HES Amsterdam Blog 2009-10-29T13:54:25Z WordPress http://istudyathes.com/feed/atom/ Eeke http:// http://istudyathes.com/?p=2086 2009-10-29T13:54:25Z 2009-10-29T13:52:16Z

<p>About two weeks ago a lot of HES students received an email from Mr Molenaars. In this email he asked us for our interest in competing in an international marketing competition in Canada. The best of all was that HES would pay for everything flight, hotel, food everything! pretty good huh? Of Course I signed up immediately. However, only five students can represent the HES in Canada and therefore a selection period is taking place right now.</p> <p>Guess what, I&#8217;m in the selected final 15 students! Now we are divided into three groups of 5 and we have to compete by presenting a marketing case this Monday. I&#8217;m gonna do my very best to be one of these 5 HES representatives in Canada.</p> <p>I wish all the other selected students good luck. and for the rest of you, I&#8217;m keeping you updated on what is happening during the selection period.</p> <p style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://istudyathes.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/MIMC1.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-2085" title="MIMC" src="http://istudyathes.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/MIMC1.jpg" alt="MIMC" width="566" height="850" /></a></p> <img src="http://istudyathes.com/?ak_action=api_record_view&id=2086&type=feed" alt="" /><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/hesamsterdam/~4/GcJZ3apLVhk" height="1" width="1"/> 1 http://istudyathes.com/2009/10/international-marketing-competition/ Eeke http:// http://istudyathes.com/?p=2077 2009-10-29T09:44:06Z 2009-10-29T07:00:14Z

<p>This looks like a famous piece of art but couldn&#8217;t survive at HES&#8230;&#8230;</p> <p><a href="http://istudyathes.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/IMG_0395.JPG"><img class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-2076" title="IMG_0395" src="http://istudyathes.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/IMG_0395-225x300.jpg" alt="IMG_0395" width="350" height="465" /></a></p> <img src="http://istudyathes.com/?ak_action=api_record_view&id=2077&type=feed" alt="" /><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/hesamsterdam/~4/KClgzGtJ1GY" height="1" width="1"/> 0 http://istudyathes.com/2009/10/photo-of-the-week-2/ Eeke http:// http://istudyathes.com/?p=2056 2009-10-27T11:21:25Z 2009-10-27T11:13:22Z

HAVE YOU BEEN ON EXCHANGE? OR ARE YOU DOING YOUR EXCHANGE AT THE HES? if yes, it is/was a crazy good time right? Why don't you help other students getting the same experience?]]>

<p><strong>HAVE YOU BEEN ON EXCHANGE? OR ARE YOU DOING YOUR EXCHANGE AT THE HES?</strong></p> <p>if yes, it is/was a crazy good time right?</p> <p>Why don&#8217;t you help other students getting the same experience?</p> <p><strong>How can you help?</strong></p> <p>The international office is organising a going abroad fair on November 12. Therefore, they are looking for YOU to help out and give other students info about your exchange period. Nobody can do it better because you have been there! (can&#8217;t be at the going abroad fair? you can still help with writing down your experience and mail your story to info@babylonix.com)</p> <p><strong>What is in it for you?</strong></p> <p>Everybody who helps out will receive a unique polo shirt and afterwards we&#8217;re gonna have a Borrel with free drinks from 15:00 to 16:00. So see you the 12th!</p> <p><strong>Wanna help?</strong></p> <p>Don&#8217;t wait check your availability and mail it together with your <strong>Name, Student number and exchange institute </strong>to <strong>a.n.g.wichers.hva.nl</strong>.</p> <img src="http://istudyathes.com/?ak_action=api_record_view&id=2056&type=feed" alt="" /><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/hesamsterdam/~4/nIOXIeRAnhs" height="1" width="1"/> 1 http://istudyathes.com/2009/10/going-abroad-fair/ Eeke http:// http://istudyathes.com/?p=2066 2009-10-27T11:57:31Z 2009-10-27T09:00:39Z

<p>This morning a police helicopter was circling above the HES again. Perhaps the official news will be the same story as last week when the police run in to our neighbours at ROC. They where looking for weapons but couldn&#8217;t find any perhaps this week they where looking in the HES? No I don&#8217;t think so HES is super quiet today&#8230;..</p> <p><a href="http://www.parool.nl/parool/nl/224/BINNENLAND/article/detail/264592/2009/10/15/Politie-grijpt-in-op-ROC-Bijlmer-na-vechtpartij.dhtml" target="_blank">click here for the Parool article from last week. (in dutch)</a></p> <p><a href="http://istudyathes.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/IMG_0393.JPG"><img class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-2067" title="HES and Police helicopter" src="http://istudyathes.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/IMG_0393-300x225.jpg" alt="HES and Police helicopter" width="300" height="225" /></a></p> <img src="http://istudyathes.com/?ak_action=api_record_view&id=2066&type=feed" alt="" /><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/hesamsterdam/~4/2c2UkDaa20w" height="1" width="1"/> 0 http://istudyathes.com/2009/10/will-hes-be-in-the-news-today/ admin http:// http://istudyathes.com/?p=2036 2009-10-27T07:53:49Z 2009-10-26T23:33:06Z

