Here is Annual Report of AIESEC in Kazakhstan for term 2010/2011

2. A letter
from the President
A generation delivering on extraordinary
Home to over 130 nationalities, vibrant in its diversity
of cultures, races, religions and lifestyles and abun-
dant in the supply of accessible resources, the Re-
public of Kazakhstan has been reinventing itself as a
thriving nation since its independence back in 1991.
People, I would suggest, have been the foundation
for this change.
From an early stage in such transformation, AIESEC
- initially established in Almaty in 1989 under AIESEC
in Soviet Union - has positioned itself as a positive
catalyst in its due scale and scope, by being one of
the few opportunities for students and recent-grad-
uates across campus in Kazakhstan to explore
their leadership potential.
After AIESEC in Kazakhstan was formally recognized
as a separate entity in 2007, 4 generations found
support over the years in an increasingly collabo-
rative network of business and higher education in
order to undergo countless team and management
experiences, volunteer/work abroad through almost
300 internships and interact with 60 international in-
terns hosted in their cities of study. Our generation finishes its leadership term ensuring
a membership base of 200 volunteers from 7 cities
2010/2011 saw a new generation of AIESEC in the in Kazakhstan who shall manage a pipeline of ex-
territory of Kazakhstan being encouraged to place change participants and internships available in our
themselves within a broader context, that of greater exchange system that will also allow further growth in
impact in their society, by replicating existing projects, the volume of exchange experiences we offer in the
piloting new ones and taking bold steps to reach un- upcoming term.
charted territory in Kazakhstan, in an effort to trans-
late that intention into reality. And so we did. With this Annual Report, we invite you to go through
a summary of our initiatives and main achievements
Between July 2010 and April 2011, AIESEC in Ka- of the 2010/2011 leadership term. This is as well our
zakhstan surpassed previous records in numbers of way of expressing our appreciation and gratitude for
students going abroad for their internship in every our partners, supporters, alumni and members that
quarter of the period of reporting and found a new helped us Deliver on Extraordinary.
peak for incoming realizations in Winter that allowed
us to achieve, in 9 months, the equivalent to 1/3 of
the total of internships ever realized in our history as Kindest regards,
an AIESEC country. Eva Henriques
Member Committee President
AIESEC in Kazakhstan 2010/2011
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3. Content
7 About AIESEC
8 Our History
9 Our Approach
10 Our Exchange Processes
12 Our Associate Profile
13 Our Global Network
15 Generation 2010/2011
16 The Global Context in AIESEC 2010/2011
18 AIESEC in Kazakhstan 2010/2011
24 Financial Report 2010/2011
25 Best Practice Case Studies
29 Partners 2010/2011
33 Board of Advisors
AIESEC in Kazakhstan AIESEC in Kazakhstan
Annual Report 2010/2011 Contacts 2011/2012
Special thanks to: The AIESEC in Kazakhstan Member Committ- Member Committee Office
tee 2010/2011, our Board of Advisors and all partners, mem- Address: Tole Bi Street 42 N. 2, Almaty
bers and interns of AIESEC who contributed to this edition. Tel: +7 (727) 291 55 50
Web: www.aiesec.kz
The Annual Report is distributed to members and partners of
Member Committee 2011/2012
AIESEC. It is edited at the Member Committee Office in Almaty.
Saltanat Shamshiyeva
President
president@aiesec.kz
Alexandra Sawicka
Vice-President Outgoing Exchange
ogx@aiesec.kz
Karina Bisegerimova
Vice-President Incoming Exchange
icx@aiesec.kz
Steve Qi
Vice-President Incoming Exchange
lcd@aiesec.kz
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4. About AIESEC
AIESEC is a global, non-po- AIESEC envisions a world As the world’s largest stu-
litical, independent, non-for- where its inhabitants, not dent-run organization, we
profit organization run by having conflicts that arise enable such change today by
students and recent gradu- from cultural, religious or any providing the opportunity for
ates of institutions of higher other aspects of differences high-potential university stu-
education who are interested in Humanity - Peace - have dents and recent graduates to
in world issues, leadership the knowledge, skills and de- identify, nurture and energize
and management regardless termination to develop their their leadership potential.
of race, colour, gender, sexual communities - fulfillment of
orientation, creed, religion, Humankind’s potential.
national, ethnic or social ori-
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5. Our History Our Approach
In partnership with busi- These programs are comple- The latter is comprised of
ness and higher education, mented by the opportunity for individual discovery and
AIESEC has over 60 years of our members to participate in self-reflection, learning
experience in providing an a global learning environment circles, conferences/semi-
innovative development pro- that increases the intensity of nars, mentoring, virtual
cess through our flexible and their experience. spaces, forums, blogs and
customized programs. resource sharing.
