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Well deserved by an amazing individual who will lead AIESEC to even greater heights!

I have been extremely inspired by all candidates. Great individuals!

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A CEED Position is open as a part of the Future Leaders Program:
External Relations Team Support Member!!!

Starting on March 5th, 2007.and untill The External Relations Team Support Member will be working on specific projects in the areas of:

1. Global Exchange Partnerships: By working with our global delivery model, keeping contact with different MCs, the partnership coordinator you will achieve the successfuly manage an exchange account.

2. AIESEC International Competitive Analysis: Through research among Global Partners, on-line, in historical files and interaction with some Supervisory Group members and/or International Advisory Council Members you will need to create a report covering the following:
- All our main competitors in all areas of operations regionally and globally are identified
- We have clarity on strengths and weaknesses of our key competitors
- The competitiveness of our price is determined.
- Competitive advantage of AI’s products is identified
- Recommendations for the developments of current/new product portfolio are finalized with the ER team

Deadline to submit your application is February 16th, 2007.

To access the job description with information on financial aid now, click here! For further questions, please e-mail, Maria Ocampo at mariao@ai.aiesec.org.

I must admit I've been starting to feel ashamed when I always have to ask people if they speak English; then they ask me how long I've been in the Netherlands and I feel even worse because it's been 8 months and I don't speak Dutch nor really have I lived in Dutch society. I suppose being away for the majority of the 8 months has not helped; however it's a strange feeling living in a country and not feeling a connection to the society.

However, in the past week, I had the opportunity to meet with lots of wonderful Dutch people at the National Conference for AIESEC in the Netherlands, which I was invited to chair! It was a great experience to get to see what AIESEC is like in the Netherlands and to get to interact with Dutch people.

Some of the highlights from my experience:
1. Lots of Dutch AIESEC members speak or want to speak Spanish. It was really cool having conversations with Dutch people in Spanish and talk to them about how they can go on exchange in SSGN!

2. AIESEC in Jordan partnership launch! It was INCREDIBLE to be part of witnessing the launch of the Netherlands as the partner country for the Jordan expansion. The launch took place at the ING House (ING's beautiful corporate offices located in Amsterdam) and along with the members present, there were several partners and Advisory Board members present. Truly a historical moment!

3. Meeting the new MCP of AIESEC in the Netherlands, Mohcine!

4. Reading random Dutch phrases from a book while the entire MC corrected my spelling and in general laughed at my prononciation. :)

Overall the experience was wonderful to get to feel a little bit more connected to the country that I currently call 'home'.

Dankewel AIESEC in Nederlands!