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__' ‘AIESEC exchanges business Students, ideas- Lil _ If you could sum up the immediate aim at Wilfrid Laurier University‘s MBEC clubinatew words. it might warlike a want Wanted: Waterloo Region businessmen to hire inter- national businas and economic students for work terms of at least three Finding businessmen who are willing to hire inter- national business students for work terms is one of the biggest challenges the fledg- ling WLU branch at AlESEC faées in the months. ByMarySupu-t [i/li 680 FAIRWAY KITCHENER AT COURTLAND MIME ts mmmu‘. ms KINGSWAY DR. KITCHEN“ om. few 744-41 " "metortttehttemtttitmal However. AIESEC is much mom than a job placement’ program (at business and economic stu- dents. 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Btssirt- and "-tiesttasue--att Ll all iri?firrs):r?) hasmttrtteeetqtemtittga tewrt-ttts.titettrertt, each year without pay. In return, they are-eligible to be_sent oval-gas as an exchange student to one of 53eountries. only one exchange student overseas this rear, because it has placed only one inter: national student, George Barros.1'n a Waterloo Re- gion traineeship. in AIESEC is on a volunteer basis. The students contact businessmen, arrange train- action from Waterloo Re. gion businessmen has been favourable. No trainee positions have been finalized. but local businessmen tsaimtemnised moral Mr. Barros has been ac- tive in AIESEC for four years. A graduate ot, a Manithn university with a Bachelor of Science de- gree in management, he MESEC is eiigible' to send Participation by business FARM .,t,,fijj1!ilii.iiti' a g. George Barros is the first international business student to come to Waterloo Region under the AIESEC student exchange program. has held traineeships in 'Nrkey, Germany and Canada. He says the ArEMixy ex- perience has been very valuable for him. "The main aim of AIESEC is to breach the gap between theory and practice. There are a lot of things the student can learn on the job that can't be learned in the class room." Part of the value of the AIESEC program is the cultural exchange of ideas and customs it promotes. Since AIESEC trainees often live together in uni- versity residences or frater- nity houses, the possibility for cultural exchange is endless. AIESEC exchange stu- dents contribute valuable business experience and knowledge to the compan- ies that employ them he says. "One Denmark student saved a Canadian company $250 with a new EDP pro- gram. There's no telling what can happen with high quality AlESEC trainees. “I think the most vaiu- able thing a student can con- tribute is an unbiased. third person view or critique of the company's sales pro- gram. product or market- ing procedures. This is hard for any company to buy." The cost of employing an AIESEC trainee is minimal for a company. The train- ees who are usually second or third year business stu- dents. are employed at Rummelhart Auction Sales Co. 744-9679 578-0060 KEN GARVEY Licensed Auctioneer in most AIESEC court- tries, the traineerare re- quired to pay their own transportation costs to and from the host country. How- ever, in Canada. the federal government will usually pay 75 percent of the travel costs for Canadian students after they submit a writ- ten report of , their work experience. "In Poland. a trainee may receive 435 a month. but that is sufficient to live on. In Istanbul, trainees earn $120 a month and in Canada around $500 a month," he the minimum wage of the country they are working in. Participating companies also pay a $100 administra- tion fee. Trainees must be em- ployed for a minimum of three months. but this time period can be extended up to 18 months if the company wishes to keep the student. “AIESEC has a lot of potential here because of the broad industrial and commercial base ...Cana- dian work experience is very coveted by international trainees." In addition to work ex- perience. the host AIESEC branch also "provides the trainee with social activi- ties and travel opportunities to areas of interest near the community. ' Although the WLU branch of AIESEC. is just begin- ning to get on its feet/Mr. Barros predicts a good future for the AIESEC pro- gram in Waterloo Region. will, (will, tij38)