50’s 60’s
After World War II, seven university Centered in Europe since the years of
students from different parts of Europe its foundation and with North America
start a pioneer initiative to exchange as a recent addition, promotional mis-
students between their home countries
sions are sent to Asia, Latin/Central Team Member Programme Team Leader Programme
during Summer to help promote cul-
tural understanding. AIESEC is found-
America and Africa to extend AIESEC
ed during the first International Con- to the rest of the world. Underlining everything we do is our funda- We encourage our members to further de-
gress held in 1948. mental belief that the foundation for positive velop their leadership skills and those of oth-
change is society is people: people are there- ers through the concept of team building and
fore our bottom-line. management.
Our operations are entirely run by students Leadership roles in AIESEC are generated at
of higher education and recent-graduates local, national and global levels to serve this
who are able to build those sought-after skills purpose while ensuring the successful man-
needed to ensure their future personal and agement of operations and key projects.
professional success.
These experiences are defined as leading a team
From an early stage, our members are intro- of minimum 3 people for a minimum of 2 months
duced to a practical team experience, gain ac- with a defined goal and objective in mind.
70’s 80’s cess to a global network and engage in practi-
cal hard skills development projects.
AIESEC witnesses a renewed effort to fur- AIESEC broadens its services to in-
ther integrate the exchange experience to- crease the efficiency of delivery time
gether with member education and talent of trainees and meet the needs of stu-
development in order to prepare AIESEC dents that would graduate in periods
members in the business environment: other than June or July for European
projects are independently run at a local, and its surrounding regional countries
national and regional level to address spe- by starting year-round exchange. Global Community Global Internship
cific themes agreed amongst the global
network of AIESEC countries. Development Programme Programme
A more holistic view of the world enables our We pride ourselves in assisting our members to
members to incorporate new perspectives more specialize in a certain field of work, helping them
easily, see interdependencies and identify ways build skills that will serve them on their profes-
to positively impact any given situation. sional pursuits.
We provide a tailored and reliable recruitment We provide a tailored and reliable recruitment
and community integration process of stu- and community integration process of students
dents of higher education and recent gradu- of higher education and recent graduates for
ates for social and community development high quality and professional international in-
projects abroad. ternships.
90’s 00’s They volunteer in a company, NGO, govern- Our Interns have the opportunity to work in a
AIESEC is initially established in Al- AIESEC in Kazakhstan is formally rec- ment, university or other organization in areas company, government, university or other or-
maty in 1989 under AIESEC in the ognized as a separate entity at Interna- such as children’s rights, education, environ- ganizations in areas related to management, in-
Soviet Union, giving the first steps in tional Presidents Meeting 2007 (Egypt)
helping the development of socially and becomes an Official Member of mental issues, rural development and entre- formation technology, engineering or education.
responsible leadership within Kazakh- AIESEC global network at the Interna- preneurship.
stan’s youth. tional Congress 2008 (Brazil).
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6. Our Exchange Processes
Outgoing Exchange Incoming Exchange
1 Promotion 2 Selection 3 Preparation 1 Talent
2 Needs 3 Intern
Pre-selection Identification Selection
AIESEC runs promotional In order to meet both the ex- Our Exchange Participants are In order to meet both the ex- Hosting organizations identify AIESEC provides a short list of
waves throughout the year pectations of our Exchange Par- invited to take part in the Outgo- pectations of the hosting or- the desired profile according the most suitable candidates
in major university campus ticipants and those of the hosting ing Preparation Seminar, a 3-day ganization and those of our to their specific organizational and arranges interviews as
that aim to inform students of organization, applicants undergo seminar that ensures they are interns, the latter undergo needs from a pool of multilin- appropriate. AIESEC will con-
higher education and recent a physical review process to as- aware of the logistical require- a physical review process in gual students or recent-grad- tinue to identify candidates
graduates about our upcom- sess their suitability for going ments (physical and legal) to their home countries to as- uates that are highly educated until the hosting organization
ing opportunities to go on an on awn international internship work abroad, have specific infor- sess their suitability for going in their fields, have typically has selected the best match.
