24th April - 2nd may
TAble of contents BEST Institutional Support
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General Assembly Bucharest 8 Participants’ Profile
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Official Opening Day
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best career day
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Company Presentation. Workshop 16 Job Fair and interviews. Promotion 18
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PARTNERSHIP OVERVIEW
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BEST PARTNERS
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Contact
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Board of European Students of Technology BEST
BEST is a voluntary and non-profit European organisation founded by technical students based on their needs and aspirations. Since 1989, we have been strengthening the connection between universities, companies and students, thus supporting the latter in achieving their full professional potential. We understand that being able to interact with different cultures is an essential quality of a future engineer, therefore we encourage students to broaden their international experience and offer them the opportunity to practise their adaptability to unknown situations. Through its vision, BEST empowers diversity and brings students together under the same goals. Our mission to develop students has materialised in the shape of various non-technical skills acquired and trained through our events. We provide an environment which stimulates creativity, rewards self-improvement and enriches personal skills, all of these converging into a constant source of inspiration and motivation.
5 334
countries
96 + 3300
4 5
universities
active members
visible to more than
1 300 000
technical students
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INSTITUTIONAL SUPPORT
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GENERAL ASSEMBLY BUCHAREST 2014
BEST General Assembly is the largest and most important gathering in our organisation, bringing together more than 400 students from the most prestigious technical universities and engineering schools in Europe. The international management, the leaders of our working teams and of all local BEST groups will discuss vital issues and make decisions with great impact on the future of our organisation. Seven days of intense work, presentations and evaluations will be preceded by an Official Opening Day, dedicated entirely to our partners. Various activities, discussion groups, workshops, as well as an international job fair are bound to create a platform of career opportunities and studying programmes which will enable company representatives to directly target the innovative and internationally-minded students from all Europe. Also including the anniversary of 25 years since the foundation of BEST, this year’s General Assembly will be enveloped in a celebration of the incessant effort and dedication of our members, who continually strive to push further the organisation.
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VISION
MISSION
BEST SPIRIT
EMPOWERED DIVERSITY
DEVELOPING STUDENTS
FLEXIBILITY FRIENDSHIP FUN IMPROVEMENT LEARNING
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PARTICIPANTS’ PROFILE
More than 400 students and recent graduates with a background of international experience will attend the career-related activities. Companies can get in touch with open-minded participants from numerous fields of study, which range from science and technology to management and marketing. Leadership, project management and online teamwork are some of the soft skills BEST members acquire during their activity and internal training sessions, while growing accustomed to a multicultural environment.
strong technical background
self-developing students
leadership
&
project management
flexible and motivated
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internationally minded
active and responsible
online teamworkers
eager for knowledge
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OFFICIAL OPENING DAY
Marking the beginning of the 33rd BEST General Assembly, the Official Opening Day creates a framework of education and career-related topics by gathering representatives from universities, companies and other entities which cooperate with us in our actions. Institutions, partners and corporations are gladly welcome to take part in this challenge and become an active element in our endeavours to provide career support to the students. It is also a great context to get to know BEST, to witness our ways of work and to interact with our motivated members. During the Official Opening Day companies will connect with more than 300 BEST members and 100 European students interested in their professional future, in an environment conceived especially to fulfill both employers’ and potential employees’ needs: BEST Career Day. The participants will attend workshops, presentations and discussions meant to highlight the latest job offers and hiring opportunities in fields of technology, innovation, management, marketing and many more.
SCHEDULE Friday 25th April 2014 9:00 Official Opening 10:30 Company Speeches 12:00 Workshop/Debates 14:00 Lunch
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100
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local students best members
selected students by companies undergraduate students best members
16:00 Job Fair 19:00 Official Picture/ Closing 19:30 Cocktail Reception
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best career day
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responses from the participants were received
100 talented students from all Europe will be selected by the participating companies and will prove their personal skills and motivation during competitions, debates, workshops and many more. BEST Career Day will be promoted within the prestigious technical universities across the continent, targeting future or recent graduates who continually enhance their abilities and are interested in building a successful career. Each company will receive the CVs of the applicants and will choose the most outstanding students according to their own criteria of selection.
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Evaluation of last year’s edition The concept of BEST Career day is something quite innovative and very interesting. We have a real career fair where we can have enough time and space to meet with the people either during the job fair or for individual interviews as well.
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Sandrine Humbrecht, Talent Sourcing Manager at Veolia Water
55% of the
students
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are able to start a new job within the next six months
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With our presence in this event, we can really connect with the students, share experiences and talk with them about our job opportunities in P&G.
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Sophie Da Rocha & Anastasia Zisidou, P&G
53% of the
are actively looking for a
new/ first job
students
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Company Presentation Introduce your company in front of 400 internationally-minded students, by giving an inspiring speech or presenting your job opportunities, also mentioning your expectations from potential candidates.
Workshop Show your working methods and culture in your company through an interactive 2-hour workshop. During this dynamic activity, 20-30 students will either analyze a case study, find solutions in an engineering competition or simulate a business situation. answered that the
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65%
were motivated to apply because they wanted to find a job abroad
51%
8%
the international recruitment market
79%
the international dimension of the event
+60% of the participants
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new job is not
important, and they are fully mobile
applied to collect information about
applied because of
location of their
will only accept a job in a specific country
RATED THE EVENT 4 OR 5 ON A SCALE FROM 1 TO 5 WERE SATISFIED WITH THE NETWORKING POSSIBILITIES
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Job Fair and Interviews Interact directly and personally with over 400 future engineers who match the participants’ profile. Discuss separately during interviews with candidates selected in advance, answer questions regarding career offers and attract recent graduates using any type of promotional support within your company area. The CVs of all the participants will be available before the job fair, thus enabling you to access a large and detailed database with potential employees.
Promotion Partner
companies will be visible to the students by appearing on all
promotional materials of the
General Assembly 2014:
two pages in the event booklet one advertising page one page for an article company logo on the official banner website of the event company logo on web page with a link online brochure online job application form movie clip on website and at the location roll up poster during working days, job fair and company presentation posters promoting the job fair in POLITEHNICA University of Bucharest, if the participation is confirmed by 28th February.
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Platinum
Gold
Silver*
Promo
Company Presentation
PARTNERSHIP OVERVIEW
Workshop Best Career Day Job Fair and Interviews Promotion
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7000€
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5000€
3000€ 1000€
*It is possible to add a company presentation, only to silver package, for 2 000€.
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career support Partners
Supporters
University Partners
institutional partners PRO
VIP
With the support of the Youth in Action of the European Union
Roxana Adina Moldovan
Corporate Relations Responsible General Assembly 2014
CONTACT
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+40 752 435 626 roxana.moldovan@BEST.eu.org
Mihai Cepoi
Main Organiser of General Assembly 2014 +40 729 851 373 mihai.cepoi@BEST.eu.org
Raili Vunk
BEST International Corporate Relations +37 255 17 434 raili.vunk@BEST.eu.org
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