Work.Experience.Discover.

Vehzan is a Mechanical Engineer from India. In 2015 he did an internship in Germany which changed his life forever. He ended up doing his Master's degree in the Netherlands and is now living there even after his graduation. In this episode, Vehzan tells us about his journey and how he discovered the flexibility of German students in his first hours in Germany. If you are interested, please have a look at our website: https://podcast.iaeste.org We are aiming to release episodes bi-weekly. If you have any questions or suggestions, please get in touch with us via [email protected]

Kevin is a graduated Electrical Engineering student from Germany. The first IAESTE internship took him to Malta. He wanted to stay in his comfort zone he told Mark. However, that didn't last for long, because the second internship took him to Brazil! In this episode, Mark and Kevin discuss the differences between a small island and a huge city and how playing football in the Amazonas rainforest feels like. If you are interested, please have a look at our website: https://podcast.iaeste.org We are aiming to release episodes bi-weekly. If you have any questions or suggestions, please get in touch with us via [email protected]

Today's guest is Wolfgang Schreiber. Wolfgang is the president of IAESTE Austria's board of trustees and most importantly he is the founder of student-run IAESTE Austria. In 1989 he and some friends decided to make a difference. More than 30 years later, IAESTE Austria is one of the leading career fair providers in Austria and manages more than 100 internships per year. An all this is run by volunteer students. In the conversation, Mark and Wolfgang discuss the foundation of student-run IAESTE Austria and how students can benefit by being part of this association. If you are interested, please have a look at our website: https://podcast.iaeste.org

Kevin is a graduated Computer Science student from Austria. In 2017, he did an IAESTE internship in Japan. Our host Katerina talks with him about the process of his application and his experiences in Japan. If you are interested, please have a look at our website: https://podcast.iaeste.net We are aiming to release episodes bi-weekly. If you have any questions or suggestions, please get in touch with us via [email protected]

In today's episode, Elisa Calleja will talk with Mark about the new IAESTE A.s.b.l. website! Elisa is an IAESTE Malta Alumnus and in the new website project, she was responsible for the user experience and user interface. The new website was a common project between Elisa, the IAESTE A.s.b.l. team and BambooLabs from Croatia, a company run by IAESTE Alumni Boris Rausch! Together, Elisa and Mark discuss the new website and why it is important for companies and associations to rethink their web presence from time to time! Additionally, they also dive into Elisa's life as an entrepreneur! If you are interested, please have a look at our website: https://podcast.iaeste.net We are aiming to release episodes bi-weekly. If you have any questions or suggestions, please get in touch with us via [email protected]

Remote Internships are a new possibility to get international working experiences. Driven by the COVID-19 pandemic, IAESTE utilized remote internships in 2020. Our guest in this episode is Estefania Lopez. A true world traveler who worked with IAESTE A.s.b.l. as a remote intern. Mark and Estefania discuss the challenges of working from home and how it was to work on a remote team together with our Head of Operations Olga Legacka. If you are interested, please have a look at our website: https://podcast.iaeste.net We are aiming to release episodes bi-weekly. If you have any questions or suggestions, please get in touch with us via [email protected]

In this episode of our podcast, Mark discusses with General Conference Cahirperson Katerina Esnerova about her motivation to stay with IAESTE and her first experiences with the association. Katerinas job is to chair the General Conference which is the highest decision body of IAESTE. In the conversation, Katerina and Mark also cover Robert's Rules of Order, the parlamentary procedure of the General Conference. This episode was recorded during the IAESTE Annual Conference 2021 in Vienna. If you are interested, please have a look at our website: https://podcast.iaeste.net We are aiming to release episodes bi-weekly. If you have any questions or suggestions, please get in touch with us via: [email protected]

In this episode of our podcast, Mark discusses with the Head of Operations Olga Legacka about the development of the IAESTE A.s.b.l. support team and her own development with IAESTE over the past 18 years. This episode was recorded during the IAESTE Annual Conference 2021 in Vienna, which was held online. Only 10 people came together in Vienna to guarantee a smooth conference. All of them got tested every day and wearing mask was mandatory when outside the conference room. If you are interested, please have a look at our website: https://podcast.iaeste.net We are aiming to release episodes bi-weekly. If you have any questions or suggestions, please get in touch with us via: [email protected]

In the first episode of our podcast, Mark discusses with the President of the association Thomas Faltner about the people in IAESTE and the history of the association. They think about how strategic decisions are made in IAESTE and also recap the past challenging year. This episode was recorded during the IAESTE Annual Conference 2021 in Vienna, which was held online. Only 10 people came together in Vienna to guarantee a smooth conference. All of them got tested every day and wearing mask was mandatory when outside the conference room. If you are interested, please have a look at our website: https://podcast.iaeste.net We are aiming to release episodes bi-weekly. If you have any questions or suggestions, please get in touch with us via: [email protected]

Host Mark Feichtinger  introduces the IAESTE As.b.l. Podcast. As a student exchange organisation, which is run by volunteers, NGO or government employees or universities we are creating amazing stories. If you look at our website we have a section on experience reports, but in this podcast we want to go deeper. We want to talk about feelings, challenges, maybe fears but obviously the joy of doing something new. We want to talk about their experiences, challenges and learnings. In the end our podcast will be about stories from real life with people who took the step out of their comfort zone or who dedicate parts of their time to the service of those students going abroad. Therefore, I and other hosts will talk to the students who went on an IAESTE internship. We will talk to our employers and to our IAESTE executives. And we will talk to the student volunteers how they experience IAESTE. If you are interested, please have a look at our website: https://podcast.iaeste.net We are aiming to release episodes bi-weekly. If you have any questions or suggestions, please get in touch with us via: [email protected]