international internship. through AIESEC. mation on the country of desti- on an international internship 1-2 years of work experience
nation, on how to cope with the through AIESEC. and strong soft skills (through
pressures of living in a foreign their involvement in AIESEC).
culture and on the role all enti- Candidates are available for
ties will play throughout their in- periods of 6 to 52 weeks with
ternational internship. the potential to start and end
at any time of the year as
they are not tied to any aca-
demic calendar.
4 Matching 5 Integration 6 Re- 4 Pre-arrival 5 Community 6 Ongoing
integration services Integration Servicing
The selected applicants gain AIESEC supports Exchange AIESEC supports Exchange Once an intern is selected Our community integration AIESEC facilitates service
access to our database of over Participants through their Participants through their ex- by the hosting organization, process enables interns to evaluations for the hosting
5000 international internships experience by providing on- perience after their interna- AIESEC takes care of all the easily adjust to working and organization and the intern
for which they are offered the going guidance and advice tional internship by helping logistics including preliminary living in Kazakhstan, ensur- before, during and after the
opportunity to apply at any before and during their inter- their process of re-entry to arrangements for VISA, ac- ing their immediate contribu- internship. AIESEC is com-
time and start and end dates national internship including the home culture and environ- commodation and bank ac- tion to the workplace (cultural mitted to ongoing communi-
can be tailored to suit their sufficient planning in advance ment with basis on standard count and airport pick-up. preparation, VISA arrange- cation for receiving and re-
availability (anytime between via e-mail, preliminary ar- activities that aim to capture ments, accommodation, bank sponding to feedback.
6 to 72 weeks). rangements for VISA, accom- the experience of exchange account, airport pickup and
modation and bank accounts and inform them about up- participation in AIESEC activi-
and our support network of coming opportunities. ties along the intern’s stay).
experienced advisors and
trustees, who help us ensure
the safety and well-being of
all exchange participants is
considered appropriately.
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7. Our Associate Profile
New Zealand
Global Mindet
Works effectively with individuals of di-
verse cultures, styles and abilities, capi-
talizing on their insights and ideas and
challenging own opinion.
Japan
Entrepreneurial Outlook
Comes up with innovative approaches
Australia
in order to increase performance and
North Korea
Philippines
South Korea
builds on interpersonal relations to en-
Taiwan
gage others towards achievement of
Hong Kong
common goals.
Indonesia
Vietnam
Malaysia
Social Responsibility
Cambodia
Mongolia
Demonstrates personal commitment for
Thailand
China
Singapore
innovative solutions to address societal
needs and issues and inspires others to
Bangladesh
Russia
take action, keeping in mind the long-
Sri Lanka
term consequences of present actions.
Kyrgyzstan
India
Emotional Intelligence
Tajikistan
Shows ability to empathize and sense
Kazakhstan
others’ feelings and perspectives and
Pakistan
Iran Afghanistan
United Arab
establishes good interpersonal relation-
Emirates
Mauritius
ships by helping people feel valued, ap-
Oman
Bahrain Qatar
preciated, supported and involved.
Abu Dhabi
Azerbaijan
Proactive Learning
Arabia
Saudi
Ababa
Macedonia Armenia
Botswana Mozambique
Seeks and uses feedback and other
Moldova
Ethiopia
Jordan
Bulgaria Georgia
Rwanda Kenya
sources of information to identify and
Turkey
Tanzania
Uganda
act on appropriate areas for own devel-
Zimbabwe
Slovakia Ukraine
Egypt
Slovenia Romania
opment and facilitates the development
Malta Greece
South Africa
Finland
Estonia
Latvia
Lithuania
of others by helping them to identify
Austria Hungary
Serbia
Germany Czech
their strengths, and opportunities to
Poland
Sweden
Angola
capitalize on them.
