About the job
Together with two other guys from Holland I did an internship at Teckwin, Shanghai. The company of our internship was a manufacturer of large flatbed printers and ceramic tile printers. We had several marketing jobs like reviewing the website and brochures, participating with tradeshows but the main project was to investigate if and how the European market and the south American market could be expanded.
During the internship I discovered several differences in doing business in China instead of in Europe. In China the boss takes all the decisions without any discussion, they are very short term orientated and do not look back to the past.
About AIESEC
AIESEC supported us in advance, during our internship and with our reintegration back in the Netherlands. In advance there were several seminars about the culture, visa and entrepreneurship. During the internship AIESEC SISU organized several parties with other interns from all over the world, this was as great opportunity to discover several cultures but especially the Chinees culture. However AIESEC SISU is far less professional compared with AIESEC Tilburg, almost all the members were freshman and a lot of them were not from Shanghai. After a few weeks we knew the city center better than they did because they live the whole week on the campus.
About the culture
The Chinees culture is quietly different than the western culture, the first impression of the people can be that they are very rude. They spite of the ground, you can hear them eat and when you want to exit the metro everybody will enter the metro before you have the possibility to exit the metro. But when you know them better they are very friendly, it don’t mind what you ask them, they will help you. However most of the time it is quite hard to ask them anything because most of the Chinees people don’t speak English, but also with your hands and feet you can make yourself
Together with two other guys from Holland I did an internship at Teckwin, Shanghai. The company of our internship was a manufacturer of large flatbed printers and ceramic tile printers. We had several marketing jobs like reviewing the website and brochures, participating with tradeshows but the main project was to investigate if and how the European market and the south American market could be expanded.
During the internship I discovered several differences in doing business in China instead of in Europe. In China the boss takes all the decisions without any discussion, they are very short term orientated and do not look back to the past.
About AIESEC
AIESEC supported us in advance, during our internship and with our reintegration back in the Netherlands. In advance there were several seminars about the culture, visa and entrepreneurship. During the internship AIESEC SISU organized several parties with other interns from all over the world, this was as great opportunity to discover several cultures but especially the Chinees culture. However AIESEC SISU is far less professional compared with AIESEC Tilburg, almost all the members were freshman and a lot of them were not from Shanghai. After a few weeks we knew the city center better than they did because they live the whole week on the campus.
About the culture
The Chinees culture is quietly different than the western culture, the first impression of the people can be that they are very rude. They spite of the ground, you can hear them eat and when you want to exit the metro everybody will enter the metro before you have the possibility to exit the metro. But when you know them better they are very friendly, it don’t mind what you ask them, they will help you. However most of the time it is quite hard to ask them anything because most of the Chinees people don’t speak English, but also with your hands and feet you can make yourself
understandable. Another important aspect in the Chinees culture is status and one of the most
strange things how you can notes that on the streets, is that every man who doesn’t work with his
hands has a very long pink nail.
Some other thing that are typical Chinees are safety, ambition and non creativity.
Personal Impact
It is hard to describe how this experience has changed me, but I am sure that it has changed me. You have to ‘survive’ in a complete different culture without any help of friends or family, because of this I think I am more self-assertive and increased my social skills.
Will you recommend a traineeship?
I will recommend everybody to do an internship abroad, it is a great experience and it will change your life. A great place to do your internship abroad is Shanghai. I think that the city is really unique, compare with Europe it is very cheap but it as modern as the biggest cities in Europe. This combination makes it a really good city to live.
Some other thing that are typical Chinees are safety, ambition and non creativity.
Personal Impact
It is hard to describe how this experience has changed me, but I am sure that it has changed me. You have to ‘survive’ in a complete different culture without any help of friends or family, because of this I think I am more self-assertive and increased my social skills.
Will you recommend a traineeship?
I will recommend everybody to do an internship abroad, it is a great experience and it will change your life. A great place to do your internship abroad is Shanghai. I think that the city is really unique, compare with Europe it is very cheap but it as modern as the biggest cities in Europe. This combination makes it a really good city to live.
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