INFORMATION BOOKLET
GLOBAL.AIESECUS.ORG
AIESEC is an international, independent, not-for-proďŹ t, non-political organization run by students and recent graduates at institutions of higher education across 124 countries and territories. Our platform provides our members with an integrated development experience comprised of leadership opportunities, international internships, and a global learning environment. AIESEC also seeks to develop relationships with various organizations aiming at interacting with its top-talented youth membership base, physically and virtually through value-based partnerships. The organization was founded in Western Europe in 1948 at the end of World War II to promote cross-cultural understanding and leadership to youth as a means to a avoid another conict, and has since provided membership experience to over one million alumni worldwide. Our exchange and membership programs have been endorsed by the United Nations, multiple US presidents, CEOs of multinational corporations and leaders of top-level human development organizations.
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Students from over 35 respected universities in the United States have interned in different countries through AIESEC. Our Global Talent Program combines cultural immersion with professional development to provide an impactful experience. Most opportunities have a long-term duration of six to twelve months and are categorized based on profession; the top three fields for interns from the US are Marketing, Sales, and Teaching. Students with a background or vested interest in these fields can choose from over 3,000 opportunities on our internal platform. Our various partners and positions all provide participants with the skills they desire and need in the global workplace.
383 Impact
Travel to your internship destination and begin a life-changing experience abroad.
Prepare
Discover
Go to global.aiesecus.org or contact a local committee near you to learn more about our programs.
Apply
Attend an official Outgoing Preparation Seminar to be lead by your local committee.
Go to opportunities.aiesec.org and apply to become an official AIESEC exchange participant. Local committees are responsible for the applicant selection process.
Match
Once accepted and matched to a specific internship, confirm your dates and book your flights.
Explore
Search for and apply to an AIESEC-exclusive opportunity from our database of over 12,000 programs worldwide.
Internship placement is based on primarily on personal and professional qualifications in the specific area the opportunity covers. Internships are not guaranteed and the best way to ensure you’re matched to your ideal internship is to keep in contact with your local committee and meet all deadlines set.
Marketing is part creativity and part logic; combining aesthetic with a strong message for a company’s target audience. An understanding of a product positioning is key to this field and interns can expect to build upon previous experience. Those that take on these opportunities can choose to work in graphic design, product design, branding, advertising, web development, and/or social media. In the more operational sense, there are also internships available that deal in buyer behavior, lead generation, process optimization, and strategic planning. Recent graduates entering the workplace are seeing difficulty in finding work because of this generation’s great lack of relevant sales experience. Sales is the frontline of action for a firm to establish partnerships and produce results. Our goal is to find bright individuals ready to take on new challenges, especially in the international sector. Interns in this field will get the chance to contribute directly to the bottom line by performing corporate research and selling directly to consumer, commercial, and/or industrial clients. AIESEC is a worldwide leader in providing international teaching opportunities since its inception. Education interns can provide a major impact to the local community by fostering cultural understanding, improving basic work skills, or creating passion for a second language. These opportunities are the most abundant and available in the AIESEC network and are necessary for developing countries as an investment in human capital.
Some countries tend to feature more of one type of program and some internships have roles that spread across more than just one category. With AIESEC, there’s no limit to where your experience can take you.
Below we’ve selected three internships that are currently available. You can check out more opportunities for free at opportunities.aiesec.org
Nação Propaganda e Marketing Maringá, Brazil
Description: Nação (Portuguese for “Nation”) is a Brazilian advertising agency. As part of the Nação team, the intern will create advertising layouts and be focused on developing web campaigns for clients. You can find a showcase of the agency website at: nacaopropaganda.com.br. Requirements: Understanding and experience with the Adobe Creative Suite and have a current student status. No Portuguese language skills required. Benefits: $600 monthly, internet access, workstation, and office meals. Duration: 6 months beginning January 2014.
