Diapositiva 1

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Getting into Exchange
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What is Exchange?

• Exchange is the AIESEC Experience flow
  opportunity that provides you the most personal
  and professional development

• Test your professional abilities in a different
  environment that you are used to work in
• Challenge your worldview
• Have a direct impact in society.

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How do we exchange in the LC?
Outgoing Exchange (OGX) consists on sending a
member of the LC for an internship opportunity in
a company abroad. Incoming Exchange (ICX)
consists in opening an internship position in a
company in our country to provide opportunity for
members from other countries to develop
themselves.
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Why do we make exchange?

• Develop personal and professional skills
• Practice our leadership skills
• Have a direct impact in society
• Bring global learning environment to the LC
• Cultural understanding.

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Types of Exchange?
1. Management Internships (MT) they are
internships around management issues. Generally
they are focused on marketing, business
administration, accounting, finance and human
resources.
2. Development Internships (DT) they are
internships around community development issues.
Generally they are focused on social sciences and
voluntary work.
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Types of Exchange?
3. Technical Internships (TT) they are
internships in around technology issues.
Generally they are focused on IT, electric,
electronic and communication engineering.
4. Educational Internships (ET) they are
internships in around education issues. Generally
they are focused on teaching languages.
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Duration of the internships
AIESEC internships can have the duration of
between 6 weeks to 78 weeks. Which is equal to 2
to 18 months.
The duration of the internships depends on the
preferences of the company and the students.
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How to apply for an Exchange?

• To apply for an internship members have to
  deliver the following documents
• Application
• Draft of EP Form
• CV in English and Spanish with photo. Its
  advisable the CV follows the European model
• Motivation letter in English and Spanish.

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How is the selection?
The AIESEC selection is not based on the grades
of the member as a student. AIESEC internship
selection its based on the personal and
professional competencies showed by the
candidates. Besides this we should have in
consideration the attitude, motivation and
understanding of AIESEC internships.
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What are the selection stages?

• The selection of the Exchange Participants (EPs)
  should occur in parallel with the induction
  activities.
• The selection process is composed
• by the following tests
• Pre-screening of applications
• Language tests
• Group dynamics
• Review Board (individual assessment interview
  run with external).

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What are EPs?
Exchange Participants In the ideal AIESEC
Experience flow members should pass, this is just
one of the opportunities. So they are members
going on a life-changing exchange experience.
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How to insert a SN form in the system?

• When we insert a SN form on the system we should
  have in mind some details.
• Verify if the CV is well structured and
  attractive
• Insert all the relevant professional experience
• Verify the dates to start the internship
• Assure the geographic and time flexibility
• Verify the languages level
• Adapt the academic abilities and skills
  according to the supply and demand.

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What are TNs?
TNs or Traineeship Nominees are the internships
raised by us in the companies to provide and
opportunity for AIESEC members of other countries
to develop themselves in a life changing
experience.
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What happens on the TN side?

• When we insert a TN Form in the system we have to
  think in different details like
• Detail the most possible the Job Description
• Assure the flexibility of the company
• Assure that we can deliver to what the company
  demands.

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How do I search for an internship?

• For the search of internships in AIESEC we have
  an online system where are inserted all the
  internships and students forms.
• This online system is called Exchange Module
• it makes the crosscheck of information between
  the requirements of the TNs and the preferences
  of the EPs.
• it shows us the most adequate internships for
  each EP.

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How do we make the match with my EP?

1. From the TN list that the system delivers, select
   the one that most fits to the preferences of the
   EP.
2. Contact the TN Manager (person responsible to
   follow up on company in the other country)
   showing the interest in applying
3. Follow instructions to apply and go trough the
   selection process.

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How do we make the match with my EP?
4. You can only show interest in an internship at
once. 5. To show formal interest in an
internship its necessary to send a signed
document declaring it.
This document its called Acceptance Note (AN)
and its valid trough 8 days (renewable), period
during which EPs are linked with the company in
case of being accepted.
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And on the TN side?
1. From the list of EPs that system delivers,
select the three most adequate EPs to the company
requirements and show them to the company 2.
The company should finish the selection of the
profiles in the period of validity of the AN or
ask to renew it
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What to do before the internship?
EPs
TNs

• Preparing a cultural presentation of the destiny
  country
• Prepare the necessary logistic and legal
  documents
• Establish internship conditions with the
  company
• Maintain a regular communication with AIESEC in
  the destination country.

• From the TN side you have to send to the intern
  relevant information about country and city
• Search for accommodation for the intern
• Prepare company and LC to integrate the intern
  more easily.

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What about during the internship?
EPs

• We should be in regular communication with our
  EP and with AIESEC in the destination country
• Assure that the EP is integrated in the learning
  environment
• Assure that the EP its executing a job
  according with what was in the TN Form.

TNs

• Make the reception of the trainee in the
  airport
• Assure that the intern its integrated in the
  learning environment.

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And after the internship?
We should run the reintegration of the EP in the
LC

• Make a new goal setting with the member when the
  internship finishes
• Integrate him in a LC team
• Provide him H4TF activities.

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Enjoy your eXchange eXperience...
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AIESEC PISA AIESEC SAINT PETERSBURG presents

• SUNSHINE SUMMER CAMPS PROJECT
• TOUCH THE EXPERIENCE !

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• Start planning your trip touch Saint Petersburg.
• When the trip starts ?

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• The project starts 21 june and it ends 31 august
• Food and accomodation are provided
• Doing what ..

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• Working with children, spending your time in the
  fresh air doing different activities such as
  swimming, rowing, fishing, going on walking
  trips, organizing different competitions, having
  fun and so on??

•  The most important point 
• you will be a representative of your culture! 
• We expect you to help children develop cultural
  sensitivity, to raise their interest in exploring
  new countires' histories, georgaphies, cultures,
  to set up new specific activities and, just to
  cut the story short, make this summer
  unforgettable!   

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You will be working as an assistant of a Youth
Leader and help him/her in fulfilling the
following tasks (in addition to usual duties such
as taking care of children etc) 

• organizing different competitions

• helping children in adaptation process during
  their first time in a camp

• development of childrens creative and
  intellectual abilities

• contribute to childrens awareness of ecological
  problems

• encourage children to lead healthy way of life
  and to go in for sports

• development of childrens team spirit and
  tolerance towards their room-mates

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• To apply .
• We want you speaking an excellent english!
• and it will be much better if you know french
  and russian but it isnt a condition italian
  language goes on!

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• Applying .
• Send your application to meta.albion_at_gmail.com
  until 28 may 2009 !

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• After coming back
• AIESEC PISA will be waiting for you
• to be an AIESECER
• !!!