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Dear AIESECer, You have just take the first step towards applying for the Member CommiBee of AIESEC in the Netherlands 2017-2018. This booklet contains all necessary informaMon about the job profiles and applicaMon procedure of the MCVP funcMons for the term 2017-2018. The challenges you face as MCVP are a unique responsibility for extensive personal development on both professional and personal levels. The dynamic environment of AIESEC, full of opportuniMes and possibiliMes, challenges you to be the best version of your self every day. You have the ability to have a true impact on AIESEC in the Netherlands and its stakeholders, and drive the organisaMon forward to new heights. Applying for the MC was a tough decision for all of us, but one that none of us regrets. This is your chance to make the next year unforgeBable, to challenge yourself, and to take a risk that will give you a big reward. You are only young once, so do not just think ‘’Why should I do this?’’ Think: ‘’Why not?’’ Because in the end, remember that the world is powered by YOUth! Roman Shcherbatyy Thijmen Calis Marc Latour Daley van de Sande Anje KnoBnerus Lian Tolner Margriet van Gils
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Contents Contents
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MC Structure & Profiles for 2017-2018
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Expectations
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Timeline
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Application Procedure
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Contact Details
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Finance and Information Management
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Organizational Development
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B2B
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B2C
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Sales
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Blank Page Challenge
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CORE Assessment
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Adjustability
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Coaching
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Planning and prioritizing
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Taking action
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Emphasizing quality
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Obtaining buy-in
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16 Personalities
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MC Structure & Profiles for 2017-2018 The MC structure for 2017-2018 is yet to be defined. We will open posiMons in the following areas: • Finance and InformaMon Management
- Financial budget and tax management - Financial governance management (internal audiMng, external audit) - Financial reporMng - Improving financial models and processes - Improving and implemenMng informaMon management systems - Team management of LC VPs • B2B
- Strategy development & implementaMon for iGT - Financial management for incoming exchange - B2B markeMng of AIESEC - Value delivery of incoming exchange program - Team management of LC VPs • B2C
- Strategy development & implementaMon for oGV or oGT - InternaMonal partnership management - B2C markeMng of AIESEC - Value delivery of outgoing exchange program - Team management of LC VPs • Sales
- NaMonal iGT Sales - Event Mangement - Acquiring and managing our Key Partners - Manage the Non-Exchange product poraolio - Youth Speak These responsibiliMes come next to general MC responsibiliMes and deliverables.
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Expecta<ons • The final MC structure will be defined by mid-April. • The MC VP’s in Exchange will represent AIESEC in the Netherlands at AIESEC InternaMonal Congress 2017 in Colombia together with the MCP. • Experience in AIESEC is required for applying. You do not have to have previous EB or MC experience in order to be eligible. • The posiMons of MC VP B2B and B2C are open for internaMonal applicants. • Your full Mme MC term starts early/mid-June with MC TransiMon. However, you are expected to be available in The Netherlands from May 1st onwards for facilitaMng conferences and LC transiMon. If you are already aware this is not possible, please contact the MCP or MCP elect. • You will officially end your term on July 31st 2018. • A coverage of 950 euro per month is provided, together with full coverage of conferences and travel costs. • AccommodaMon is your own responsibility, AIESEC in the Netherlands does not have an MC House. • You are expected to move to Amsterdam during your MC term. • You can apply for more than one posiMon. If you would like to apply for more than one posiMon please make sure you fill out all relevant specific quesMonnaires and explain your moMvaMon for all funcMons you are applying for in the moMvaMonal quesMon secMon.
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Timeline As MCVP you will officially start your term early June 2017. However, once you are selected you will already have a number of responsibiliMes as MC-elect. This mainly involves facilitaMng NTOS and EB Boarders in May. Next to that you will already start MC transiMon on a part-Mme basis. From early/mid-June 2017 your MC transiMon will officially start and you will be expected to be available full-Mme for AIESEC in the Netherlands. You will officially end your term on the 1st of August 2018.
Office The MC office is located at the Hogehilweg 15, 1101CB, Amsterdam. It is a 5-minute walk from Amsterdam Bijlmer Arena train staMon, enabling the MC to travel easily through the country.
