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MyAIESEC.net Frequently Asked Questions

1. How can I receive a newsletter for alumni?
Visit section “AIESEC Today” and subscribe to News for Alumni. You will receive notification by email when an entity (global, growth network (region), a specific country/territory, or a local committee) publishes a fresh news item.

2. How does AIESEC know where I am and how to contact me? (profile update)
Make sure that your “Profile” is as complete as possible. MyAIESEC.net is a smart system and it will connect you with other AIESEC members and alumni based on your interests, professional background and AIESEC involvement if your profile is complete. Similarly, with a complete profile other users of the system are able to find you according to the many different search criteria.

3. What is a wiki?
Wikis are allocated in section “AIESEC Today”. Wikis are AIESEC's main tool for knowledge management. It is a growing collection of pages that - if not set differently - can be viewed, created, and edited by AIESEC members.
Alumni can browse through these pages to see what is going on currently in AIESEC - wikis can be set up specifically to connect AIESEC members and alumni around specific topics as well. Alumni have the exclusive opportunity to communicate with other alumni only in the section "Alumni Connections"

4. How to link forums & files to wikis or groups?
First, you create a forum or upload a file on MyAIESECnet. In order to connect it to wiki, you copy the link of the forum or file in the wiki.

5. Where can I find a list of alumni associations?

6. How can I search for other alumni?
After login in the system, search for other alumni on the home page, in the section “Find a friend” or in the section “Alumni you might know”.

7. How can I hear about what is happening in AIESEC today?
After login, check the section “AIESEC International Recommends” on the Home page or visit the page AIESEC Today. On this page you can see the most recent news that AIESEC has for alumni, as well as some of the projects in the network that you might be interested in supporting.

8. How can I get back in touch with my old local committee? How can I find information?
To find contact details of AIESEC entities (national or local) you can check the global web site www.aiesec..org , select the country web site and look up for contact information.
Using MyAIESECnet you can search for wiki with the name of country, national or local committee. You can also search for specific people based on name of their role, in the “Networking” page.

9. Which events are happening for alumni?
Information about events organized by AIESEC can be found on the home page in the section “ AIESEC International Recommend- events”.
Section “What’s new” on the home page provides information about external events that might be of your interest, recommended or organized by alumni.

10. How can I promote my business to the alumni network?
“Alumni Business Directory” Page is the dedicated space for alumni to browse businesses that are owned by AIESEC alumni, and of course to register their own businesses to share them with the alumni network.

11. How can I search for a mentor among AIESEC alumni?
The “Alumni Market Place” page is the place in MyAIESEC.net for you to exchange information about all sorts of opportunities for connection to other alumni, which are related to anything from Funding/Investment Opportunities, Mentorship/Consultancy, Travel/Accommodation, Business Opportunities, to Events and Charity/Volunteer Work.
When you click on "Needs" you are able to check what other alumni are looking for. Of course you can also post your own offers or seek something specific - just click on "Add New" in the right hand menu.
Where can I find a database of all alumni in my AIESEC country/territory?
“Networking page” and “Find a friend” on Home page are the right places to search for contact of AIESEC alumni and members. Make sure you complete your profile so that other AIESEC members and alumni can find you when they run a search for contacts!

11. How can I support AIESEC financially?
“Donation page” is a place where alumni can contribute to specific projects or ongoing initiatives either on a global level, or locally. You can easily make your contribution by credit card through an online payment facility and thus help AIESEC to allow more young people to live an AIESEC Experience.

12. How can I close my account on MyAIESEC.net?
Profile?

13. What is the data privacy policy of MyAIESEC.net?

14. What are the terms of use of MyAIESEC.net?

15. How can I change my primary contact address in MyAIESEC.net?
Go to “Profile page”, choose Contact, click on “Edit contact information” and change the Primary Email Address that is used for the logging in the system, afterwards save the changes.

16. I forgot my password, how can I retrieve it?
On the logging page of MyAIESEC.net select the bottom “Recover Password” on the left side and enter your email address. Your password will be sent to the e-mail address you have entered. If you would like to change your password after logging in, you can do so in the "My Account" section of your Profile.