<p>We are looking for new students to join our board. We want to keep our organization young and fresh so we need your creativity and enthusiasm to make this big.</p> <p><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Why would you become board member? What we offer:</span></strong></p> <ul> <li><strong>Get to know lots of students from all over the world</strong></li> <li><strong>Organization of events<br /> </strong></li> <li><strong>Improve your managerial skills</strong></li> <li><strong>Real life business experience</strong></li> <li><strong>Network with students and teachers</strong></li> <li><strong>We are flexible (we are students too)<br /> </strong></li> <li><strong>Being in our board looks good on your CV<br /> </strong></li> </ul> <p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>Requirements</strong></span></p> <ul> <li>You should be business student (of course)</li> <li>You should be extremely social and easy going.</li> <li>Active in social networks</li> <li>International minded</li> <li>Committed to your tasks</li> <li>Be present at all main activities</li> <li>Be present at all weekly organizational meetings</li> <li>Business mind person, able to see or create opportunities</li> <li>Excellent communications skills  in spoken and written English + fluent in any other language</li> <li>Any IT skills always adds up&gt; MS Office, Photoshop, web designing</li> </ul> <h1>More detailed info <a title="Join Babylonix" href="http://istudyathes.com/join/" target="_self"><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;">HERE</span></strong></a>.</h1> <p>If you think you match this description, send us an email  to info@babylonix.com with your CV and we will get back to you with some other questions and probably arrange an informal interview.</p> <img src="http://istudyathes.com/?ak_action=api_record_view&id=2036&type=feed" alt="" /><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/hesamsterdam/~4/44MXntb0ivM" height="1" width="1"/> 0 http://istudyathes.com/2009/10/babylonix-looks-for-new-talented-board-members/ Eeke http:// http://istudyathes.com/?p=2025 2009-10-26T23:37:27Z 2009-10-25T23:35:29Z

The best way to find an internship part 2 (click here for part 1) Last time in part 1, I told you about my personal crappy experience of searching for an internship and this time it is starting to look better.]]>

<p><strong>The best way to find an internship part 2</strong><a href="http://istudyathes.com/2009/07/the-best-way-to-get-an-internship-part-1/" target="_blank"> <strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;">(click here for part 1)</span></strong></a><br /> <span style="color: #000080;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong><a href="http://istudyathes.com/2009/07/the-best-way-to-get-an-internship-part-1/" target="_blank">Last time in part 1</a></strong></span></span>, I told you about my personal crappy experience of searching for an internship and this time it is starting to look better. Other than that, it think I have got a few pretty helpful tips for you guys who are gonna be searching for an internship next semester. Like I already said start in time.</p> <p><strong>Easy way to make your email more effective</strong><br /> When you apply for your internship you might be sending companies an email with your full motivation letter and CV. On the other hand, why not just writing the most important things in the email itself without any attachment. Obviously, you should tell them that if they are interested you can mail them a full cover letter and CV on demand. Think about it, most of the time they just have a look at it real quick anyway, and why would someone open an attachment from someone they&#8217;ve never heared of? (just give it a try)</p> <p><strong>Putting yourself on the map</strong><br /> I emailed to the dutch embassies of several Asian countries most of them replied referring me to organisations for Dutch companies in the specific countries. In Singapore for example there is a website for dutch companies where students can put an add for internship opportunities.</p> <p><strong>Unusual experience</strong><br /> I had another unusual experience took place in a hostel in Guangzhou (China) where I was working on a HES assignment. A few hours before the deadline about 5AM in China I was finalizing the assignment and all alone in the lobby of the hostel (the only place with internet). Than a french dude came around because he couldn&#8217;t sleep or something. Well I started talking to him and it turned out he was running outsourcing business in China! PRETTY COOL! So after a while he told me quite a lot about his firm and over 15 years experience in Asian business. On the end, he said there would be an opportunity for me and we had some email contact later on. However, by the time it became pretty sure that I could work for him it turned out that I had some other offers as well. Yeah if you just contact a whole lot of companies there will be at least a couple replying and some of them may even turn out to offer you an internship.</p> <p><strong>How I got the internship</strong><br /> Finally I got the internship through just old fashion word of mouth, a friend of a friend of a friend worked at the company. So here the classic advice is to make sure you tell all your contacts you are looking for an internship and perhaps one will give you a golden tip!</p> <p>This is all I can say, don&#8217;t blame me if it doesn&#8217;t work out for you. I&#8217;m not a specialist either this is just my experience!</p> <p>Good luck with internship hunting!</p> <p>Got some better tips? feel free to comment below!</p> <img src="http://istudyathes.com/?ak_action=api_record_view&id=2025&type=feed" alt="" /><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/hesamsterdam/~4/PrfTBgpQhOc" height="1" width="1"/> 0 http://istudyathes.com/2009/10/the-best-way-to-find-an-internship-part-2/ admin http:// http://istudyathes.com/?p=2038 2009-10-24T16:02:52Z 2009-10-24T16:02:52Z