Croatia
Cameroon
Italy
Bosnia-Herzegovina
Gabon
Norway
Tunisia
Denmark
The Netherlands
Nigeria
Togo
Switzerland
France
Algeria
Benin
United Kingdom
Ghana
“My motto has always been not “I am now 26, have been President “I would recommend AIESEC because
Belgium
Morocco
Spain
Cote d'Ivoire
to lose precious moments of life. of an AIESEC chapter at my Univer- the organization gave me the oppor-
Mauritania
Portugal
Guinea
Irland
When you are young, ambitious sity, was then President of the Na- tunity to develop myself professionally
Iceland
and energetic, it is perhaps espe- tional AIESEC chapter of Kazakhstan and personally, through different roles
Senegal
Our Global Network
cially true. And I know very few and later Central Asia and Caucasus and realities; to work with diverse peo-
opportunities other than AIESEC Coordinator. These positions and re- ple from different backgrounds and
to be such an excellent play- sponsibilities I undertook over the countries, with much more experience
ground to try, fail, learn and suc- course of little more than 4 years than me who were willing to guide me;
ceed. AIESEC doesn’t allow you led me to garner many friends from to impact on others with my work; to
Brazil
Puerto Rico
to lose your life. Instead, it gives abroad, to the point that the word travel to incredible places all over the
Uruguay
you friends for life. As it has giv- “abroad” has taken a whole different world; to meet extraordinary people,
Argentina
Bolivia
Venezuela
en to me.” meaning to me. I have also visited the ones that with time became my
Dominican
Republic
33 countries thus far, learnt a new partners, friends and family. AIESEC
Colombia
Peru
Deniss Rutšeikov language (Russian) and acquired a changed my life and helped me build a
Chile
Ecuador
Costa Rica Panama
Member Committee President taste for new discoveries. My newly- new perspective of reality, of my own
AIESEC in Kazakhstan 2007/2008 founded business derives almost ex- country, Colombia, and that of the
Belize
Guatemala
clusively from knowledge and con- world. With this new perspective, I am
El Salvador
United States
nections acquired during my work responsible for making the difference
Mexico
Western Europe and North America
and my achievements as a member and for creating an impact on society.”
Canada
of AIESEC.”
Middle East and North Africa
Central and Eastern Europe
Luisa Orjuela Urrego
António Henriques Member Committee President
Member Committee President AIESEC in Kazakhstan 2009/2010
AIESEC in Kazakhstan 2008/2009
Latin America
Kazakhstan
Asia Pacific
Africa
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8. Generation 2010/2011
As a very young chapter of the The Member Committee of With the team stand of Deliver-
world’s largest student-run, volun- AIESEC in Kazakhstan is the ing on Extraordinary, the Mem-
teer-based organization devoted main responsible for providing ber Committee of AIESEC in
to youth development, the trust, leadership to advance the organ- Kazakhstan 2010/2011 initiated
participation and collaboration ization’s objectives by gaining and implemented necessary
at local, national and global level understanding of and supporting systemic changes, set ambitious
are fundamental in promoting the implementation of interna- targets and supported every part
the efficiency, quality and sus- tional strategies, connecting lo- of the organization in achieving
tainability of our operations. cal entities, overseeing and sup- record-breaking results across all
porting the development/delivery our major organizational goals.
of local strategies and initiatives.
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9. The Global Context
in AIESEC 2010/2011
Exchange Participant
Profile
Membership Global Exchange Realizations per Calendar Year
AIESEC has today more than 800 local offices Between July 2010 and April 2011, around
in cities and on university campuses in over 12.000 students of higher education and re-
100 countries with a membership base of over cent-graduates went on exchange through
50.000 volunteers. AIESEC, out of which almost 3.000 had past
leadership experience.
Today, around 17.000 of them are currently Member / Leader
working as members of teams and the re- Profile Almost 8.000 of those went abroad as volunteers
maining are either leading a team or looking in projects (from 6 to 12 weeks) run in NGOs,
for their international internship (April 2011). Foundations and Cultural Institutions that would
address mostly the issues of Education, Corpo-
Recent statistics show that AIESEC members rate Responsibility and Entrepreneurship. Realizations per Leadership Terms
are between the ages of 19-24, approximately
55% of them female and 45% male. The remaining 4.000 went abroad for a pro-
fessional international internship mostly in the
These are students of higher education and re- sectors of Computer Services, Hardware and
cent graduates mostly from business administra- Software, Banking, Financial Services and In-
tion, international business and language studies. surance and Media and Marketing Agencies.
