International Day 2010
22 Apr 2010 | Posted By: JIBS Stories
At April 21 we celebrated International Day at JIBS. It was really crowded with lots of food from all around the world, guest lectures, amazing performances and more than 30 countries represented.
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Living the dream
19 Apr 2010 | Posted By: Maria Markenroth
By Nima Beik
My name is Nima Beik and I am 18 years old. I am a Canadian born citizen, but right now I am living in the States, Phoenix, Arizona. All I have ever wanted to do in my life was play football professionally. I started playing football at the age of 6 in Canada, mainly pee-wee type of play. Then I moved to the states at the age of 12 and that is where things started getting competitively serious in what I wanted to do in my future as far as football goes.
As soon as my senior year was coming to an end in high school, I applied for Jönköping University, a school which my mom found because my parents are also very much into football and how I want to make it to the pro leagues someday. Anyways, my mom found out that not only was the school free and it offered my second favorite major (Business), but it offered the 3 year European visa. What a perfect opportunity to take advantage of, to go play football in Europe, my only dream/goal in life. I know that some people usually say, “why didn’t you go to Spain, or Italy, or England, or France to play? Why Sweden, they are not so strong and they don’t pay so well?” Well that answer for you was already stated. You always need to start somewhere in life, and what better country than Sweden!
I am currently studying the BBI Program (Business and IT) and I am almost finished with my first year, which, quite frankly, was a breeze. Not only that, but only about 3-4 months after I came to Sweden, I signed for a Division 2 semi-professional club team called Tenhults IF. Our team’s goal this season is to move up to Division 1 and although we may be a small-town club in Jönköping, but we are a very well-known club with lots of talent. Also, this year was a big year for us due to the fact that we signed 9 new players, including me a foreigner for the first time!
I was really excited about this when it happened, and right now I can say that I am definitely living half of the dream. The full dream is yet to come where all I do in my life is eat, breathe, and dream about football. I hope this goal will be accomplished soon in life, but just a reminder out to all you people who read and hopefully enjoyed this small article I wrote: Never ever give up your dream or your desire in life. If you want it, you can have it, but it is not an easy task and you must always work hard 24/7. Usually my motto goes a little bit like this: Trying is always having an intention of failing, just do it with no questions or concerns and you will be successful and accomplish whatever you want with no worries or doubts in life!
I am really happy with so much of what I have accomplished in my life and I know that there is still more of an adventure to travel across. If it wasn’t for JIBS offering the quality satisfaction of what they offer to students still today, then I can definitely say, I wouldn’t exactly be where I am today, thinking and living the life style I am today, and being who I am today!
P.S. – If you want to read more about me, just check out my website www.nimabeik.com
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A step towards working life: Movie and pics from nextstep
12 Apr 2010 | Posted By: Maria Markenroth
By: Maria Markenroth
On Thursday 8 April, the lobby and first floor of Jönköping International Business School was teeming with mingling, discussing and networking company representatives and students.
Nextstep, the JIBS career day, gives the students a chance to learn more about local as well as international companies, and the companies in their turn can meet interested prospective employees.
33 companies from different sectors were represented at the fair, and guest lectures were held by Ivan Daza, creator and CEO of ”Blatteförmedlingen” (working with recruitment and employment in the leadership and change management), Camilla Ljunggren, CEO of SIFE Sweden and appointed one of Europe’s best young entrepreneurs by Business Week, and Daniel Tornberg, CEO of ”Advokatfirman för Marknadsrätt” (the only law firm in Sweden that works exclusively with Market Law).
Prior to the event, students could visit the nextstep website to fill out a questionnaire, which then was matched against a similar questionnair filled out by the companies. The idea is to help students to find the companies that are most likely to be interested in their particular skills and qualities.
The day concluded with a banquet and entertainment, as well as an after-party.
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