1. International Internships Think Bigger.

2. Global Society • The World is becoming smaller and smaller • Technology • Outsourcing • Goods and Services • Manufacturing • Language

3. Going International • Growth • Branding • Market share • Employees • Different skills • Team dynamics • Resources • Not available in home country • Ideas • Different cultures lead to different mindsets

4. Going International • Integration of internationals has shown to lead to more success

5. Global Need-To-Knows • Assess the international potential of the franchise • Cost and ease of doing business in various countries • Competitors • Where do you want to expand to?

6. International Interns • Diversity • Foreign language proficiency • Different education, insight, and experience than US interns • Global perspective to the business • Eagerness to learn

7. International Interns • Global Markets • International intelligence • Navigate the nuances • Help target desired customers

8. International Interns • Save time and money • International internships programs help with sourcing • Top candidates • Less expensive to hire interns as opposed to employees • Dip your toes in the water

9. Interning Abroad • Expanding Global Market • Resume

10. Increasing Value • Flexibility • Going out of your comfort zone • Typically more adaptable • New work situations • Resilience

11. Career Benefits • Experience in your field • Learn different cultural, ethnic, and national backgrounds • Communicate effectively across cultures • Experience new ideas • Exposure to different language • Look at projects and situations from different perspectives

12. Personal Benefits • Increase self-confidence • Better understanding of personal strengths and weaknesses • Learn to creatively solve problems • Removed from their comfort zone and placed in a foreign environment • Make new friends

13. Getting Started • AIESEC • World’s largest student-run, not-for-profit organization • Facilitates over 10,000 international internships

14. Testimonials • Chelsea Baldwin • 2nd AIESEC internship • Currently in India • “[I] wanted to go somewhere totally & completely different from everything I was familiar with …” • Language barriers VS mindset barriers

15. Testimonials • Why she benefited the company: • Speaks English • “I'm able to provide them with really high-quality articles from a different perspective, because not all their customers are Indian.” • “I also write opinion pieces from an American perspective that the clients really like.”

16. AIESEC • Why AIESEC? • Huge talent pool of top candidates • Sourcing • Who fits your company best • Which company you fit best

17. Internship Opportunities • For companies: • AIESEC • World Wide Internships • InterExchange • For students: • AIESEC • Appalachian and the Community Together Office • ProWorld