Leadership International Business
and Economics
Language Studies
Most internship candidates in AIESEC are be-
tween the age of 20-26, around 60% female
Social Sciences
and 40% male, and mainly come from back-
Between July 2010 and April 2011, almost
grounds of international business and eco-
16.000 out of our 80.000 members completed
nomics, language studies and social sciences.
Realizations per Pools
a leadership experience according to our or- (across Leadership Terms)
ganizational standards.
Today, AIESEC has over 13.000 active Team
Leaders (April 2011) involved in managing our
current operations and key projects at local,
national, regional and global scale.
Their backgrounds, age bracket and gender
ratio were consistent with those of our mem-
bers, although many of our Team Leaders are
on average 2 years older than those they lead.
2010 Top 10 Leadership 2010 Top 10 Membership 2010 Top 10 Exchange 2010 Top 10 Dual Experiences
Mainland of China 1325 Mainland of China 3600 India 3025 Mainland of China 383
Brazil 1192 Brazil 2984 Mainland of China 2458 Brazil 268
India 869 India 2680 Poland 1419 India 203
Germany 754 Germany 2650 Brazil 1395 Germany 102
Romania 511 Colombia 1966 Turkey 1389 Colombia 85
Colombia 434 Poland 1877 Russia 1123 United States 81
Poland 420 Russia 1759 Ukraine 931 Ukraine 78
United States 394 United States 1578 Germany 733 Japan 67
Ukraine 354 Romania 1427 Indonesia 622 Romania 63
Taiwan 332 Canada 1384 Colombia 566 Nigeria 57
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10. AIESEC in Leadership
Kazakhstan 2010/2011 Between July 2010 and April 2011, almost 26
out of our 200 members completed a leader-
ship experience according to our organization-
Leader Profile
al standards.
Today, AIESEC has over 40 active Team Lead-
Membership Member Profile
ers (April 2011) involved in managing our cur-
rent operations and key projects at local, na-
AIESEC in Kazakhstan has today 7 local of- tional, regional and global scale.
fices on university campuses from 7 different
cities with a membership base of almost 200 Recent statistics show that AIESEC in Kazakh-
volunteers. stan leaders are between the ages of 18-24, ap-
proximately 77% of them female and 23% male.
Today, 110 of them are currently working as
members of teams and the remaining are ei- These are university students and recent grad-
ther leading a team or looking for their inter- uates mostly from accounting & finance, busi-
national internship (April 2011). ness administration and economics & business.
Recent statistics show that AIESEC in Kazakh-
stan members are between the ages of 18-22,
approximately 73% of them female and 27% male.
These are students of hicher education and
recent graduates mostly from accounting &
finance, language studies and economics &
business.
12 Members
7 Members
12 Members 3 Leaders
7 Members 4 Leaders
1 Leader 1 Leader
3 Members 2 Members
67 Members 22 Leaders
7 Members 2 Leaders
Local Committee
Local Committee
Initiative Group
Initiative Group
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11. Canada
Poland
Germany
Moldova Kazakhstan
Ottawa Czech
Washington, D.C.
United States
South Korea
China
Mexico
Mexico City Oman India
Belmopan
Venezuela
Bogota
Colombia Malaysia
Peru
Lima
Bolivia
La Paz
Mauritius
Port Louis
Finance
Economics
Language Studies
Outgoing Exchange
Since its foundation, our AIESEC chapter has Realizations per Calendar Year
enabled 282 Kazakhstani students of higher
education and recent graduates to realize an
internship abroad.
As AIESEC works continuously with local busi-
nesses, schools and voluntary organizations in
over 110 countries, we have customized our
operations over the years in order to facilitate
year-round outgoing exchange.
In 2010/2011, as an effort to realize more ex-
changes, we have run 2 additional recruitment
Realizations per Leadership Terms
processes (4 overall) in most cities we are cur-
rently present in.
These resulted in 102 realizations in 9 out of Aigerim Kamidola, Nailya Sabirova, Yernat Yestekov,
the 12 months correspondent to the our lead- 21 years old 25 years old 23 years old
ership term: around 36% of the total of inter- Development Internship Management Internship Technical Internship
national internships ever provided to Kazakh- in Turkey in Sweden in Austria
stani Exchange Participants.
