AIESEC and the difference
After two weeks of my real job I got to realize that I have lived in a dream while being in AIESEC.
True, I have held positions and took a great deal of responsibility.Still it felt like I was as if I was in one big family.I knew that whatever I did, even if I screwed up...they will forgive me.
Now it feels different.
I have to learn a lot of new things. I have to take the lead and search for the answers I need, as nobody seems aware of the fact that I am a bit lost. Here, AIESEC attitude helps a great deal. Asking, searching, being proactive...But if I was in AIESEC, I would have a person - alumni, or a teammember - helping me realise what is actually happening, leading me through my learning.It seems I have never realised that the words about mentoring,learning process and competency model are more than theoretical stuff. I just realise how important they are.
And the attitude. AIESEC is warm, like staying at the fireplace in a cold rainy day. Well, this is in most of the cases...We are trying to be business, but we are still holding on to our dreams that we can change the world. We are actually living these dreams, and therefore feeling like a huge family.
I remember that during my President term a lot of times I wished that people in the organisation worked as real professionals, made less mistakes, were more responsible. Well, now I miss the warmth of my family, in the real business world where everyone is so polite, smiling, yet rarely caring.
Labels: AIESEC, reflections, work

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