Local AIESEC Seminar...

Well, it was a lot of fun... mostly.

A bit scary too, at times.

Office hours

So, what have we been up to lately? Just slacking off with the trainee and hangarounds, or actually doing something?

I think that one of the more "radical" changes that at least "more experienced" AIESEC:ers regonize is our office.

We had a... wee bit of redecoration done on it.

I still remember when we started working on the office during my previous term. The office and and our confrence room was a... mess would be light expression to describe it, so lets define it 'abysmal'.

It's funny to see, that after all that cleaning up and 'archiving' stuff, when my new term started - the first thing my team members commented on was the state of the office. So we started all over again.

This time the EB consists from several interior design experts, so the effect was more intensive. I guess that the pictures speak for themselves. Especially if you compare to what the office looked like one year ago (mind you, most of the pictures are taken after most of the cleaning was done...)

Of course we've a lot more than just painting the office. I spent the morning doing the finances with our old FC. A little less than 500 receipts. About as much as a small company has. What a nice way to spend the summer - thank you AIESEC for pimping my life!

Arrivals and departures

We had our first trainee (during our term), Pavel from Russia, leave on last Friday. It's a shame that the traineeship was such a short one, as Pavel was such a great fellow. (He even introduced me to some of the big names of Russian punk rock scene, which I'll be sure to check out later.)

Pavel's traineeship represents what many Finnish companies expect from AIESEC. A short traineeship, which aims to find a key player on specific market area. Pavel has extensive working experience already and was quick to adapt to the new working environment. Now that his traineeship is over, he's looking at starting his own business and representing the company in Russian markets. All this is the scope of few months.

Quite significant change, I'd say.

The question remains, how well suited is AIESEC in satisfying recent trends on traineeship provider market? Finding candidate for this traineeship was far from being easy, despite the fact that we were looking for someone from such a big country as Russia. But then again, success in the matching process feels ever sweeter.

The next trainee comes in September. Matching him was not an easy task either (thanks a bunch, Germany!), especially since we're talking about a mechanical engineering company. But we managed to pull that one off as well.

César seems like a cool guy (even though he doesn’t listen to metal), we've had quite a few talks over MSN already. He promised to tutor us in Samba dancing, which sometimes makes me worry over my position as the alpha male here... I'm more of a Tango person.

Nevertheless, I’ve already made friends in both Russia and Colombia. And our term has lasted two months now. This is what makes AIESEC such a great organization – if I ever feel like slouching off at some friends in foreign country for a few months, I’m able to pick from a very extensive list. Maybe we need to match someone from the Bahamas next?

Riot, riot upstart!

Bitchin'

Since blogging seems so trendy nowadays, I ("we") decided to open a blog for AIESEC Jyväskylä as well. So in case you're interested in the everyday life of our LC, and the antics of the current EB (executive board) - this is the place to visit.

Will try to post here once in a while (and intimidate others to post as well).

Now, if you excuse me - I'll get back to listening some good music and a cup of hot coffee while I devise my schemes for global domination.

See ya!