow inquality and quantity and where your personal development is centralized.

The great thing about AIESEC is that it is a national organization that results in the fact thatboth quality and professionalism are one of the key elements within the organization. Theprofessional way of working, the huge responsibilities and the contact with your team,students, companies and organizations make an AIESEC year amazing.

TimeAs a part-time board member you are part of your team, but also of AIESEC Wageningen.This means that you will spend more or less 10-15 hours a week on your team and AIESEC.You will be working 1/3 of your time for your team, 1/3 of your time on function specific tasksand 1/3 of your time for AIESEC in general.

Thursday evening is AIESEC evening. You will have dinner and a meeting with your ownteam. AIESEC Wageningen has a LC meeting once every two weeks on Tursday evening atCaf Daniels, where important and fun things will be discussed. After your team meeting orLC meeting we will have drinks with the LC and the trainees and have a great evening (andnight) together! Besides that, you will have an office shift once a week for half a day, where

you can work on your projects and function specific tasks.

General Job DescriptionAs mentioned before, more or less 1/3 of your time you will be working for AIESEC ingeneral. To give an idea of what this means a short overview is provided below.

ReceptionThe reception of foreign trainees who do an internship in Wageningen is aresponsibility of the whole LC. Once in a while activities are organized (with a so-called family system) to interact as much as possible. These activities can beanything, like having dinner, going to the cinema, go bowling etc. This way you reallyget to know people from all over the world.

Promotion ActivitiesOnce in a while AIESEC Wageningen is promoting itself or its activities, such as theMake a Move Career Week or Outgoing exchange internships and projects. To makesure that as many students will get familiar with the products that we can offer, thewhole LC will help a bit in order to make these promotional activities a big success.This can be done for example by handing out flyers or doing a lecture talk and makestudents enthusiastic about going abroad, participating in a Make a Move activity, orjoining our organization as a mamber.


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Attendance at LC Meetings and ActivitiesDuring a LC meeting the most important topics remaining AIESEC Wageningen willbe discussed. This is the reason why your presence is required.

Furthermore, you also have to be present at LC activities such as kick-off, policy andtake-over weekends. These activities are important to determine the objectives ofAIESEC Wageningen and laying the foundation for your term and passing it on toyour successors. To keep AIESEC Wageningen sustainable and to improve theoverall quality, we need the entire LC.

National and International ConferencesWe will promote the opportunity of going to national and international conferences inthe LC, so if you get the chance to join, do so!

Events of Other TeamsFor you and for the rest of the LC, it is nice if you attend as many activities aspossible of other teams. Therefore most of the times you and your team will try to helpout other teams in order to make each event or activity a big success. This way teamactivities become AIESEC Wageningen activities.

Take OverAfter your AIESEC year you are going to take over your position and tasks to yoursuccessor. In order to keep growing and improving every year, we really need thewhole LC to transfer all the knowledge as good as possible. This is essential for agood start of the next year and for the continuity of AIESEC Wageningen.


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Available Board Positions Fulltime

Availability:Currently there are no fulltime positions available. You can apply in March/April 2013. Thepositions start in July 2013.

Available Board Positions Part-time

In these positions you will be part of one of the three teams of the Local Committee (LC) andcontribute to its performance. On average, you will spend 10-15 hours per week on AIESEC.

The two teams (with the available positions) will be described as following:

Make a Move team (MaM team)

In November we are looking for (starting 1st of January):

1 Account Manager (10-15 hours a week); 1 Special Projects (10-15 hours a week);

1 Online Positioning Manager (10-15 hours a week).

The Make a Move team yearly organizes several activities to prepare students for the labormarket. In order to achieve this you will organize career related spring activities, applicationand assessment trainings and on top to that, you will get the chance to organize the Make aMove Career Event. The goal of the Make a Move Career Event is to offer students thepossibility to orientate generally or more specifically on the labor market. This year we willapply an entirely new and state of the art business concept to achieve this goal!In comparison with the exchange teams, Make a Move is more business minded and dealswith event management.

Available positions:

Account

Manager

Being responsible for acquiring the companies and keeping in touch with the

companies that are attending the Make a Move Career Weeks in theNetherlands.

Special Project Being responsible for the spring activities and the application and assessmenttraining of Make a Move and the extra activities at the Make a Move CareerEvents.

OnlinePositioningManager

Being responsible for the online presence of Make a Move. Acquiringcompanies to join the online network and promotion towards students toparticipate in this network.


