Tuesday, June 17, 2008

Why I love my job

In 1 year of doing AIESEC full time, counting 1st July 2007 till 4 August 2008 (when I officially finish as per my service terms), I will have

Visited 9 countries
  • Taipei, Kao Shiung, Tai Dong, Taiwan - July 07
  • Istanbul, Capadokya, Turkey - August 07
  • KL, Malaysia - October 07
  • Skopje and Ohrid, Republic of Macedonia - February 08
  • Sophia, Bulgaria - February 08
  • Tokyo, Japan - March 08
  • Guang Zhou, China - May 08
  • Jakarta, Indonesia - June 08
  • Next stop: Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam - July 08
9 moments of amazing conference experiences
  • Chair, Taiwan SNCF 2007
  • Delegate, International Congress 2007
  • Facilitator, Singapore Jump Start! Induction Conference 07
  • Facilitator, Asia Pacific HEROES Conference 07
  • Facilitator, Singapore NLDS 2007
  • Delegate, International Presidents Meeting 2008
  • Facilitator, Asia Pacific Exchange Leadership Development Seminar 2008
  • Chair, Asia Pacific EVOLVE Conference 2008
  • Facilitator, Asia Pacific Member Committee Transition Camp 2008
Managed
  • budgets that are in 5 figure amounts (SGD for some, Euros for some)
  • projects that have impacted more than 2000 youths from Singapore and around Asia Pacific
  • to attend enough company meetings and networking events to give away more than 150 of my name cards
  • to build a network of friends from more than 103 countries and territories in the world
  • to gain hands-on experience in project management, team management, budget management, external relations and marketing, PR, strategic planning and governance, coaching, website management and programming, talent management
Presented
  • A 2 hour discussion on "Youth Opinion in South East Asia" to a room of 30 HR professionals from companies around Singapore
  • Opening Address to a room of 40 youths and professionals at the "Business Leaders in ASEAN" Alumni Summit in Jakarta, Indonesia
  • Opening speech at AIESEC Singapore Gala Dinner, attended by 120 members, alumni and partners
  • Opening speech at EVOLVE Gala Dinner, graced by Mr. Baey Yam Keng, Minister of Parliament, and 100 other guests (members from Singapore and Asia Pacific, alumni and partners)
  • As part of panelist in a press conference in Jakarta, Indonesia alongside Mr. Hermawan Kartaja (one of 50 World Marketing Gurus, President of World Marketing Association, 5 times co-author with Philip Kotler)
all this at the age of 23 and 24 years old... what more can one ask for? :)

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