MС 16 17 AIESEC in Russia| application booklet and questionnaire by Anna Konovalova

AIESEC IN RUSSIA MC 16|17 APPLICATION BOOKLET

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ADVANCE THE EXPERIENCE. BOOST AIESEC FOR RUSSIA.

TURNING POINT FOR RUSSIA. TOGETHER ACHIEVE THE IMPOSSIBLE

BELIEVE IN A BETTER RUSSIA. STAND TO BE THE CHANGE

MC 16.17

EMPOWER AIESEC FOR RUSSIA. GO BEYOND TO WIN

BEING AN MC MEMBER

OF AIESEC IN RUSSIA

If you are planning to apply for MC team of AIESEC in Russia, do not hesitate to contact the current MC team and elec;ons manager Elena Abakumova at email elena.abakumova@aiesec.net Deadline for sending your applica?on is th 17:00 GMT Saturday, 30 of January

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INTRODUCTION

This applica;on includes all MC roles separated by possible corners of MC team structure. In this applica;on you will be able to use all your crea;vity when crea;ng and designing it.

JOB DESCRIPTION This year we are launching applica;ons to be a part of MC team 16.17 without a specific structure. It will be defined by the 1st of July 2016. Keep in mind that first of all you are applying for the MC team that will lead AIESEC in Russia in the next year. All the candidates will be assessed according to 5 main blocks: 1. ORGANIZATIONAL LONG TERM STRATEGY & GROWTH 2. NETWORK MANAGEMENT AND IMPLEMENTATION STRATEGY 3. ORGANIZATIONAL HEALTH AND SUSTAINABILITY 4. STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIPS AND PARTNERS MANAGEMENT 5. ORGANIZATIONAL BRAND AND POSITIONING www.companyname.com

THE APPLICATION PROCESS:

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Bio: Create your own biography and share it with us.

You have just one limita;on, one page! For examples on how a bio can be structured, please search for the following examples: David Pollay, CEO of The Momentum Project and Traci Fenton, CEO/cofounder of WorldBlu

CV: Give us all important informa;on we need to know

about you, your AIESEC career, other jobs you have had, your contact details etc. You can use a maximum of one (1) page to create your CV.

Endorsement Leeers (6 in total)

-‐from the one you led within past year -‐from the one who was leading you -‐from the team mate -‐from any foreign En;ty (LC or MC) -‐Interna;onal applicants need to submit endorsement from MC of the current En;ty. Endorsement leeers should have the signature and contact informa;on of the person signing it.

Ques;onnaire: These ques;ons must be answered by

all candidates and should not take more than 7 (Seven) pages.

Blank Paper Challenge: 1 page and all your crea;vity

Deadline for sending your applica?on is 5 th 17:00 GMT Saturday, 30 of January

to share with us what is the biggest ques;on that AIESEC has today and give us an answer to it, make sure the answer disrupts the way we know AIESEC. You can change the system, challenge any paradigms and www.companyname.com unleash the poten;al of the organiza;on. The page © 2016 Je3abrik Mul;purpose Theme. All Rights Reserved. should be included in the Ques?onnaire ﬁle.

Interna;onal applicants should also submit the ﬁle with informa;on describing needed legal procedures for obtaining visa in Russia, challenges and possible ways to overcome them.

THE ELECTIONS AND SELECTION PROCESS: MCP elect decides on the ﬁnal structure and the posi;ons of the MC team 16.17 The MCP elect may choose the order of interviews and the ;ming of selec;on for the diﬀerent posi;ons. This may include selec;ng certain posi;ons before others.

All the MC 16.17 members must be physically present at the general transi;on which starts in the beginning of May. Excep;ons can be made to interna;onal members.

The elec;ons process will include speeches and rounds of Ques;ons and Answers. MC team candidates are elected by Full Member En;;es of AIESEC in Russia at the Winter Na;onal Conference in Yekaterinburg on the 3rd of February. Each candidate must be present at the elec;ons physically or virtually. Once the conﬁdence vote is complete, the selec;on panel will do the interviews with all the approved by the plenary candidates. The selec;on panel may choose to add addi;onal steps to the process, such as func;onal tasks etc. Once the selec;on is complete the announcement will be made to the plenary. www.companyname.com

ADDITIONAL NOTES:

The minimum font size for all the documents is 10. Late applica;ons even by a few minutes will not be accepted, no excep;ons will be given even due to technical reasons. You can create your own design. Make sure you create a separate ﬁle for your Bio, your CV and your answers. We will be expec;ng 3 PDF ﬁles in addi;on to the endorsement leeers. If you have any ques;ons concerning the applica;ons or the applica;on process please contact Anna Konovalova (anna.konovalova@aiesec.net) or Elena Abakumova (elena.abakumova@aiesec.net) as elec;on manager for MC 1617.

Deadline for sending your applica?on is 17:00 GMT Saturday, 30th of January

*Remember to include the number of the ques;on you are answering with your answers.