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Applica<on Procedure Before the 12th March 2017, 23.59 (GMT+1), we will need from you: • Your Curriculum Vitae
• An endorsement leBer from someone you’ve worked with in the past 24 months • The General QuesMonnaire: Please answer all 6 quesMons • The Specific QuesMonnaire: Please answer 7 quesMons in total, with a minimum of 4 in the block you are applying for
• The CORE assessment: Please answer all quesMons within the 200 word limit per quesMon • The 16 PersonaliMes test result (hBps://www.16personaliMes.com/) • A video (max. 3 min) in which you introduce yourself as MC candidate and summarise your applicaMon • Send the applicaMon as a WeTransfer file to roman.shcherbatyy@aiesec.net • The applicaMon should not exceed 10 pages for the 13 quesMons (not including the blank page challenge, the CORE assessment and personality test) The en&re applica&on must be in English. MCVP SelecIon rounds You will need to go through three selecMon rounds, each round consisMng of one interview. Prior to the start of interview rounds, the selecMon commiBee will go through the enMre applicaMon package and determine whether the applicaMon is suitable to be admiBed to the interviews. Aner each interview you will be informed whether you move on to the next interview. This means that if you go through the complete process you will have three interviews. The interviews will be conducted by the MC of 16.17 and the Board of Directors. During the interviews you will be assessed on: • MoMvaMon
• OrganizaMonal understanding & vision • CORE competencies • AnalyMcal skills
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Contact Details We very much encourage you to contact MC members and alumni to create a beBer understanding of AIESEC in the Netherlands. We recommend applicants to do this in order to successfully complete the quesMonnaire. Please do not hesitate to reach out to MC 2016-2017 if you have further quesMons:
Name
Function
Phone number
Email address
Roman Shcherbatyy
MCP
+31683702071
roman.shcherbatyy@aiesec.net
Thijmen Calis
MCVP FIM
+31642665015
thijmen.calis@aiesec.net
Margriet van Gils
MCVP KAM
+31614626300
margriet.vangils@aiesec.net
Lian Tolner
MCVP MKT
+31627264686
lian.tolner@aiesec.net
Marc Latour
MCVP iGT
+31639799313
marc.latour@aiesec.net
Daley van de Sande
MCVP oGV
+31619889265
daley.vdsande@aiesec.net
Anje Knottnerus
MCVP oGT
+31683593043
anje.knottnerus@aiesec.net
On behalf of MC 16.17:
Good luck!
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General Ques<onnaire MoIvaIon, leadership and organisaIonal understanding 1. What is your moMvaMon to apply for the MC of AIESEC in the Netherlands? And, specifically, the funcMon(s) you are applying for? 2.
What are your key strengths and key weaknesses and how would these help or challenge you in your MC term?
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Why should you be selected as MC of AIESEC in the Netherlands in 2017-2018?
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Define your team management strategy and leadership style. How would you lead a team?
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Please explain the AIESEC Way, AIESEC 2020, the BHAG and the AIESEC Experience, and how they connect/relate to one another.
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Where do you envision AIESEC in the Netherlands to be in 2020?
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Specific Ques<onnaire Finance and Information Management 1. Given a decline in MC reserves and an increase in the average LC reserves what problems do you foresee and which steps would you take to find a soluMon? Please provide a list of general soluMons to tackle the problems. 2. One of the strategies for 2017 for the LCVP FER is: improving impact of investments on the number of exchanges. Please provide your vision on this focus area and explain how you will guide the LCVP FERs to make it successful. 3. Please outline the main online plaaorms that we use as AIESEC in the Netherlands. Please explain what you see as the most important steps we need to take unMl the end of 2016-2017 term to ensure successful transiMon toward a more digital organizaMon. 4. What do you see as the role of Salesforce in AIESEC in the Netherlands. What is your vision for the future of Salesforce? 5. How do you see the role of the MC VP Finance, including Mme division between the different responsibiliMes?
Organizational Development 1. Create a general profile of the LCs of AIESEC in the Netherlands divided into groups by focus program taking into account exchange performance, members producMvity, financial sustainability and organizaMonal culture. What would be your strategy and prioriMes to support each group’s development. 2. How would you support the LCs with regards to performance management, strategy management, and team management? 3. What would you start/stop/conMnue in order to improve the experience of our members 4. How can we ensure that every single experience we are providing is developing leadership, is equipped with the inner and outer journey, and is fulfilling team standards 5. Please outline a strategy with acMon steps and a Mmeline, to increase member producMvity in AIESEC in the Netherlands?
B2B 1. Analyze the current state of iGT using a SWOT analysis. Shortly clarify the key strengths, weaknesses, opportuniMes, and threats. 2. Define the best development opportuniMes for iGT. Which one(s) will you focus on in your term and why? 3. How will you make sure that the business unit grows in both performance and value delivery in your term? 4. What is the role of B2B markeMng in the development of iGT? 5. If you are selected as MCVP iGT in the term 17/18, would you start running iGE? If yes, how? If no, why not?
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B2C Please dis&nguish answers for oGV and oGT. If you are applying for both, answer every ques&on separately for both func&ons.
1. Evaluate the current B2C structure on both the LC and MC level. What would you start, stop and conMnue? 2. Perform a SWOT-analysis for oGV and/or oGT. What would be your 3 main focuses for the upcoming term? 3. Create an IR strategy for oGV and/or oGT that will lead to growth in numbers and the impact we make through our oGV experiences. How will you ensure implementaMon and conMnuity? 4. Please assess the current state of our website and main social media channels. In your opinion. what are the next steps in evolving our social networks and our website? 5. In August 2016, AIESEC in the Netherlands has opened up its exchange products for students from UniversiMes of Applied Science (HBO). UnMl now, we have only pursued a passive markeMng strategy. Given the size and potenMal of the new market, what would be your strategy for expanding into this market given the limited resources with respect to HR that we currently face?