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Outgoing Exchange Team (OGX team)

In November we are looking for (starting 1st of January);

1 Marketing Manager (10-15 hours a week); 1 Process Manager (10-15 hours a week)

As a member of the OGX team you are responsible for the outgoing exchange program.Together with both your coordinator and the other OGX team members you select, supportand prepare students who wish to go abroad with AIESEC. Also, you will learn how to selectsuitable students and it will be a challenge to continuously find an appropriate internship forthese students. Furthermore, you get the opportunity to contact people from Kenya, India,Finland, Ghana, Peru or any other of the 110 countries in which AIESEC is located.

Every member of the OGX team is, next to his/her function, also a student coach for studentsgoing abroad. Responsibilities of a student coach are:

-Ensuring enough participants for the outgoing exchange program via setting up andexecuting an efficient marketing plan;

- Selecting suitable students through interviews;- Supporting, preparing and sending away students;- Helping the selected students to find a suitable internship;- Keeping contact with AIESEC offices abroad and students that have been sent (OGX

team);

"To me, AIESEC is not just an organization that gives me a lot of opportunities to develop myself.What is fascinating is the way that AIESEC changes my perspective towards world. I found out that bythe openness of the members (all around the world) and the value that we share together, workingwith people that I haven't met from different countries is not difficult. Being able to balance work andfun within the team is easy due to the positive vibe that the team has. Someday I will look backthrough this year and proudly say that I am an AIESEC'er!"Winindra Yudista - Marketing manager & Student coach


Marketing Manager Being responsible for the the entire marketing process of OGX. Youwill think about target groups, the message and innovative channelsof promotion. You dont need to possess photoshop skills

Process Manager Organising information sessions, scheduling all interviews, informingstudents on the possibilities within AIESEC, organising selectionevenings and case assessments, and structuring the whole OGXprocess.

Incoming Exchange Team (ICX team)

In November we are looking for (starting 1st of January);

1 Accountmanager (10-15 hours a week);

As a member of the ICX team you are responsible for the Incoming Exchange program. This

means that you are the link between international academic students and Dutch companies


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in the Wageningen region. Together with both your coordinator and the other ICX teammembers it is your responsibility to create as many quality traineeship opportunities aspossible.

Main responsibilities:- Creating quality traineeships- Contact local companies- Arranging formalities- Organizing social activities trainees


Account manager Being the contact person once the company has decided to hire atrainee. Relationship management is a key focus. Additionally,matching international students to the desired profile of the company

and consequently arranging the formalities.


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AIESEC Programsalso for non members

International projects and internshipsWant to gain experience abroad? Really get to know a newculture? Live and work in a new environment for a while? AIESECoffers international projects and internships in more than 100countries; all year round; varying from 2 months to a year; fromvolunteer work in a developing country to management positionsin an international company.

Ambassadors ProgramThe Ambassadors Program offers 1st and 2nd year students an unforgettable internationalsummer! You will be an ambassador of the Netherlands in another AIESEC country, doing ahumanitarian project and helping local AIESEC departments. Your ticket will be sponsoredand youll stay with local people. For more information:www.aiesec.nl.

NOUR ProgramAlways been fascinated by the Arabic culture? The NOURProgram aims to create mutual cultural understanding betweenArabic and Western cultures. During the summer you can do amanagement or development program. For more information:

www.aiesec.nl.

Meet a MentorThis program is an extension from Make a Move. This Meet a Mentor program selects incooperation with top companies the best students in the Netherlands. Spread of severalmonths, you will have six contact moments with top companies. This way, you will get areally good impression of your potential future career, the atmosphere and culture of a firmand you can extend your personal network with many valuable contacts. For moreinformation:http://www.makeamove.nl/meetamentor.aspx
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Application Procedure

Expectations

What does AIESEC expect from you?

If you are interested in joining AIESEC Wageningen, these are some aspects we would liketo see in the applications:

- Enthusiastic people with a good motivation for joining AIESEC;- Students with a global view and international interests;- Team players;- Ambitious people who want to achieve something in todays world;- Pro-activity;- Good social skills;- The ability to cope with stress;- Commitment to the organization and your function.

ApplyingIf you would like to apply you have to mail or hand in your letter of motivation, CV (both inEnglish). By handing in your application, you will apply for AIESEC in general, but you canindicate your preference for a certain position in your motivation letter.

The deadline of application is Friday November 25th at 23.59h (Dutch time).

You can send your application to [email protected], or hand it in at our office at GeneraalFoulkesweg 37 (clockhouse building).

After handing in your application you will be contacted as soon as possible to make anappointment for an application interview. By then you will receive all the information you needfor the interview. Interviews will be held in week 28.

More Information?Would you like more information, come to our information session:

- Tuesday November 20th, 17.30h, C406 Forum Building

If you have any further questions, mail [email protected], call 0317-483139 or walk by at ouroffice at Generaal Foulkesweg 37 (the Clockhouse building).
mailto:[email protected]:[email protected]:[email protected]


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