We would also like to thank all our partners for their support and cooperation. Without them, we wouldn’t have made it here!

Most people imagine leadership as a superior place in the hierarchy, where you have power over the others. Of course, it is crucial to be a good leader if the position you’re occupying requires it, but this concept stretches far beyond the very popular and desirable management skill.

You know that situation when you’re in a group, nobody knows what to do and somehow a decision has to be made? There is always one person you’ll be looking at in order to find your answer. There is always somebody who takes the initiative and actually does something. Those are the informal leaders, the people that you follow or look up to and that are not officially acknowledged as leaders. For example, the formal leader is your boss, someone that has a recognized status and to whom you are accountable for the tasks that you have to do.

It is much harder and much more important to become an informal leader and inspire others. Many people give up on themselves because they feel they will never get the job they want. They believe in their skills, in their power, but they cannot imagine being leaders outside an office, all by themselves, without the financial compensations that such a position would offer.

A true leadership mentality goes beyond these things. You can change everything if you have the courage to step up and do something. Leading by example is one of the most powerful and inspiring things you can do to change yourself and the ones around you. See what things bother you most, start small by changing your own world and make this your goal. It’s not impossible, you just have to make the first step.

Leadership opportunities are among the most important things AIESEC offers to young people. Here you can overcome the challenges of being a leader and feel the immense satisfaction of having a successful team. You are encouraged to become a better person, to be brave and take advantage of every opportunity that comes your way.  By developing yourself, you will have a bigger impact on others, on the environment you live in. The society can grow through its people and this is what we are trying to achieve by encouraging a leadership mentality.

AIESEC Iași provides the opportunity to experience voluntary work in an international environment by organizing the Summer Recruitment. The selected students will be able to work in different fields, such as: formal and non-formal education, environmental issues, child care etc. The participants will also be able to travel to any of the 110 AIESEC countries, especially to the ones that have already become partners for this recruitment, like Russia, Czech Republic, Poland, Turkey and Ucraine.

In what concerns the financial aspects, meals and accommodation are generally provided by the host country. Also, the members will have to pay 45 euros to gain access to the internship platform and another 45 when they find their most suitable internship. An intercultural preparation seminar in Vatra Dornei is also included in that sum.

The selection stages are:

• Filling in the application on www.aieseciasi.ro, until the 8th of July, 8 a.m.
• Going through the selection interview, 9-10th of July
• Taking part in the Intercultural preparation seminar, in Vatra Dornei, 15-16th of July

AIESEC is the largest international student-run organization, present in 110 countries and territories, with over 35.000 members. The main goal of AIESEC is to develop the leadership potential in young people, thus bringing a positive impact on society. In Iasi, AIESEC has over 18 years of experience in projects dedicated to young people and in activities that are meant to stimulate their involvement in the local community and to develop their strengths and abilities.

For further details and applications, please visit www.aieseciasi.ro

The event will take place on Friday, the 24th of June, at Moldova Mall, Red Cinema Room, 6th floor.

Think will host four speakers from Iasi:

• Marius Ursache- Chief Creative Officer  at Grapefruit.
• Alecandrina Dinga- Expert in European Founds and the co-founder of Community Foundation.
• Severin Zanzianu- Founder of Premian, Training and Business Consulting Company
• Ciprian Ionescu- Founder of September Media, Advertising Agency.

Paul Stanciu, former AIESEC member, will be chair at this event.

Think was created with the purpose of helping the youngsters to establish contact with the concept of volunteering and its importance in our society.

The general truth is that extracurricular activities really bring a positive change in one’s perception upon the day to day activities and, on the other hand, personal development.

AIESEC encourages participation, diversity, multiculturalism. Therefore, during this summer the students have the opportunity to practice volunteering abroad. In order to do that, they have to apply for the Summer Recruitment.

If you want to find out more visit the website: www.aieseciasi.ro .

Last week-end (7-10 April) AIESEC Iasi “visited” Vatra Dornei with the occasion of an very important conference for it’s local: LPM, formally known as Local Planning Meeting.

Together with it’s new members that joined the organisation after Spring Recruitment the delegates from AIESEC Iasi packed their bags and took the morning train to Vatra Dornei.

The person who presided the conference was Andreea Popistasu ( Alumni AIESEC Iasi )

This year joined us having their own LPM and AIESEC Suceava.