PWC Mexico
Mexico City, Mexico Description: PwC is one of the world’s largest professional services firms. Interns will work with PwC Mexico to create and manage current valuable high-level relationships with American institutions based in Mexico such as the American Chamber, Embassy and high executives (CEOs/CFOs). Interns will also be charged with identifying target problems or needs with potential clients of PwC Mexico and link them with the relevant expert that can provide solution in the firm. Requirements: Interns should have business development and corporate sales experience. English and Spanish skills required. Benefits: $730 monthly and a laptop is provided for duration of stay. Duration: 1 year
Centro Colombo Americano Manizales, Colombia
Description: The Centro Colombo Americano has been a part of the Manizales community since 1959 and has the mission of spreading the English language to local residents. Interns will be teaching English to children, teens, and adults who are all native Spanish speakers and excited to improve their pronunciation and vocabulary. No previous Spanish skills are required. Benefits: $685 monthly and internet access. Duration: 1 year beginning January 2014. Housing for interns may or may not be provided depending on the specifications of the program. If the housing is not provided, housing will be arranged for interns and they will be responsible for that cost.
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The ten countries above represent some of the top quality internship opportunities available in the 124 country and territory* AIESEC network. While most programs last nine to twelve months, they can be as long as 18 months. Some Teaching internships can be as short as six to ten weeks in duration.
FEES & COSTS All programs require a $150 registration fee upon local committee application approval. Once a contract has been signed between the Exchange Participant and the organization hosting the internship, participants are then charged an additional program fee of $350 for Teaching; $600 for Marketing and Sales. This brings the final cost to $500 or $750, respectively. AIESEC United States does not cover flights, visas, and/or any required vaccinations.
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*While AIESEC is present in over 124 countries and territories, the realty of being offered an internship in a specific country is relative to one’s professional qualifications. Many internships in Western Europe, for example, may require at least a bachelor’s degree and work experience before an applicant will be considered.
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University of California Davis University of Colorado Boulder University of Denver University of Georgia University of Houston University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign University of Kansas University of Michigan University of Missouri-Columbia University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill University of Texas at Austin University of Texas at Dallas University of Washington-Seattle University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire University of Wisconsin-Madison University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Yale University
Don’t see your school? If you are a current student of any accredited college/university or you’ve completed your studies in the past two years, you are eligible for an AIESEC exchange program. Please contact the Local Committee of AIESEC that is nearest to you at global.aiesecus.org.
"AIESEC opens the world up to young people, and it opened it up for me. Through their programs, work opportunities, conferences and outreach they surmount cultural barriers and foster a deeper and more meaningful sense of global possibility. My time in AIESEC brought tremendous growth for me, and through it I saw how so many of our problems and challenges, as well as our blessings and strengths, are universal for people around the globe. It is a special fellowship, one of purpose and vision, and proof of its sustained value can be found in the fact that the first class 50 years ago had less than 100 students enrolled in it and now AIESEC is in almost 100 countries. I will always be grateful for what I learned both through the people who ran the programs and my peers in them.” Secretary of State John Kerry AIESEC intern to Switzerland through AIESEC Yale, Yale Class of 1966
"In our experience AIESEC students possess exactly the qualities we are looking for: international and intercultural awareness, integrity, intuition and communication skills. We are always happy to have talented, committed and open-minded AIESEC students on internships with us and to share their spirit which enriches the corporate culture tremendously." Peter Wuffli Group CEO, UBS
"For more than thirty years, PricewaterhouseCoopers has been a proud supporter of AIESEC. At present, PricewaterhouseCoopers’ partnership with AIESEC involves over 50 territories and is constantly proving successful. Leading in our business means being able to foster positive change by managing complex situations on a global scale. In order to achieve this, we need to be able to reach a high level of understanding of the complexity of the external environment and succeed in operating out of the normal comfort zone. For this we need young people and AIESEC unites a global network of talented and innovative, young people who strive to make a positive contribution to the world celebrating cultural diversity, leadership and teamwork. On behalf of the partners of PricewaterhouseCoopers I am honoured to endorse AIESEC’s vision of 'peace and fulfilment of mankind's potential.'" Sam DiPiazza CEO, PricewaterhouseCoopers Global
"In an era of globalization, [AIESEC's] programs have helped young people around the world to develop a broader understanding of cultural, socio-economic and business management issues." Kofi Annan Former Secretary General, United Nations