17. How can I invite other alumni to MyAIESEC.net
You know some fellow alumni who are not yet on MyAIESEC.net? Use the “Invite alumni friends” section on the home page to get them to join you – just fill in their name and email addresses, and add a little personal message.

18. How can I report a problem with MyAIESEC.net?
Support button can be found in the top right corner wherever you are on MyAIESEC.net, and will always take you to a page of the Support Centre that explains the basic functions. In the Support Centre you can also report a problem or suggest an improvement

19. How can I send feedback about MyAIESEC.net?
Support button can be found in the top right corner wherever you are on MyAIESEC.net, and will always take you to a page of the Support Centre that explains the basic functions. In the Support Centre you can also report a problem or feedback or suggest an improvement

20. How can I build a network of AIESEC alumni that work in the same industry?
Visit Networking page, go to search and select the criteria Development details and professional background. You can search people from industry of your interest and add them to your network. You can also create a “Group” of people who have passion for the same industry.

21. How can I change the privacy settings of the information in my profile on MyAIESEC.net?
Profile- settings

22. How can I communicate with other alumni around a certain topic?
In “Alumni Connections” page you can create and foster connections with other alumni - you can use wikis, forums, the file storage, as well as groups to discuss and share anything from business opportunities to the state of the world with other alumni. This section is reserved only for AIESEC alumni - if you would like to see and participate in the forums, files, and wikis that current AIESEC members are using, you need to go to the section "AIESEC Today".

23. How can I receive messages when interesting information is updated on MyAIESEC.net?
In your “Profile” page section “Settings” you can choose if you would like to receive notifications from MyAIESEC.net directly to your email, or the system inbox of MyAIESEC.net.

24. How can I email several alumni at once?
“Groups” are the perfect way to connect to other alumni and AIESEC members, and can for example be used to mail all its members at once. You can see all the groups that you are already a member of, or that you can administer on the landing page when you first click on “Groups” in the left hand blue menu.

25. Can I endorse businesses owned by alumni?
Alumni Business Directory is the dedicated space for alumni to browse businesses that are owned by AIESEC alumni, and of course to register their own businesses to share them with the alumni network. If you know the business or maybe the owner, and would like to endorse it, you can do so by first clicking on the name of the business (which will take you to the detailed overview page), and then on “Endorse” below the description of the business. Here you can also read the endorsements added by other alumni.

26. How can I offer different things like mentorship, accommodation, travel advice etc to other alumni?
The Alumni Market Place is the place in MyAIESEC.net for you to exchange information about all sorts of opportunities for connection to other alumni, which are related to anything from Funding/Investment Opportunities, Mentorship/Consultancy, Travel/Accomodation, Business Opportunities, to Events and Charity/Volunteer Work.
On this page you can brows in offers and needs.

27. How can I ask for different things like mentorship, accommodation, travel advice etc from other alumni?
The Alumni Market Place is the place in MyAIESEC.net for you to exchange information about all sorts of opportunities for connection to other alumni, which are related to anything from Funding/Investment Opportunities, Mentorship/Consultancy, Travel/Accommodation, Business Opportunities, to Events and Charity/Volunteer Work.
On this page you can brows in offers and needs.

28. How can I search for current AIESEC members' details?
MyAIESEC.net has its own networking module, which gives you the opportunity to keep the contact information of your personal network of close friends and acquaintances, that you would like to keep in touch with more regularly. In the search criteria you can search for AIESEC alumni or members while selecting criteria the AIESEC details and AIESEC Role Details.

29. How can I find alumni I may know?
On the home page, in the section “alumni you might know” based on your profile, MyAIESEC.net searches the database of alumni and shows here alumni that you may know. Click on “Refresh” to see new suggestions, or on “See more” for a large list.

30. My old Local Committee/AIESEC country/territory has since been closed. How can I register on MyAIESEC.net?

31. How do you give support to alumni to use MyAIESEC.net?