The delegates from AIESEC Iasi had very important sessions about what they achieved in one year, projects, what intends to do EB 2011-2012 ( Executive Board ) and each VP (Vice President ) about his department and AIESEC 2015. The new members find out what is AIESEC about and had their basic trainings as newies.

AIESEC Suceava also made an assessment on their activity for the last year, reviewed the criteria of membership and established their way for 2011-2012.

In the third day we  were happy  also to receive a few of our Alumni from AIESEC Iasi: Ionica Irimia, Roxana  Barsan , Ina Cigodari, Anca Ursu ,Catalin Constantin ,the last one hold a session for the new members .

We are thankful to our sponsors Amfiteatru, BRD, Cake Expert, Panifcom, Artvertising, Cris Tim ,Travis Tourism . Without their help the conference wouldn’t have been such a great success .

Thanks to all the delegates  that stayed 4 days with hard sessions, lot of new things to assimilate, a bunch of people to remember especially for the new members that had part of lot of networking.  We hope that both locals had a great time and left this conference with the things that they wanted.

After 2 months of sustained work from the Spring Recruitment organizing committee, with the help of the whole AIESEC Iasi local, we are now proud to announce you that we have 63 new members!

After our efforts to find and recruit the right people to benefit from international internships and further leadership opportunties, 174 people applied to become AIESEC members. They all passed through the first selection process, in which we sorted them according to the application forms and the CVs they had sent. The ones we choose met us at the selection interviews, that took place on the first weekend of April.

On Monday morning we finally announced the new members.. In the evening they participated to the first meeting with the old members and find out what will their next steps be. (You can see photos on our Facebook )

We are eager to know them better at the Local Planning Meeting conference, that will take place during 7th-10th of April. They will participate in a special section, called Local Training Seminar, whose purpose is to introduce them to the AIESEC atmosphere and values.

Congratulations to the new members! We wish them to make the most of their experiences!

“I am young. I share my culture with friends around the world…. I shape attitudes and I inspire leaders. I am AIESEC Iasi. I am the change.”

This is our vision!

You have 1 more day to make the change you need in your life. 1 day in which you can apply to become an AIESEC member and therefore apply for an internship abroad and then take a leadership position inside the organization. 1 more day to decide if you want to step up and be the one that shapes its destiny, or let opportunities pass you by.

Apply on www.aieseciasi.ro!

We have one last true story for you:

“I consider myself to be very lucky: I managed to work in two internships abroad!

The first one was in Zilina (Slovacia) at the end of summer 2010, in a small entrepreneurship company. I had the chance to understand better what entrepreneurship really means, what are the difficulties you have to confront with at first, and what are the essential things you have to focus on. Besides the useful lessons, I have acquired an experience in a domain I have never interacted with before –the management of waste material through recycling. The work environment had been extraordinary: I’ve made some good friends in Zilina and I had the chance to make some trips in Tatra mountains and in the Czech republic. I was surprised to see that there are a few significant differences between the countries from Eastern Europe

. My second internship is in Belgium. Starting from December 2010 I work for Alcatel – Lucent in Antwerp(Belgium) as a Pricing Strategy Analyst. Because of this internship I had the chance to learn what it means to be an employee in a corporation: with the good and the less good parts. I work in a team of five people of various nationalities (they are from Brasil, Holland, Italy and Switzerland). It is a year when my main purposes are to acquire new abilities and knowledge, to improve myself in the areas of marketing and financial management and to travel as much as possible in Europe.

In my opinion an internship represents the transition between AIESEC and the start of a career and could help you experiment and see what really fits you. You have a lot of options to choose from and you can enjoy everyday life, new friends and new ideas.”

Take a decision now, improve your future!

Every year, AIESEC Iasi organizes one of the most important conferences for its members: LPM 1(Local Planning Meeting). This is the conference where we take a step back and look at everything that happened in the last year, so we can plan better for the one ahead.

Why is LPM so important for AIESEC?

1. The first reason is that at LPM 1 will offer professional sessions, which will be held both by the Executive Board members and externals (Alumni for example). The sessions will be focused on transmitting to the members the directions coming from AI (AIESEC International), as also information concerning the strategies for the following year.

