Ever wondered what can AIESEC offer its members in the long run? Tiia Stén is an AIESEC alumnus, and this is what she had to say about working in LC Jyväskylä and how it's benefitted her in her studies, work and freetime!
"I joined AIESEC in 2006, the first year I started university. At first, my intention was to join a student organization as "an after school activity" and to meet new people in a new town. I got invited to an AIESEC info evening by the local committee president of that time, Ari Hautala, who convinced me in IRC that there was good food served at the event. However, soon after befriending like-minded AIESECers, AIESEC became like a part-time job and a second family to me, which I enjoyed.
Soon after in 2007 I got selected to the local committee executive board (EB) of AIESEC Jyväskylä 2007-2008 as the Human Resources & Development vice president (VP HR/D). At that time the concept of competences was trendy and rising in AIESEC. During the EB year I gained friends (who still are my best friends) and skills required for "running a small company", like the EB work almost was. During 2006-2010 I attended a countless number of national and international seminars, participated in organizing tens of projects and seminars throughout Finland, and worked as the alumni coordinator of AIESEC Jyväskylä and in the National Support Team of AIESEC in Finland.
The experiences and merits I have gotten in AIESEC have helped me numerous times later in my job and scholarship applications. The whole AIESEC experience I have had during my university years is unique and something I could have never experienced anywhere else. The friends I've gotten in AIESEC remain still after graduation, which is the thing I value the most of what the organization has given me. I don't think anyone can deny the power of connections all over the world - when travelling I always have someone to contact in different countries if I happen to need a place to stay. Reflecting on my own learning outcomes from AIESEC, I’ve noticed that now I am more open-minded, globally oriented and easily approachable than before. I am a kind of a Utopian.
I graduated as a M.Sc. (econ.) with Information Systems Science as my major in February 2013. Currently I am working on my Ph.D. as a doctoral student and project researcher in the Department of Computer Science and Information Systems at the University of Jyväskylä. My dissertation concerns globalization and innovation competence of professionals in the Information Systems field - a topic I began learning already in AIESEC. One of my thesis supervisor professors has also been in AIESEC in Germany during his university years, and I can say there truly are similarities in the mindsets of people who have been in AIESEC."
Soon after in 2007 I got selected to the local committee executive board (EB) of AIESEC Jyväskylä 2007-2008 as the Human Resources & Development vice president (VP HR/D). At that time the concept of competences was trendy and rising in AIESEC. During the EB year I gained friends (who still are my best friends) and skills required for "running a small company", like the EB work almost was. During 2006-2010 I attended a countless number of national and international seminars, participated in organizing tens of projects and seminars throughout Finland, and worked as the alumni coordinator of AIESEC Jyväskylä and in the National Support Team of AIESEC in Finland.
The experiences and merits I have gotten in AIESEC have helped me numerous times later in my job and scholarship applications. The whole AIESEC experience I have had during my university years is unique and something I could have never experienced anywhere else. The friends I've gotten in AIESEC remain still after graduation, which is the thing I value the most of what the organization has given me. I don't think anyone can deny the power of connections all over the world - when travelling I always have someone to contact in different countries if I happen to need a place to stay. Reflecting on my own learning outcomes from AIESEC, I’ve noticed that now I am more open-minded, globally oriented and easily approachable than before. I am a kind of a Utopian.
I graduated as a M.Sc. (econ.) with Information Systems Science as my major in February 2013. Currently I am working on my Ph.D. as a doctoral student and project researcher in the Department of Computer Science and Information Systems at the University of Jyväskylä. My dissertation concerns globalization and innovation competence of professionals in the Information Systems field - a topic I began learning already in AIESEC. One of my thesis supervisor professors has also been in AIESEC in Germany during his university years, and I can say there truly are similarities in the mindsets of people who have been in AIESEC."
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| @SUCCESS seminar in 2008, LC Jyväskylä won the "LC Excellence Award of the year". Our EB from the left: Toni Pienonen (VP ICX), Sami Vänskä (LCP), Heli Hietanen (VP OGX), and myself (VP HR/D) in the front. Our FC Ulla Leppänen is missing from the picture, but we all still love her! |
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