For my internship I expect challenges and responsibilities that can help hone my marketing skills but hearing some experiences from other students makes me worry. Fetching coffee, making copies of papers, cleaning the desks are some activities they have done for the span of their internship It’s very disappointing to hear right? I can comply with those activities but to just do those tasks for the rest of my internship is not something I want to happen to me. I want to feel that I am an actual part of the company and that I can essentially contribute something to the company’s growth even as an intern.
I know that they will give me a task that is catered to the lowest position they have in their business and Yes, I am willing to do and accomplish that task because I know that people should really start at the lowest point and work hard for every step they take to reach the top but I hope that in the hours of my internship they will give me tasks that I could actually feel that I am going up the ranks even if I am just an intern.
I am always by the book, all about the notes I have in school, always about the lessons we have tackled in class and now I think it’s the perfect time for me to learn how the real world works, how the business world move forward. I want exposure to prominent or high-ranking officials maybe through small get-together, departmental meeting and other activities. I want to observe and really uncover how they bring their company to a success. This time I want to jot down notes from personal experiences and from the lessons I will learn from the internship I will have in an actual company.
I want to invest myself in something that is meaningful and that can really help not only my future but also my personal growth.
Achievement is what you do best, so take the opportunity to do it. Fill your days with achievement, and give yourself the meaning and fulfillment you desire and deserve – C. Heller
Nice blog Ms Wyn, Hope maging inspiration yan sa ibang students... keep it up!!!
ReplyDeletethank you! :)
ReplyDeleteThis is really good! :)
ReplyDeleteCongrats on your first blog! :)
I just want to give you an unsolicited advice from someone who has done internship and has experience such (in relation to your blog.):
Yes, you are right. Interns are suppose to be treated as soon-to-be colleagues in the field. And the tasks to be given to interns like you are suppose to give you a hands-on experience on what will be your job after graduation. Now, if ever the company you'll be assigned to will treat you just as bad as trainees in fastfood chains (though I don't have anything against these trainees or these fastfood chains. Only, they are trained for something they didn't studied for), then you make the first move. If they can't give it to you, ask it from them. :)
There are other ways on which to ask learning tasks from them. Like, what are the tasks given to their colleagues in the company? Maybe you can try working on one of the basic marketing tasks (except for clerical tasks) so that they know what you're expecting to learn from them.
Hope this will help you in your internship. :)
And keep on writing!
You're really good at it! :)
Goodluck, Wyn! :)
i like it ms. wyn
ReplyDeleteit serves as an inspiration to everyone:)))))
GOD bless:))))
go go go wyn!
ReplyDeleteso proud of you na nakakapag-blog ka pa with your busy sched! ;-)
...and yep, i agree with you. nothing beats working your own way from the bottom to the top! at the end of each day, mas masarap mag-look back and say, i did it on my own! ;-)