Local businesses encouraged to bring international student interns on board

VANCOUVER – Businesses both small and large across Metro Vancouver can benefit from hiring international student interns for seasonal staffing needs, according to the local SFU chapter of AIESEC, the world’s largest student organization. These exchange students from across the globe bring university-level skill sets, strong work ethics, and diverse backgrounds with them. They also represent a low-risk, fiscally prudent human resources investment for virtually any organization. Best yet – it’s a simple, low-maintenance process to bring them on board.

AIESEC SFU has long recognized their untapped potential through its Global Internship Program.  In Metro Vancouver, a wide range of firms — including IT companies, financial services, universities, and consultancies — have brought on AIESEC Global Interns. This non-profit organization can help your organization hire international students to work locally, making the process easier and more affordable than you think. If employers need the extra help in time for summer, businesses should be looking into the process now.

An added bonus: Through AIESEC SFU’s Global Internship Program, local businesses don’t need to worry about recruitment, visas, or paperwork. Employers simply need to provide the job description, specifying their needs for unique skill sets or languages and AIESEC is able to source out high potential students and recent graduates from over 1,700 universities in over 107 different countries.

Culture and experience play a large role in how people think and solve problems. Businesses with international markets benefit highly from the value international interns provide. Candidates bring depth to existing teams through their international awareness, and inherent diversity. The Global Internship Program will increase a company’s competitive advantage by providing access to global talent, an otherwise difficult labour market to access.

This year marks the 15th anniversary of AIESEC SFU’s partnership with SFU Career Services. “AIESEC interns have become an integral part of SFU’s Annual Career Fair and we enjoy meeting a new person from a different country every year,” said Christine Gilbert, Campus Recruitment Manager for SFU Career Services. “International interns bring a different type of energy to the team. It’s great to share our cultures with each other and I highly recommend it for businesses.”

With over 60 years of experience, AIESEC is the world’s largest student-run organization in the world. AIESEC provides companies access to a global talent pool of the best and brightest young, globally-minded leaders from all over the world.  We offer a simple solution to source talent with specific skill-sets to work on highly customized job profiles and projects.

For more information about AIESEC’s Global Internship Program, email Christina Buiza at christina.buiza@aiesec.net or visit www.aiesec.ca/sfu

Contact:
Salina Siu, VP of Communications, AIESEC SFU
604-202-8168
salina.siu@aiesec.net