Intreview with Dominika Piotrowska-part II

What didn't you like?
To my surprise, I found out that Poland and BiH are quite similar, so I had no typical cultural shocks. of course the weather or food were sth I had to get used to, but it was not a major problem. Therefore, I might say I was a bit disappointed that I wasn't surprised by anything and maybe sometimes I felt really weird to be the only foreigner, the only person not understanding what's going on or simply just being different
Did your knowlegde which you gain in AIESEC could been used in your work here, in intershee?
The most valuable knowledge AIESEC delivers are trainings about tolerance and adjusting to new culture. It was also reassuring to know exactly what kind of help in everyday life I can expect from local committee members, what I can do in case something goes wrong (but that obviously wasn't necessary in my case). Soft skills I developed during my 3-year AIESEC experience surely also contributed to the fact that everything went smoothly
Did you feel lonely so away from home
Not really. I'm not studying in my home city, so I don't usually see my family too often. I could always contact them and my friends through Internet. And of course I made new friends, so loneliness wasn't a threat.
You have back home a month ago, all the emotions and memories should be on the place....
If you can will you go again on the AIESEC trainsheep?
Yes, definitely, but first I'd like to finish my studies. So in two years time I'll be again making the exiciting choice of the country I'll live in and the company I'll work in. But this time I'll surely decide for a longer internship, 2 months are just not enough!
Did you learn new words, song...
Sure I did, all the basic words and ukinuti ropstvo

I also found out that many words are similar in Polish and Croatian

and as for the music - I think I finally started to like turbofolk, although it's totally different from my other music choices

I definitely miss turbofolk songs at the parties.

What did you think about Bosia and Herzegovina and Mostar before and what do you think now?
I didn't know what I should think, cause there weren't too many resources on this country, it's not a popular tourist destination yet. As I wrote before, I expected it to be somehow more different from Poland, but it turned out not to be so
And about Mostar itself - I thought there were more tourist attractions
And now I think nothing very surprising - the country still hasn't fully recovered after the war, especially in economic and political terms and this influences everyday life
I am glad that we have this conversation, we hope that you visit us again. Yo know that you are welcome in Mostar.

Intreview with Dominika Piotrowska

Good evening Dominika, nice to talk with you again. Where have you been on the interseep and how long?
I spent two summer months in Mostar, BiH, a beatiful town in Hercegovina in Hercegovina osiguranje.
Can you describe your AIESEC experience oftrainsheep?
The AIESEC internship I had was a truly life-changing experience. Living in a totally new place, meeting people representing a different culture and, last but not least, experiencing another, not Polish, work environment made this two-month period one of the most eventful times of my life.

Working in an insurance company let me get a valuable insight into this sector and develop my professional skills. I spent most of the time in the international claims department of the company, but was also free to get to know how other departments work and help other coworkers in their daily tasks, which gave me an excellent opportunity to use my initiative. It was also a time for my personal development in terms of flexibility and tolerance or self-awareness and confidence. However, the professional experience was only one part of my life in Mostar.

In my free time, having met many sociable and helpful AIESEC members, I visited some of the most attractive tourist destinations in Hercegovina and Sarajevo. But the most valuable part of this experience was actually meeting people from Mostar, getting to know their attitudes and beliefs, their culture. Thanks to my new friends I now now have a lot of priceless memories from BiH.

Going for my AIESEC internship was definitely a good decision and I can recommend it to any student who likes challenges and wants to get international experience.

PRAKSA U EGIPTU!!! NE PROPUSTI JE!!!

Kao i uvijek, mi nikada ne mirujemo. Pružena vam je velika prilika da odete u Egipat i pritom zaradite. Više ne morate čekati hoće li vas u nekoj nagradnoj igri izabrati da osvojite putovanje ili pak godinama štediti da odete negdje izvan grada ili države. Pritom ne samo što će te zaraditi nego će te steći iskustva koja će vam uvelike pomoći u vašem daljnjem razvoju. Naime o čemu je riječ:
Sudjelujete u programu "yes" a to je egipatski PBox s ciljem stvaranja poduzetničkih odlika kod egipatske mladeži. Ruku na srce, zar ima boljih poduzetnika od Hercegovaca i Hercegovki?!
Što će te konkretno raditi:

• Regrutacija i odabir

1. Stajati će te na regrutacijskom štandu nastojeći promovirati program studentima na kampusu
2. Obavljati prezentacije na predavanjima promovirajući program
3. Razgovarati sa kandidatima
4. Izabrati sudionike programa

• Vodstvo

1. Voditi tim od 6 do 8 studenata s ciljem stvaranja poslovnog plana u 2 mjeseca
   
2. Određivanje timskih sastanaka sa svojom grupom
3. Trenirati svoj tim prezentacijskim vještinama
4. Donijeti poduzetničke konkretne slučajeve iz svoje zemlje i raspravljati o njima sa svojim timom

• Izvještaj i evaluacija

1. Tjedno izvještavanje aktivnosti tim projekt menadžeru
2. Evaluacija svojih članova tima svaka dva tjedna i slanja evaluacijskih izvještaja projekt menadžeru
3. Napraviti konačni izvještaj čitavog tima na kraju programa
4. Pomoći projekt menadžeru u pravljenju konačnog izvještaja o programu na kraju programa.

Svi zaninteresirani neka pošalju mail sa svojim podacima na aiesecmostar@yahoo.com ili pak dođu u AIESEC ured na Ekonomskom fakultetu. Nadamo se da će te nam bar razglednicu poslati iz Egipta. Sretan put!!!

Skupština

Završena je zimska skupština AIESEC-a BiH koju je organizirao LC Mostar. U OC timu su bili Filip Lasić, Irena Vrebac, Anita Primorac, Marija Knežević, ZoranaKnezić(odakle nje u cijeloj to priči), a njihov supervizor bila je Arijana Miličević. Organizacija je bila besprijekorna. Svaki LC je predstavio svoj rad u proteklih pola godine i planove za sljedećih pola. Izglasano je pridruženo članstvo Banja Luke. Nadamo da će Banja Luka što prije postati punopravni član. Mi im u tome želimo sve najbolje. Skupština je prošla u veselom tonu jer prvu večer svoj su rođendan proslavili AIESEC LC Mostar(drugi) te njegova LCP-ica Martina Rotim(damu se ne pita za godine) :P. Ova skupština je bila važna jer je dogovoreno mnogo stvari koji će unaprijediti rad ne samo AIESEC-a Bosne i Hercegovine nego i AIESEC-a LC Mostara.