“Our international team of 40 “AIESEC became an impor- “I went for an internship in a
The great majority of them volunteered for interns representing cultures tant part of my student life: company that is our global part-
projects (from 6 to 12 weeks) run in NGOs and from 20 different parts of the I took a couple of leadership ner and one of the leaders in
Summer Camps that would mostly address the world facilitated discussion roles helping the organization the telecommunication market:
issues of Cultural Education, HIV-AIDS and panels and learning circles for to grow and become stronger Alcatel-Lucent in Vienna, the
Entrepreneurship. more than 120 high school in Almaty and later in Russia, main office, responsible for the
Realizations per Pools (across Leadership Terms)
students to raise awareness went for an international in- vast territory from Norway to
The remaining percentage of our Exchange Par- around local and global issues ternship in Canada and I am Turkmenistan. In just a couple of
ticipants did a professional internship mostly in and encourage them to learn currently doing my second in- months, I feel I have learned in
the sectors of Marketing, Business Administra- English. I learned a lot about ternational internship in Elec- the professional field more than
tion and Subject Education. what I appreciate in life and trolux in Sweden, a company a year’s worth of studying at the
what I can really be grateful that I would say truly recog- institute! My internship gave me
These were students of higher education or for. My biggest learning point nizes the potential of former the opportunity to look inside the
recent graduates between the ages of 18-30, from my internship abroad AIESEC leaders as I have industry, enhance their technical
62% of them female and 38% male, and mostly was that it is not about the been having the opportunity knowledge and get to know peo-
from finance, economics and language studies. stage, it is about the actors.” to meet many of them here.” ple in one of the most beautiful
cities in the world.”
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12. Realizations per Calendar Year Incoming Exchange
Since its foundation, our AIESEC chapter has
enabled 61 students of higher education and
recent graduates to realize their international
internship in Kazakhstan.
By being attentive to the fast-growing glob-
al supply of Exchange Participants, we have
Realizations per Leadership Terms
customized our incoming exchange operations
over the years to capitalize on the holiday pe-
riods, specifically Summer.
In 2010/2011, in efforts to realize more ex-
changes, we have developed new projects
with its realization during Winter Holidays.
Evgeniya Nedaynova, Eva Bruna, Gabriel Arredondo,
These resulted in 22 realizations in 9 out of 21 years old 25 years old 26 years old
the 12 months correspondent to the our lead- Originally from Ukraine Originally from Latvia Originally from Colombia
ership term: 1/3 of the total of international Development Management Technical
internships ever realized in Kazakhstan. Internship in Kazakhstan Internship in Kazakhstan Internship in Kazakhstan
Realizations per Pools (across Leadership Terms)
The great majority of them volunteered for “Although it took me one week to “As responsible for client servic- “This kind of experience opens
projects (from 6 to 12 weeks) run in NGOs decide as soon as I was proposed ing, one must have a strong char- your eyes and helps you to grow
and Summer Camps that would address most- to come to Kazakhstan, since acter, stress resistance, witty and in all aspects of life. Throughout
ly the issues of Environment, Education and the little I knew about the coun- fast thinking. I learned that in Leo my experience, I got to know a
Entrepreneurship. try was from my interaction with Burnett. My work included man- world totally different from the
former interns. My expectations agement of the creative process, West which expanded my view as
These were students of higher education or towards my internship were nev- eye-to-eye collaboration with our a designer and triggered new and
recent graduates between the ages of 18-30, ertheless 200% met thanks to the biggest client, participation in busi- powerful ideas that helped me be-
52% of them female and 48% male, and most- working environment I found and ness researches for clients’ and come a better professional. I have
ly from business administration, engineering my network of support, namely agency’s needs and being part of also shared special moments with
and language studies. the project organizing committee pitch teams for new businesses many different people who made
and other interns. And I will never in the agency. I think I was given me feel at home and to whom I
forget the view of the mountains great reliance and support from my am most grateful as today I feel
from Al-Farabi Street, Medeo and seniors to do the job. And I cannot myself a better person.”
Koktyube.” be more grateful for this amazing
one-year experience.”
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