„Hy, my name is Monica Abrudan, I’m 24 and I’m a programmer. In the spring of 2009 I decided to give my career a little bit of colour by involving in social development projects.
I wanted to do volunteering at the British Red Cross, ONU or UNICEF, but I was refused because of my lack of working experience in the social domain.

Fortunately, AIESEC offered me a chance to participate at social development projects through a Development Internship of 2 months in Egypt. I worked at an NGO, who’s purpose was the development of the cities/villages around Alexandria. One of my main responsibilities were participating at the organizing of this social project.

Besides my professional experience, I gained much more culturally speaking. Egypt was the first country I visited outside Europe. I found a new culture with different traditions, religion, food, family relations, clima and… traffic.
Soon after I returned from this internship I went in another one again through AIESEC and lived another grate experience.

AIESEC offered me the opportunity to try a totally different career in my professional development and I loved it”

Monica Abrudan
AIESEC Cluj-Napoca

My name is Roxi Opriş and I’m in love with doing Exchange… This is more than a simple fact I can relate to AIESEC, it comes down to being a behavior I was looking so much to develop throughout my entire life… doing something that engages you completely emotionally to a level that you can’t even talk about it, but simply transmit it and leave a mark in other people’s lives. This is Exchange to me.

In AIESEC Cluj-Napoca I found out for the 2 years and half spent there that passion has no limits and you can really find a wide range of opportunities to explore it to the full. Mine was still Exchange, but this time I took it to an upper level- in the spring of 2009 I applied and got selected in the National Committee of AIESEC Norway and what I didn’t know at that point was that Roxi was about to start the experience of a life time.

Being in an international MC and coordinating the Exchange area reached new points for me…

I was finally  about to discover what Exchange- the experience that I constantly was talking about in AIESEC- really meant to me. Because, nevertheless, being on a total unfamiliar ground, having completely different expectations and perspectives about how to live life every day, knowing just a couple of people who were dragging me to adjust in an environment that felt so natural to them all the time, not knowing the language and how to get to things in the most simple way as possible eventually pulled the trigger and more…

For three months (15.09.2009 – 15.12.2009 )  I worked on the “Meeting Diversity” project in Blagoevgrad, Bulgaria, organizing a series of workshops and trainings for students from three different high schools. The workshops were concentrated on topics like public speaking skills, time management, study and speed reading or conflict resolution techniques. We also had some debates starting from movies approaching issues like cultural diversity or human rights; and two events, one through which the students had the chance to hear and discuss the experiences of young people that studied abroad through the Erasmus Program; the other one was a Simulation of the Council of the European Union where the 27 participants were given the task to discuss and negotiate on the progress Turkey has made so far in order to become a full-right member of the EU. All these activities were meant to offer the students the possibility to practice their English, learn something new and interesting and encourage them to explore all opportunities for education and international competitions. more…

What made you decide to apply for Exhange?
I always looked for a way to visit Germany, get connected to foreigners and work. The exchange program was the only and the best opportunity for me that could satisfy my criteria.
I also got in touch with other friends who already went abroad and I was very excited about their stories.

What would you say to a friend who is thinking of going in Exchange?
If you want to live on your own, travel and work with foreigners, then AIESEC exchange program is what you need.

What type of person do you think it might be suitable for Exchange?
Under graduate and master students.

What was the most difficult part in your Exchange? more…

“I’m happy I went in the Czech Republic for 9 months, because it gave me the opportunity to make new friends with whom I went through a lot of experiences, good and bad, but which made us stick together no matter what. Besides that it really helped me define my values and set my priorities.”

Hi, my name is Alina, I’m 24 and I went through the eXchange program in an Educational internship in Czech Republic for 9 months.

Culturally speaking it was amazing, a different language, different people, new job, new city. They are very curios persons and very interested in the Romanian culture, also because of the similarities, both countries are NATO members and members of the European Union which didn’t took in the unique European coin. more…

Unul din motivele pentru care am ales AIESEC a fost chiar experienta exchange-ului,mi s-a parut atractiva si la indrumarea unei prietene care era deja membra AIESEC,m-am inscris si eu.

Initial am facut parte din IT challenge,iar apoi m-am inscris pentru exchange.Am aplicat pentru aproximativ 50 de firme,dintre care majoritatea mi-au spus ca nu au nici o oferta care sa mi se potriveasca. Optasem pentru un internship de tip TN,in Rusia pentru 4 luni,era singurul pentru care indeplineam conditiile necesare,adica cele de limba sau experienta in domeniu.Pana la urma din cauza dificultatilor de calatorie am renuntat la idee,era mult prea greu de ajuns din cauza vizei pentru Moldova si plus de asta mai erau si costurile calatoriei,echivalente cu salariul meu pe cele 4 luni. more…