What does it mean for us being in MC?

”MC Estonia is like a professional playground. You are put in the middle of highly talented people, you are given resources to make change and all the rest is up to you!  If you are looking for a 5 years of professional and personal development speeded up and packed into one year, then MC experience is the ONE for you.

Being 25 I feel I have the experience of a CEO, CFO, organizational strategy, team development and the networks to take it all forward - and I still have the whole life ahead!

Why say no to such an experience? “

Kristina

“When I applied for MC position last year my main argument for it was that I want some link between my student life and adulthood. Right now I can truly say that working in MC has fulfilled this need. As I am not anymore a student, nor I don’t think that I am an adult also, MC gives a nice opportunity to combine those areas. So fun combined with work, I would say!

Though MC life is going extremely fast, there is a lot to do; I have learnt to plan my life and time (thanks to many trainings, people around me) in a better way. Although I’m working full time in MC, I still find time for choir twice a week, sports 2 or 3 times per week, for my personal life and also for some extra work beside MC. I do not think that I would have the same level of energy or the experience while working in some company as there you will be stuck in the routine quite easily.

For three summers I worked in big companies being the small nut in this machine work and I was never happy or satisfied. MC work is the first job I feel happy to go in the mornings as it develops me personally as well as professionally. Also I can really do something important for the community. Being in the MC you are a big and important nut! ”

Maarja

 

“To be honest - leading an organization with 150 members is just something really great! Some time ago I compared it to managing a company with 150 employees - in Estonia only small % of all companies are larger than that. Now I consider it even more challenging. Leading 150 people who work on voluntary bases - if I would be an employer in the future, I would consider 1 year of this experience fu**ing relevant and valuable.

Still, at the same time it’s like a hobby. Coming to the office every day and knowing that you can do the things which you like and want to do. Pure fun! Doing something for a purpose, e.g making world a better place to live, is the thing that gives meaning. MC experience gives a right attitude to a young person, no matter if you continue in business, governmental on NGO sector in the future

 Being 23 and being fully responsible for the partnership-based income of the largest student organization in Estonia - when entering to the university I couldn’t even think about this kind of possibility. Today I cannot imagine myself without that journey... ”

Marko

“While thinking of applying for MC abroad, I was sure that it will be a small AIESEC country, which is ambitious enough for achieving growth year by year and from where I can be developed personally, being in intense working and cultural environment! And I took the right step and enough courage for applying to AIESEC Estonia MC! Being an international MC in Estonia is very unique, as you are always being challenged by the situations and intense team work you have with people. One of the most amazing things I’m admiring in this country also is innovative approach to everything you do, no matter what! This proves also, that Estonia is one of the most IT developed countries in Europe and this has been also positively shocked me… Working as MC member in small AIESEC countries like Estonia is also valuable, as you are interacting very close with members and see how striving they are for new knowledge and development…”

Aika

„ Being part of the MC of AIESEC Estonia has given me many different skills and knowledge and I still keep learning.  I have had the chance to meet with a lot of interesting people from the new members of AIESEC Estonia to the CEOs of companies. I have grown as a person and I think that I really start to understand the influence this year has had on my life in the years to come.  Every day I’m happily walking to the office by the streets of Tallinn Old Town, because I simply like, what I do! If you find the thing for yourself that you like to do in MC Estonia then I wish you grab the opportunity! So you could also walk those cobble stoned streets of Tallinn Old Town next year enjoying the tourists and sunshine in the summer, nice breeze and falling leaves in autumn,  snow and a nice Christmas tree at winter and the fresh air in spring on your way to the work you like!"

Marian

I believe that the goodness of a working environment can be seen by how creative you become while working there. During the last six months in MC I have discovered that more often I leave the office in the evening with an idea banging in my head and shouting: "Lauri, that's fun, you have to make it a reality!". And by those ideas I mean both AIESEC-related thoughts but also ideas that will change my own future like business ideas, social campaigns, trainings and even one book idea.

Of course it's not just about ideas, but also learning to believe in them and making it all happen. MC work is full of small successes that in the build up a stronger, faster, funnier and of course sexier you

Lauri