1. The second reason is that this conference makes a SWOT analysis of our activity in the last year. After this conference the members will have an overview of our activity and decide which things they want to keep and which they can improve. This way they can determine in which projects they want to get involve (by taking leadership positions or candidate as an area responsible) and they can even come with new ideas for the projects at LPM 2 (programmed for this summer).

1. The third reason for which the members should come is the fact that they’ll participate in Team Building activities, as also benefit from sessions on personal development. We are, after all, enjoying participation.

But wait…that`s not it …this year LPM 1 will include the LTS (Local Training Seminar) for the members that joined the organization after Spring Recruitment. LTS has a special agenda meant to help our new members to fully understand our organization and the opportunities that come with being part of it.

Another surprise is that the members from AIESEC Suceava will have an LPM with us.

Stay tuned for more details and, meanwhile, don’t forget to apply to become an AIESEC member until March 31st.

You too could come at LPM!

Are curious to know how AIESEC looked in 2003? Today’s testimonial can help you understand the NOW&THEN of AIESEC Iasi. Read into Laura’s story and know that YOU can enjoy the same experience. Just apply to be an AIESEC member until March 31^st on www.aieseciasi.ro.

“In my time (in 2003)…  AIESEC wasn’t as notorious as it is today but, when I saw my name on the list of the recruited members, it was still a big”WOW!” I felt the joy and fulfillment that represented the base for my 3 years spent in AIESEC.

In AIESEC Iasi I learned about: teamwork, responsibility towards others, mission, visions, international perspectives, leadership, organization, promotion and perseverance. Here I learned and experimented what active volunteers love: capitalizing ideas, friendship, “practice before theory”, ambition and dexterity that came as a result of the numerous trainings on personal development.

In AIESEC Iasi I was part of the Outgoing Exchange Team (OGX) and then a Team Leader in the same department. I evolved as a recruiter and trainer in less than a year and, before becoming Alumni, I was already working with other organizations too. Concerning my project management experience, in AIESEC I had the chance to lead the “Discover Romania” team. That was the last edition of the project before this one was turned into IASHINGTON. With that Global Village, organized by AIESEC Iasi, we won the first prize in a national conference.

When it comes to international experiences I had the chance to spend two months in Covilha, Portugal, as a vice-president of the OGX department. It was an international friendship experience that no young student should miss! Allow yourself the chance to adapt to new cultures.

So far I’ve been through various international experiences and I am now the president of Junior Chamber Iasi. I also work as a recruiter for Continental Automotive Romania.

I am still thanking AIESEC Iasi and the leaders from my generation for the influence that they had in my development.

The decision of saying YES to AIESEC is for sure a great one. It can help you for a lifetime!”

We would like to thank you!

Starting 10:30 AM, in the building B of University Al. .I Cuza, they took part at our event whose chair was Ana Bugalete. After being introduced to the atmosphere of the event and finding more about AIESEC, the participants were split into groups and took part at the trainings prepared for them.

For those of you who didn’t get the chance to be there this is what happened.

First they participated at the personal development sessions: The  Right Attitude(held by Alexandru Constantin), Brand Yourself(held by Paul Stanciu & Bogdan Apetrii), and Leadership (held by Alexandra Grigorosoaia)

In the afternoon each of them took part at the specialized training sessions on

• IT:
  •HTML – held by experts from Expert Network
  •SEO – held by Gabriel Curcudel (Krumel),
  •Software – held by Vlad Bodi from Codforte

• Business Administration
  
• Marketing held by Raluca Muntean
  •HR – held by Camelia Birzan,
  •Financial – held by experts from BRD

• and Education.
  •Child Learning – held by Alexandra Grigorosoaia
  •Student Learning –held by Ines Prodan,
  •Adult Learning  -held by Alexandru Popa

Taking into account their respective work fields our participants interacted with well prepared trainers, ready to share their knowledge and sit down for a talk after the trainings were over.

The event ended with the presentation of the Global Internship Program and we invited the participants to become AIESEC members and apply for an internship abroad. We received great feedback and we hope to see them again at the selection interviews.

The invitation is open for you too. Apply to become an AIESEC member until March 31st, on www.aieseciasi.ro or complete the application form that you can find at the info-desks from University Al.I. Cuza or at our office (Building B, third floor, B606).

Hurry up!