<script type='text/javascript' language='javascript' charset='utf-8' src='http://s3.polldaddy.com/p/2162570.js'></script><noscript> <a href='http://answers.polldaddy.com/poll/2162570/'>View Poll</a></noscript> <img src="http://istudyathes.com/?ak_action=api_record_view&id=2038&type=feed" alt="" /><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/hesamsterdam/~4/7fz_kSJyX8A" height="1" width="1"/> 1 http://istudyathes.com/2009/10/whats-your-favourite-club-in-amsterdam/ admin http:// http://istudyathes.com/?p=2031 2009-10-23T20:25:21Z 2009-10-23T20:25:21Z

<p><a href="http://istudyathes.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/ajaxx.jpg"><img class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-2033" title="ajaxx" src="http://istudyathes.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/ajaxx-300x199.jpg" alt="ajaxx" width="206" height="136" /></a>Last night Ajax beat Dinamo Zagreb by 2- 1 for the Europa UEFA League and 4 HES Amsterdam students were there to enjoy the game. These lucky students won their tickets by playing Nintendo Wii at the HES Atrium last week.</p> <p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>The match</strong></span></p> <p>Ajax had to win in order to assure the first position in the group and eventually easily qualify to the knock-out round. Dinamo Zagreb seriously sucked big times. The croatian team didn’t really attack and just focus on surviving throughout the game. Ajax attacked since the first minute of the game and Suarez as usual provoked a penalty which made him score the first goal already in the 3rd minute of the game. Good chances had Ajax but the supporters had to wait until the 80th minute to celebrate again. As always, Suarez assisted Rommedahl who just had to push the ball to the bottom of the goal. In the last minute, Dinamo scored but it only matters for the statistics…</p> <p>If you want to come to the next Ajax game, pay attention to the Babylonix emails, our posters around the school and most important participate in our activities.</p> <p>See you next time!</p> <p>Congrats winners!</p> <p style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://istudyathes.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/winners.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-2032" title="winners" src="http://istudyathes.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/winners.jpg" alt="winners" width="655" height="268" /></a></p> <img src="http://istudyathes.com/?ak_action=api_record_view&id=2031&type=feed" alt="" /><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/hesamsterdam/~4/OpuzhRVBJX4" height="1" width="1"/> 0 http://istudyathes.com/2009/10/hes-students-see-ajax-for-free/ admin http:// http://istudyathes.com/?p=2021 2009-10-23T08:03:21Z 2009-10-23T08:02:31Z

http://www.amsterdam-dance-event.nl/ Also this weekend...]]>

<h2>Amsterdam Dance Event this weekend!!! Check all about it in this website:</h2> <p><a href="http://www.amsterdam-dance-event.nl/"><strong>http://www.amsterdam-dance-event.nl/</strong></a></p> <p><strong>Any Saturday</strong><br /> Museumtrip: Muiderslot Castle (openings 12.00-17.00 hours in november &#8211; march)<br /> Adres Herengracht 1, in Muiden<br /> <a href="http://www.muiderslot.nl/default.aspx"><strong>http://www.muiderslot.nl/default.aspx</strong></a><br /> <a href="http://www.museum.nl/index.cfm/museum/Muiderslot"><strong>http://www.museum.nl/index.cfm/museum/Muiderslot</strong></a><br />  <br /> <strong>Going Out Saturday</strong><br /> <a href="http://www.thego.nl/netherlands_en_amsterdam-dance_35_24.html"><strong>http://www.thego.nl/netherlands_en_amsterdam-dance_35_24.html</strong></a><br /> 8 places to go.<br />  <br /> <strong>Sunday 25 October<br /> </strong>Chill at the beach Sunday hangover<br /> Dining, Drinks, Lounging (time 12:00 &#8211; 02:00) in: Rapa Nui<br /> adres Boulevard Barnaart 27, 2041JA <a href="http://www.thego.nl/netherlands_en_zandvoort_0_527.html"><strong>Zandvoort</strong></a></p> <img src="http://istudyathes.com/?ak_action=api_record_view&id=2021&type=feed" alt="" /><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/hesamsterdam/~4/35LX9egZNmY" height="1" width="1"/> 0 http://istudyathes.com/2009/10/what-to-do-this-weekend-2/ admin http:// http://istudyathes.com/?p=2015 2009-10-15T17:25:00Z 2009-10-15T17:21:14Z

<p><a title="winner Wii" href="http://babylonix.ning.com/page/and-the-winner-is" target="_blank"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-2016" title="whowin" src="http://istudyathes.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/whowin.jpg" alt="whowin" width="664" height="498" /></a></p> <img src="http://istudyathes.com/?ak_action=api_record_view&id=2015&type=feed" alt="" /><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/hesamsterdam/~4/LmBdKnhySbM" height="1" width="1"/> 0 http://istudyathes.com/2009/10/and-the-winners-of-the-tickets-to-see-ajax-are/