FAQ for AIESEC Global Internship Program

Those questions below have often been asked in our previous recruitments. If you have any specific one, please feel free to comment here or email us at ftu.hnvn@aiesec.net

Question:

1. What is the aim of Internship Program?

2. I am graduated. Can I join the program?

3. I am first year students; can I join this program?

4. How much I have to spend for my internship?

5. When I have to pay money?

6. Why does AIESEC ask for payment when it does?

7. Can Exchange Participants work as members?

8. What document I should prepare?

9. What can I gain being EPs of AIESEC?

10. After my realization and returning to Vietnam, I want to take another internship, do I have to apply to be an EP of AIESEC again?

11. Being an EP of AIESEC, surely I will successfully go for exchange?

12. What difference between taking exchange with AIESEC with taking exchange with others?

13. Will I receive a salary during my internship?

14. What kind of contract will I have to sign?

15. Do I receive a refund if I cannot find a suitable internship?

16. Who will help me in my host country?


Answer:
1. What is the aim of Internship Program?

An AIESEC internship is a practical working and learning experience for the intern to develop academic knowledge, personal and professional skills. An internship must aim to provide the intern with:

· A positive learning experience.

· Practical skills and knowledge in a foreign environment to complement the intern’s higher educational background or field of career aspirations.

· Interaction with a different social and cultural environment with a view to gaining intercultural competencies.

· Development of theoretical and practical leadership skills.

· Opportunity to apply personal and professional skills, knowledge, attitudes and values to work for the organization as well as the host communities.

· Develop awareness and knowledge of social issues and different practices of the sending and hosting country.

· Opportunity to contribute to personal and professional life goals.

The internship cannot aim to:

· Solely provide an opportunity for the intern to earn money.

· Provide a holiday.

· Act as a permanent career placement or recruitment opportunity in the host country.

· If the organization decides to extend the internship on a permanent basis, AIESEC will have no role in facilitating this.


2. I am graduated. Can I join the program?

You can take internship abroad in case as long as you are not longer than 2 years after obtaining degree, but may not be older than 30 years old.


3. I am first year students; can I join this program?

All of students can join in internship Program as long as you meet all the criteria above and pass through 3 recruitment rounds. However, the most suitable for the 1st and 2nd year students are Development Traineeship Program. It usually takes you around 6-8 weeks.


4. How much I have to spend for my internship?

- For Development Traineeship:

+ You shall pay 150USD to AIESEC for Administration Fee. You should cover your airfare, Visa fee and travelling. Those fees depend on which country you are going to take internship in.

+ You are usually covered food and accommodation or may have stipend.

- For Management Traineeship:

+ You shall pay 250USD to AIESEC for Administration Fee. You should cover your airfare, Visa fee and travelling. Those fees depend on which country you are going to take internship in.

+ You will have monthly salary which can cover your food, accommodation and transportation.


5. When I have to pay money?

You will pay 50USD for deposit right after being official Exchange Participant of AIESEC (in the first Outgoing preparation Seminar). 100USD (for Development Traineeship) or 200USD (for Management Traineeship) will be paid one week before you start your internship.


6. Why does AIESEC ask for payment when it does?

1. This is, in fact, quite standard procedure in this industry as well as many others. Think of going to a concert or buying a plane ticket - the concert might not run or the flight might be canceled but you buy the ticket because you want to go and you trust that it will be an amazing concert or a successful flight. We believe that our 60 years of experience and reputation for delivering incredible opportunities around the world should give you the assurance you need to ensure that you have a fantastic experience.

2. The question is, do you really want to go? Many people who register their interest are not really committed to going away and usually end up not taking advantage of the opportunity. We can separate those who are committed and those who are not at the payment stage. What this means is that we have to spend less time working with people who will never do an internship, which reduces our costs. If we were not to do this, we would have to charge everyone else higher prices to make up for the higher level of dropouts!


7. Can Exchange Participants work as members?


For graduate and students who do not have much time, you can be supporter of AIESEC in each function. For the students, you can apply to work as members in functional team as other members and you are recognized as full member.


8. What document I should prepare?

You should prepare all Certificates of your backgrounds (CV), GPA and languages certificate to submit to AIESEC.


9. What can I gain being EPs of AIESEC?

- You can access to myaiesec.net which is unique and most useful tool of AIESEC.

- You can access to the worldwide internship database of AIESEC which you can find nowhere else.

- You receive support of AIESEC member: introduction to AIESEC, training of finding and match with a suitable internship, training of intercultural and cultural shock.

- You can attend almost all activities of AIESEC as well as attending conference locally and globally.

- You can take internship abroad.

- You also receive the support of AIESEC in the country that you take internship in reception and get you familiar with the living environment there.

- You can join in AIESEC activities in the country you take internship.


10. After my realization and returning to Vietnam, I want to take another internship, do I have to apply to be an EP of AIESEC again?