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GENERAL QUESTIONS:

1. What is driving you to con;nue in AIESEC? Why have you decided to stand for MC in AIESEC in Russia? What do you want to take our of this experience? 2. What has AIESEC done for Russia so far? How do you envision that AIESEC can do for Russia and the world? 3. What are you key main strengths and weaknesses and how will they impact your MC experience? What are your personal values? How they shape you as a person? 4. How do you see the role of MC in the year 2016-‐2017? Please cover the following points: Na;onal Services Delivery, Driving Culture, Leading the Func;onal Areas, Organiza;onal Alignment. 5. Please suggest the structure of the next MC team. Which role would you like to take and why? How your personal strengths and values will make you the best person for this posi;on? How will your professional skills will beneﬁt for you to be on this posi;on?

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SPECIFIC QUESTIONS:

Instruc?ons:

• There are 5 blocks of ques;ons separated in the roles of MC team • Each block has 5 ques;ons, in which the candidate will choose 1 ques;on per block to answer. • All of the blocks need to be answered by 1 ques;on, and the candidate must choose 1 block in which he/she must answer 4 ques;ons. • In total, the candidate will answer 8 ques;ons in the Speciﬁc Ques;onnaire and 5 ques;ons in the General Ques;onnaire for a total of 13 ques;ons.

*Remember to include the number of the ques;on you are answering with your answers.

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1. ORGANIZATIONAL LONG TERM STRATEGY & GROWTH

a. How could the MC team of AIESEC in Russia 16.17 ensure the alignment to the 2020 roadmap? b. What kind of behaviors and culture is our current MoS driving in AIESEC in Russia? How would you evolve the way we measure success and impact to shape behaviors and culture needed for 2020? c. How will AIESEC in Russia improve its programs and products keeping simplicity and customer centricity in mind? How will new AIESEC Experience inﬂuence that? d. Assess our current LCs’ structures, its opportuni;es and limita;ons based on organiza;onal strategy. How would you evolve our current LCs’ structures? e. Assess our current state of AIESEC alignment towards SDGs, what are the opportuni;es, threats and ac;on steps to be taken in term 16.17?

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2. NETWORK MANAGEMENT AND IMPLEMENTATION STRATEGY

a. Assess AIESEC 2015 implementa;on during 5 years of it? What are our main learnings as AIESEC in Russia for implementa;on of 2020? b. What is the most eﬀec;ve way to implement na;onal strategies in the na;onal network that is diverse in performance and reali;es? Please specify how could AIESEC in Russian increase the contribu;on of Tier 3,4 En;;es. c. Please assess the MC’s current implementa;on touch points and give a perspec;ve on how we could evolve them in 16.17? d. What are the main current challenges and successes to have a fast and eﬀec;ve network implementa;on? How do you see this evolving in 16.17 term? e. What are the main changes that you propose for the management of the network of AIESEC in Russia? What would be the role of OD model in it?

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3. ORGANIZATIONAL HEALTH AND SUSTAINABILITY

a. What does it mean for you to have all the LCs sustainable? Based on your answer, assess overall AIESEC in Russia sustainability currently? Why do you think that it is this way? b. What would be the key indicators you would measure for an overall organiza;onal health model? How would you collect data? c. What are the current biggest issues that LCs face towards being sustainable? d. What are the biggest challenges in ﬁnance and legali;es in the term 15.16? How are you planning to overcome them in 16.17? e. What are the main risks and poten;al crisis that might aﬀect AIESEC in Russia in the near future? How would you avoid/minimize the impact of them on the organiza;on?

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4. STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIPS AND PARTNERS MANAGEMENT

a. Imagine in 2016-‐17 you have the opportunity to develop a new strategy to engage and develop strategic partnerships. How would your strategy look like to achieve short-‐term budget goals (2016-‐17)? b. How AIESEC in Russia as a whole organiza;on have to evolve in order to develop more partnerships needed to sustain the organiza;on? c. How do you see the synergy of MC and LCs to work on the strategic partnerships together? What would be the role of external rela;ons on LC level? d. If you could keep only one current BD account of MC, which one would it be and why? e. Besides the current product por3olio, what addi;onal products would you implement to engage our partners in a more strategic and impac3ul way? State at least 3.

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5. ORGANIZATIONAL BRAND AND POSITIONING

a. According to you, what stories does our brand tell and what stories should it tell? b. How should AIESEC evolve its posi;oning in 2016-‐17 to beneﬁt from external trends? c. What is the poten;al of digitaliza;on (and digital marke;ng) in AIESEC? Make external examples to emphasize your point if needed. d. What is the role of Youth Speak in AIESEC now? What poten;al do you see in Youth Speak Strategy for AIESEC in Russia? How the project can evolve in the 16.17 term? e. What should be the role of Marke;ng at each stage of customer ﬂow? Considering that, how should the role of Marke;ng evolve on the local level next term?

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