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?