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AIESEC provides you with unique opportunities to explore who you are. You can discover what potential you have and explore opportunities to increase your knowledge, develop competencies, skills, attitudes and values that will support you in to achieve your future goals and create a positive impact in society.
All new information is interpreted by you through your current worldview, which is shaped by your past experiences, emotions, attitudes, values. It affects what and how you learn; what you direct your attention and actions to in different situations. Challenge yourself to look at things from a different perspective and observe the connection between these elements, your actions and results. Why is this important to the outcome of the learning process? It is not sufficient to be aware of the problems of the world to achieve change; you must also understand the causes and possible solutions. This requires thinking about and understanding many different points of view It requires skills, confidence and diverse experiences to build a worldview oriented towards positive change
3. Meta-cognition and regular personal reflection Build your capacity to recognise and evaluate your own thoughts, values, emotions, motives, goals and actions. Your goals are a manifestation of your vision and help in making sure that your day-to-day actions are driving you in the desired direction. Regular goal setting, review and reflection will help you in understanding your personal leadership path. Why is this important to the outcome of the learning process? These skills allow someone to really take advantage of the AIESEC experience, since it allows them to analyze their actions and those of others Facilitates the creation and completion of goals, values and the will to follow them through.
4. Increase practical and theoretical knowledge Take learning into practical application, for personal and professional skill development. to actually put your opportunities to learn more about your area of interest and create opportunities Why is this important to the outcome of the learning process? With more skills, we increase our capacity to have an impact in the world Learning increases when there is an opportunity to apply and put into practice what you have learned in theory
5. Create a network of contacts: Constantly work at finding and connecting with a group of like-minded people, whom you can share your ideas and perspectives with and who are interested in seeing you make the change you want to see in the world. Why is this important to the outcome of the learning process? Having contacts and networks all over the world increases your ability to bring about the desired change that you want to see in the world
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Team Experiences Learning Circles
The AIESEC learning environment has 6 elements: Individual discovery and reflection: Being able to draw your own conclusions and big picture understanding regarding your surrounding is crucial to your self development. Through self discovery at each stage of the AIESEC experience, you are able to drive your own learning to complement your personal development. Team experiences: This is the basis of our current organisational structure. This environment gives you the opportunity to apply what you learn and helps you gain desired experiences, skills, network and practical
What are some of the activities/opportunities I can take up from now on What are some actions I can take to overcome the challenges I face with to help me build my competencies further? my weaker competencies?
Opportunity awareness audit - Market trends - take a look at where opportunities are emerging Key Questions
Where is there a demand for talented workers?
Hints &Tips
- Use global and national sources of employment data or other statistical information to understand the trends from your country or region. Which market sectors are expanding or declining? - Conduct a PEST analysis to help you understand the big picture forces that are, or will impact on Which rare skills/capabilities are employers finding future trends. hard to recruit? Political What are the predicted employment trends over Economic the next few years? Socio-cultural Technological
Career sectors- explore the type of industry, organisation and work options available to you
Key Questions
Do you want to work with enterprise or the service sector?
Identify different employers across different sectors and visit their web sites, look on the external careers section which will provide you with more information You dont necessarily have to opt for a traditional employment contract, what about flexible working, or annualised hours, opportunities for career break, explore the possibilities with different employers Are you motivated by travel, working away from your own location or being based in an office? Consider the pros and cons, talk to someone who works in this way
Top Tips
Where possible gain experience in the industry/ sector that you want to develop your career in Try and involve employers in your academic studies to start to build relationships e.g. if you are doing some research work choose a topic that is relevant to an employer and seek to get them involved During your work experience, always be willing to take on extra tasks, volunteer yourself for something different, and try and build relationships with as many people as possible Build a positive reputation by performing well Identify someone who could act as a mentor to you Capture your learning as you go along, write it down for future reference Ask those around you for informal feedback on how you are performing Keep in touch with people once you have left, and thank them for any help they gave you
It can be difficult to find interesting and challenging work experience, where this is the case consider offering your time on a voluntary basis or ask if you can come along to work shadow someone in their job.
The hidden job market represents all the vacancies that exist, but that never get advertised. It is much easier to get a job via the hidden job market because there is limited competition. For tips on how to set up informational interviewing go to http://www.quintcareers.com/informational_interviewing.html
At any time during your AIESEC experience you may want to have an opportunity to talk with someone about your development and your career. There will be a number of people available to do this, including project leaders, mentors, and line managers. Those of you who have completed the AIESEC competency assessment are also encouraged to set up a peer coaching relationship with one of your colleagues to specifically discuss the outputs from the tool. Peer coaching happens informally all the time between close colleagues and friends, and involves having conversations that are mutually beneficial and supportive. As part of the AIESEC experience we see peer coaching as:A semi-structured opportunity for individuals to reflect on their strengths and areas for development, to explore their goals and identify opportunities in AIESEC that will further both their personal objectives and the goals of AIESEC. Key benefits to be gained? Increases your own self-awareness Helps you explore and identify options and actions to take forward Widens your professional network Builds close and mutually supportive relationships Helps keep you motivated and committed to actions Helps you take advantage of the many opportunities available in the AIESEC experience. The assessment tool also gives you access to a Peer Coaching Guide which gives you more information on how peer coaching can work, including the need to set up a peer coaching agreement. Please ensure that you go through the peer coaching guide for detailed peer coaching tips. An important consideration is for you to choose someone who you would like to act as your peer coach.
Use the checklist below to help you identify a colleague who might be suitable. Peer coach characteristics Rating 1- 4 ( 4=highly suitable) Peer 1: Peer 2: Peer 3:
Is able to be discrete and confidential Is accessible, and has the time available Is able to listen well, without being judgemental or too directive Is willing to share some of their own experiences and learning Is highly motivated to be involved in peer coaching, can see the benefits Is reliable, meets obligations Is able to build rapport and put people at ease TOTAL SCORE (out of 28)
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The purpose of this guide was to support you by: Giving you the space to reflect deeper on your competencies. Identifying opportunities that you may want to take up in AIESEC to enable you develop your competencies further. Guiding you with practical tips that you can take up to support your further development. Providing you with qualities to look for when choosing a peer coach for a successful coaching experience. Make sure you follow up on actions steps that you have identified in each section of this guide to ensure that all that you have planned to enhance your development fall through.