Sales 1. Describe the current state of our external market, non-exchange products, and measurements of success. 2. What do you see as the value proposiMon and unique selling point for each non-exchange product for AIESEC and for Talent Partners? 3. Describe the ďŹ ve strategic partnerships you would like to acquire for AIESEC in the Netherlands. Why, and how would you pursue these? 4. Describe the current state of iGT in the Netherlands in terms of our products, markets, and measurements of success. 5. DeďŹ ne the key growth strategies for MC level in iGT naMonal sales
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Blank Page Challenge In this secMon you are completely free to show your creaMvity, vision, and/or plans for your term as MCVP of AIESEC in the Netherlands in 1718. You can only use one page, but you can make it in any format you want (powerpoint, pdf, drawing) as long as you stay within one printable A4 paper.â&#x20AC;Š
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CORE Assessment Dear Applicant, In preparaMon for the first interview, we would like you to fill in this online assessment. In this assessment, we will ask you quesMons that enable us to measure the degree to which you possess the tested competence. The quesMons require you to give examples of the past in which you showed that competence. These situaMons have to be described by use of the CORE Method: Circumstance:
What were the circumstances of the situaMon or problem? What was the background and where did the problem/situaMon come from?
Opportunity:
Which soluMons/responses were possible? What were your opMons?
ReacMon:
Which response did YOU choose and why?
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What was the effect of your reacMon? This can be both posiMve and negaMve. This does not maBer as much, because not everything can go the way you intended.
Please base you answer on experiences of the past 2 years, both within and outside AIESEC. Limit your answer to maximum 200 words per quesMon. The competencies along with the quesMons can be found on the next pages.
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Adjustability Ability to adapt to external changes without compromising performance; adjusMng conduct to fit changed circumstances, expectaMons, and/or customs while upholding professional efficacy. Q1: Tell me about a situa&on in which you had to adjust quickly to a significant change in your life at home, at school, in a team or amongst friends. How did the change affect you? What did you do? Q2: Working with people from diverse backgrounds can be challenging. Tell me about a &me when you faced a significant challenge working with people from different backgrounds. What did you do? What was the result?
Coaching AssisMng others in strengthening their development opportuniMes through means of guidance and feedback. CreaMng opportuniMes to discuss others’ performance, progress, and mistakes; tapping into their moMvaMons to reach a collecMve objecMve. Acknowledging and accrediMng achievements. Q1: Describe a recent coaching discussion you conducted. What was the task? How, if at all, did you involve the other person in the discussion (e.g., offer sugges&ons, listen to concerns, etc.)? Q2: As a team leader or a member of a team, how did you provide feedback to someone aPer poor performance? What happened?
Planning and prioritizing IdenMfying which and when tasks, assignments, projects need to be completed; outlines the necessary steps of acMon in order to meet targets; plan ahead, adhere to schedule, prioriMze work. Q1: Priori&zing projects/ac&vi&es/responsibili&es can be challenging. Tell me about the last &me you could've done a beTer job of priori&zing a project/ac&vity/responsibility. What happened? Q2: How have you avoided scheduling conflicts when working on a project with several other people?
Taking action Pro-acMvely acMng on changes, problems, situaMons by readily idenMfying and taking the necessary steps of acMon; seeking opportuniMes to make decisions and iniMate acMon independently. Q1: What have you done differently from your peers at school? Why? Give me an example of what makes your contribu&on special. Q2: Describe a situa&on in which you iden&fied a problem and took ac&on to correct it rather than wait for someone else to do so.
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Emphasizing quality Consistently providing high quality results, monitoring work to guarantee standards are met. Q1: Tell me about a research project you did that made you proud. What made it so good? What was your role? Q2: Sooner or later, everyone comes under some pressure to sacriďŹ ce quality in order to get work done on &me. Tell me about a &me when this happened to you. What did you do?
Obtaining buy-in SMmulaMng others to commit to a project, plan, idea; delegaMng tasks to others, making them responsible for meeMng objecMves; gaining involvement by seeking input and individual opinions. Q1: Not everyone agrees with our decisions. Tell me about an unpopular decision you made and how you gained acceptance from others. Q2: Give me an example of a &me when you have inspired someone to work hard to do a good job. How did you do that?
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16 Personali<es Please include the link to your proďŹ le in the email. The test will only take a few minutes and can be found at www. 16personaliMes.com The link you send should include the scores for each of the categories, not only the descripMon. AlternaMvely, you can include a screenshot to your result in the applicaMon package.
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