· If you are a MT EP, and you want to take other internship regardless the type, you just need to sign new contract and pay the Administration Fee.

· If you are a DT EP, and you want to take another DT internship, you do not have to apply to be an EP. However if you want to go MT you should apply again. However, the process is shorter than the 1st time. You just need to pass the Interview Round to go on MT.


11. Being an EP of AIESEC, surely I will successfully go for exchange?

If you apply for DT in one of the targeted countries, you can easily take the internship.It also depends on your commitment and your flexibility in choosing internship


12. What difference between taking exchange through AIESEC and taking exchange through others organizations and companies?

- AIESEC internship has cheaper price as we are non-profitable organization.

- AIESEC provide you with a perfect process called AIESEC flow

- You have price to Right to involve in activities of AIESEC

- You will be prepared with AIESEC knowledge, intercultural, ambassadorship and some professional skills.

- AIESECers are not only your service provider but your supporter, your friends.


13. Will I receive a salary during my internship?

It is usual for management internship (MT) to be paid in a manner that allows you to cover the living costs in the destination country. For the development internship (DT) you will be usually provided with accommodation and/or food or an allowance enough to cover all those expenses.


14. What kind of contract will I have to sign?


There will be an exchange participant contract that you are obligated to. For further information about the contract, please contact us.


15. Do I receive a refund if I cannot find any internship?

If you are a bit flexible concerning place, time and job description, there should not be a problem in finding an interesting internship. However, if you cannot find any, refunding is subjected to term and condition in the exchange participant contract.

Those who accept an internship and cancel without giving strong reasons are excluded from our program without any refund. Such a regulation is necessary if we want to be fair towards everyone and because the organization or company’s concern was prepared to receive the intern.

All the internships are based on a local committee nearby, which is there to help you during your internship. More concretely, the members of this local committee organize your accommodation, pick you up from the airport/ station, show you around in the city and accompany you to work on your first day. In addition, they will integrate you into their activities, organize events for you and the other interns and help you get to know the people and culture of your host country. You can always find someone to help you if you have problems. They are AIESECers in your host country or in the home country. We will keep in contact with you and support you in every possible way.

Talent Management Team's Job Description

Job Description

·       Working on HR management and planning

·       Running selection processes and activities in recruitment

·       Organizing learning activities to support member on their learning and development

·       Guiding member to do set and fulfill their goals in personal and professional perspectives

·       Tracking performance to assess member’s development

·       Rewarding and recognition

·       Preparing for people before leaving AIESEC

Competency

·       Effective Communication

·       Training & Facilitation skills

·       Stakeholder Focus

·       Flexible thinking

·       Commitment to result

·       Developing others

·       Resource Management

·       Innovation and Creativity

·       Organizational Understanding

Benefit

·       Practical and relevant experience of working in the HR field of the organisation

·       Chances to experience in event organizing and high team work environment

·       Designing activities to fulfil the learning need of member at each stage of their AIESEC experience

·       Understanding organization throughout and learning how to deliver your knowledge to others

·       Developing your communication, time management and facilitation skill

Project Team's Job Description

Job Description

·         Searching partners to project on venues, trainers…

·         Finalizing materials and tools to use on workshop with support from experienced people

·         Setting up workshop with partners

·         Recruiting interns to involve in project

·         Delivering intern’s services to integrate international interns and support them on their living condition

·         Organizing and participate in “Train the trainers” workshop to improve training skill and knowledge on issues

·         Organizing workshops

·         Evaluating workshop quality and keep relationship with partners

Competency

·         Project  planning and management

·         Sales Skill

·         Account Management Skill

·         Resilience

·         Effective Communication

·         Stakeholder Focus

·         Flexible thinking

·         Commitment to result

Benefit

·         Experience of work in multicultural environment

·         New cultures discovery by interacting with international interns

·         Improving communication, presentation and networking skills

·         Challenging yourselves with world issues knowledge

Outgoing Exchange Team's Job Description

Job Description

·       Doing market research to segment the market and point out the targeted sectors

·       Making business calls and business meetings for selling AIESEC internship program to companies

·       Attending Networking events to promote AIESEC internship program to potential partners

·       Facilitating the delivery of interns to companies

·       Helping organizations and trainees in traineeship preparation

·       Helping in trainees integration

·       Making first meeting of companies and interns

·       Supporting companies and interns in process of evaluation forms filling

·       Following up of traineeship

·       Re-raising companies after internship

Competency

·       Fluent in English

·       Sales Skill

·       Account Management Skill

·       Resilience

·       Effective Communication

·       Stakeholder Focus

·       Flexible thinking

·       Commitment to result

Benefit

·       Experience of work in multicultural environment

·       New cultures discovery by interacting with international interns

·       Experience of work with companies, universities and NGO’s

·       Practicing business calls, business meetings and negotiations

·       Improving communication and networking skills