I'd like to introduce myself.
Just about everyone who reads this will probably know me, but may not have seen me or heard from me in a while (I email about as often as I blog...). And I hate randomly clicking links on pages to friends of friends blogs and not have a clue.

So, most would know me as an AIESECer. While I'm glad to be an alumnus, I am no longer in AIESEC, because I reckon 5 years is enough time to discover and develop my potential. I had a great time in AIESEC, from University Relations to Corporate Marketing, Project Manager and Company Director (MCVPER). Yes it takes up time, but what worthwhile thing doesn't? In that time I've managed to stay in Prague, Netherlands, Indonesia and London. Plus delivered week long conferences to nearly 200 people! What 22 year old could say that?!?!? Overall it's given me a lifetime of friends (I'll email some after this posting...), great memories, a broken nose, the greatest high's and many, many lovely ladies.

But in all honesty, AIESEC gave me a better idea of where I wanted to go and what I wanted to do. And it provided a great platform to help me get there through the experiences and people I met.

And while I was doing AIESEC, I was also at the university for the real world, QUT. B.Bus(HRM)/B.IT(InfoSys), it's taken a lot longer than I thought it would, but in just over a year I expect to be finished! It wasnt all in vain though, turns out with some minor adjustments to my initial enrolment, 5 years later I still want to work int he area that needs both degrees and Im more set than ever on getting there! I want to assist in change management where large scale Information Systems (or ERP Systems) impact on peoples' lives. So I get to make money and make the world a bit easier for many people at the same time.

And finally, after a few false starts with a couple of companies I'm finally working again! While the graduate offers came quite nicely, unfortunately the part-time roles weren't as forthcoming. I'm now working as a Junior Pre-Sales Consultant for Technology One in their head office in brisbane. They're a really exciting company who make some phenominal software. My role focuses mostly around the Finacials system, and today I looked at my first tender (just under 800 questions!) and put together a Pruchase Requisition Workflow diagram. Previously I wouldn't have thought about a smaller (non-global) company, or an accounting system (preferring the HR side), but it seems like there's lots of challenge, opportunity and growth ahead. Global expansion, upgrades, presentations and pre-sales. sweet.

Labels: AIESEC, Brett Gibson, Technology One, Work