30 Apr 2017

CEMS Global Advisory & Mentoring Platform

If you really look closely, most overnight success took a long time. - Steve Jobs

Dear alumni
Behind every great career is a great set of mentors. The advisors on the CEMS Global Advisory & Mentoring Platform come from a wide range of jobs and industries and they're determined to help you succeed. Book a career conversation, resume critique, or mock interview with them today. Just go here.
Source: From CAA Newsletter.

Vojtěch
on behalf of your CEMS Alumni Board Team
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What to do after the summer? Plan of events - updated

Dear alumni
at the beginning of this year we were planning a number of different events - aimed at networking, cooperation with students, fun... Whatever you like...

This is the current version of the plan (update as of 30 May 2017):
28.1. Topic: Family and Career (already took place) DONE
23.2. Start of mentoring program (already took placeDONE
16.3. Topic: Business Owners (already took placeDONE
30.3. CEMS Graduate profile DONE
5.4. Drink (you can register here)  DONE
7.4. CEMS Gala (organized by students) DONE
11.4. Sauna (you can register here, changed date) DONE
20.4. Mentoring program checkpoint (via on-line questionnaire)
29.5. Topic: Prevention of burnout (changed date)
8.6.  CEMS Soiree (organized by VSE) + Mentoring evaluatoin
10.6. Yoga in the park

There are still some events we need to plan in detail: networking event (in May or later) and maybe something more :-).

Would you like to propose any other event? Or would you like to help us organizing these events?

What kind of events should we organize after the summer?


Pavlina, Vojta and Honza
Your CEMS Alumni Board Team
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27 Apr 2017

Tomas Laboutka as the April candidate for the CEMS Alumni of the Year!



The CEMS Alumni of the Year is a joint campaign by the CAA in close collaboration with the CEMS Student Board, which gives the CEMS community the opportunity to learn about CEMS alumni on a monthly basis and vote for the favorite candidate as the CEMS Alumni of the Year.

Meet Tomas, the April candidate for the CEMS Alumni of the Year 2017 election.
My passion has always been in trying to uncover the blueprint for building successful companies and discovering and developing talents. This drive enabled me to connect with CEMS Entrepreneurs, students and alumni around the world. It has resulted in 4 startups over the past 9 years in Europe and Asia.” Tomas Laboutka, on summarizing his career path.
Tomas graduated from the University of Economics, Prague from CEMS in 2010 with his exchange at Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University.
Currently he is running his own business as a CEO & Co-founder of HotelQuickly, which is a leading last-minute hotel booking app in Asia-Pacific. It offers travelers discounted deals at three to five star hotels in more than 250 destinations. HotelQuickly has partnered with more than 10,000 hotels to bring customers rates which are on average 28 percent cheaper than best prices online. 
He is a perfect type of role model to many current CEMS Students, who would like to launch their own business and make their idea come true in the future.
1. How would you describe yourself in a tweet? 
CEO & Co-Founder of HotelQuickly. Serial entrepreneur passionate about building great teams. An advocate of personal growth and mindful living
2. What are the three most important things that have personally shaped you?
  • You can find comfort in discomfort if you approach the unknown with curiosity and enthusiasm. Embrace diversity.
  • Grit and tenacity will help you weather all the seasons of life.
  • A purpose-driven life can be achieved through the clarity that comes with value-driven decision-making.
3. How did the CEMS network contribute to your professional achievements?  
We are a network of ambitious high-achievers. CEMS opened doors to successful business partnerships and life-long friendships. I founded two companies with my classmates, and through seminars with CEMS Entrepreneurs (which I co-founded), I was exposed to different cultures and perspectives.
4. What advice would you give to current CEMS students? 
Don’t be daunted by the big questions in life. Take action that is in line with your beliefs and values. Reflect often, and fine-tune your inner compass. Then repeat the process all over again. How successful you are in life will ultimately be the result of how well you master this process.
The voting for the Alumni of the Year 2017 will take place end of October among the CEMS community and will take place in our social media communication channels, where the winner will be announced in the begin of November.


Text copied from: cems.org

23 Apr 2017

A fresh new CEMS Alumni Newsletter: CEMS Brunch | CEMS & Brunout | CEMS Soiree 2017


Dear CEMS Alumni
let us invite you for amazing CEMS events and share with you key updates:

ON THE UPCOMING FRIDAY: 28th April CEMS Alumni Brunch 
8am to 10am, Home Kitchen, Kozi 5, P1. Link to the event
CEMS Alumni Brunch organized by the CEMS Club.



Monday 29th May: CEMS & Burnout (& tour at the charity auction)
6:15 / 7 - 9:30pm, Czech Press Photo Cafe, Na zlate 1, P5. Link to the event
Speakers: counselor Dominika Cechova, film editor Michal Dvorak, CEMS Alumnus Filip Riha
Registration: via email to cemsalumni@seznam.cz
Check the related exhibition Sance pro deti


Thursday 8th June: Official CEMS SOIREE at VSE
6pm to 9:30pm Akademicky klub at VSE. Link to the event

 Official gathering of CEMS Alumni, Teachers and Corporate Partners at VSE.

Update from the CEMS Community:
Pavlína, Vojta and Honza
Your CEMS Alumni Board Team

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12 Apr 2017

CEMS Roundtable: Students, Alumni, Teachers and Corporate partners brainstorming about the future of CEMS


  • What are the current business trends influencing the CEMS Programme?
  • What is the experience with the CEMS Programme seen from students', alumni's, teachers' and corporate partners' point of view?
  • How can CEMS address current needs of the job market and prepare alumni that will star?

These are a few questions that were discussed during the CEMS Roundtable organized by Vojtech Oplestil and Ladislav Tyll at the University of Economics on 30th March 2017.

Each core CEMS Group (students, alumni, teachers and corporate business partners) was represented by the minimum of 4 participants. The whole program was organized in a very open-minded and informal atmosphere, which gave a space to many discussion and experience sharing.

Below you can find a few notes from the brainstorming evening:

What are top business trends these days? 
  • focus on entrepreneurship
  • digitalization trend
  • increased competition of international business programs
  • need of hard skills
  • generation Y
How can CEMS address them?
  • Building strong CEMS brand by offering excellent life-long education
  • Minor specialization for CEMS students
  • Increased offer of courses targeting deeper knowledge of technical disciplines
  • Practically oriented guest speakers and lectures, e.g. real life case studies
How can CEMS Alumni Association support the future needs?
  • Building the CEMS brand by organizing regular monthly CEMS professional events (e.g. Friday CEMS Stage) focused on the hottest topics that CEMS community is interested in
  • At least once per year prepare big CEMS Community event with external top guest speakers
In the upcoming weeks, we will be gathering inputs from you, CEMS Alumni, about topics that are the most relevant to you, so we can plan the events for the 2nd half year of 2017 accordingly.

You can also have a look at the video with photos from this evening here

In case of any questions, let us know to: cemsalumni@seznam.cz

Pavlina on behalf of the CEMS Alumni Board Team