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TABLE OF CONTENTS
1.

Living and working abroad

2.

EURES Working abroad

3.

A Cross-generational view on NXTGEN marketing

4.

International sales in practice

5.

Mining industry in Greece

LIVING A ND
WORK ING A BROA D
DIRK BUYENS VLERICK BUSINESS SCHOOL
DECEMBER 1, 2015
18:15

INTRODUCTION
OWN EXPERIENCES ABROAD

OWN EXPERIENCES ABROAD

VALENCIA

MINNEAPOLIS

3 months

Not prepared

University for 1 year

Did not master the language

Funded by government

Had to return because of wife

Few speak english

Culture clash

ABROAD FOR HIS JOB

BEIJING

15-30 days a year

Vlerick campus

Know the language !

Chinas booming economy

SAINT-PETERSBURG

15-30 days a year

Other end of the media

Media manipulates

THE TIMES ARE

CHANGING

THE WORLDS CULTURE

The world is flat

The world will never be flat

Globalization, borders collapse => world becomes flat

Key question: Being out there BUT have I learned something???

4 CORE
INTERNATIONAL
COMPETENCIES

1. LANGUAGE SKILLS
Good enough > perfect
Always TRY to express yourself in the language of the country will be
appreciated deeply

2. OUTSIDE-IN VIEW
Look at the world from the outside-in
What you regard as casual or normal can be strange or stupid
E.g. Belgian politics to foreigner

3. THE HOMELESSNESS SKILL

Going international
emotional stability to deal with shifting environments

Once you have left

You can never get the coming home feeling
Going out is easy, coming back is hard

4. SEEING THROUGH THE CULTURAL

FAADE
Breaking stereotypes
Get to know cultures values
Hofstedes Iceberg-model

5 PHASES OF
INTERNATIONAL
ENCOUNTERING

1.

5 PHASES OF INTERNATIONAL
ENCOUNTERING
I see the nationality

2.

I see a human being like me but different

3.

I see things that I dont understand

4.

I start to see patterns

5.

I?
You realize that it is impossible to understand a culuture
completely

HOW TO
I N T E R N ATI O N A L I Z E
THE CURRICULUM

IT IS DIFFICULT TO DESCRIBE HOW WET

WATER IS, WITHOUT DIVING INTO IT
Take a leap
Language challenge
Proximity advantage
Go to close countries (geographically), spot cultural differences

Pragmatic solutions

PRACTICAL TIPS

TIPS
Follow news, watch films, read books
Boost abroad experience even when staying
at home
Familiarize with internationals

Look for international experience

BEFORE,
DURING AND
AFTER

BEFORE
Think it over
Take language classes
No right or wrong place
Show interest and inform yourself

DURING
Reach out, take initiative
Show interest
BE OPEN MINDED
Act like a local

AFTER
Everyone is interested in your story for 30
seconds
Repatriation is harder than leaving
Behave amongst your friends, not above them
Reflect on yourself
Never forget the memories and experiences

REFLECTION

 Very good and captivating speaker

What I learned most:
Be well prepared when leaving
Act properly and enjoy while being there but also LEARN
Cope with the feeling of homelessness when you come back
Going abroad is a chance you should grasp with both hands, endulge yourself in
different cultures and this will prove useful in further life
Nobody can take away your memories and experiences

WORKING
ABROAD
MRS. VELDKAMP EUROPEAN ENVIRONMENT AGENCY
FEBRUARY 16, 2016
15:00

ABROAD

WORKING ABROAD
Be updated on needed information
Social security and other administrative requirements

Most people want to be expats

Work for home country but travel to other countries

Job demand is high, offer is limited

People look for experienced people

EEA

EEA EUROPEAN ENVIRONMENT

AGENCY
32 European countries
EEA= free movement of workers
No permit or visa required

Non-EEA = no free movement of workers

Work permit, visa and bilateral agreements required

JOB VS
INTERNSHIP

DIFFERENCE
JOB

To earn money

INTERNSHIP

To learn

HOW TO
PREPARE TO GO
ABROAD

PREPARATION
1.

Get to know the company culture

2.

What is the content of the job?

3.

Does the company have foreign applications?

4.

Do I have the qualities wanted for the profile?

5.

Do they offer growth potential

PREPARATION
Eures offers help applicants meet the company
Helps with the paperwork

APPLICATION
TIPS AND
TRICKS

TIPS & TRICKS

Make use of LinkedIn
Keep your resum up to date
Do research
Check the website of the application
on a regular basis
Only 20% of all vacancies are
published contact companies
personally.

REFLECTION

 Interesting presentation
Can prove to be useful in further life
Visually good
Clearly explained but there was few to no interaction with the public

C R O S S - G E N E R ATI O N A L
VIEW ON NXTGEN
MARKETING

J O E R I V A N D E N B E R G H I N S I T E S C O N S U LT I N G
MARCH 1, 2016
15:00

Different types of generations

The more Northern the more

progressive parenting and the
higher the percentage

The NXT Gen has the most influence on

the Food that is being consumed at
home (see next slide)

Generation Y sends more

Whatsapp messages

Nowadays we live in a
generation where we must
use emoticons or our
message could come over
negatively.

REFLECTION

 Interesting presentation
Very enthusiastic speaker
Lots of interaction with the public
A lot of examples
Loads of visuals

INTERNATIONAL
SALES IN
PRACTICE
E L I N E B L A N C H A E RT I N T E R N AT I O N A L A C C O U N T M A N A G E R AT
KLINGELE
NOVEMBER 10

SIGNIFICANT
MILESTONES

Launch
Evaluate

Build
market
structure

Find the
right
customer
for your
product

Send
samples

Experience
different
cultures

Completio
n

Keep
contact
with
customers

REFLECTION

 To me personally, not that interesting because there was no real new

information
Speakers level of English was a bit to low, lots of mistakes in grammar and
pronounciation
Examples of real life

Free chocolate at the end

MINING
INDUSTRY IN
GREECE
E L I D A M S KO U C ATA PA
MARCH 9, 2016
10:00

SKOURIES, CHALKIDIKI

 Small village
Half of village transformed into mining ground
No prohibition

2nd most important tourist region of Greece

Export products:
Honey
Feta cheese

GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE ON MINING

Profit is key, mining companies dont care
about local society
Mining = high profit margins
Open pit mining (with dynamite)
Forests are cut down to expose the ground of
minerals
Destruction of biodiversity

MINING IN CHALKIDIKI

 Eldorado Gold Company (Canadian)

Dont pay taxes to Greece
No return for Greek government

Lots of protests and riots

75 mln tons of toxic waste

REFLECTION

 The speaker was very engaged in the topic, she was an activist herself
Clear view of what the hunt for profit can destroy
Nobody really thinks about the impact a mining operation can have
Interesting seminar on the ethical point of view of mining

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