By Yeoh Li Ying
Come the long holidays, all 2nd year Communication student shall be interning in company’s around Malaysia, be it a well-known or ‘unknown’, everybody will just want to have time to learnt something from the organisation. I, for once also am anticipating to be an intern in a production house located near Petaling Jaya. I am also excited but at the same time wondering what the company will prepare for us. You know that you are scared and bracing on what the company will be expecting from you after 4 semesters in higher institution. Have you learned things and got the “IT” factor to be a successful intern in the said company? What will they expect from us? Have “the know how” factor to operate a video camera, to do post-editing and planning for a production? Or what about paper work? Preparing the company news release, creating an advertisement, doing a work plan? Or covering event? Writing a scene of what has happened? Writing an article to-be-published in the newspaper?
There are so many things. Yet have we really learned enough? Have the 4 semesters taught us well enough and push us to the right direction heading towards working life? Are we well familiar with functions lets say, Photoshop or etc.? We certainly don’t, but if we have the right attitude and mentality and show willingness to learned new things, I am sure we will be heading into a right direction in the company. My point is, as much as we might have learned in these four semesters, it is just not enough to make it to the working life just yet. Even with 3 years studying, it will not be enough for us. We ourselves, have to go out and work to know if we are capable in our career. That is why the opportunity for doing an internship is a good opportunity for us to brace the working world and learn from it.
Oh, and of course every organisation have their own style and way of doing things, thus bringing us forward, the *newbies* to learn their work ethics. And so we shall be learning their ideology and way of working, just like what we are studying. And after 2 months interning, we will be “hegemonised” by their working style. So, it’s up to us to want that style or dislike it. After all, we can take this 2 months to see what kind of organisation and style suits us. When we graduate next time, we could have other options to consider.
What we learn might not be enough and sometimes working life is cruel. Reality bites, but if we do have the perseverance to learn, I am sure things will turn out just fine. Let’s wait till 5th May 2008 and we shall know how we are going to face the working life. Happy Interning my dear friends! =)
**Wishing everyone a great time doing their internship and other reader a happy holiday. Let’s just share the experience after that. Have a wonderful time around! **
life is but just a whole learning process. It does not end, it starts with a new chapter each day> Happy doing your interns everyone!!
Enjoy your internship, I enjoyed my time with Exxonmobil but be prepared as mostly the company’s expectations are pretty high and the education you receive might not equip you for the challenges ahead but have the passion and patience, willingness to learn and you would be surprised of what a few months can do to enhance and change the way you look at things. My intern experience thought me more than I had learned in the 2 years I was at uni before going for the internship. Good luck1
ideology? hegemony? you are so0o0o in love,eh? ;P
Happy interning everyone..
Yea 4 semesters is not actually enough for us. For me, there are few subjects dat is not really works for us in the future such as ykt 101,111,212 and bla bla.. do we really need that?? i didn’t say dat these subject is useless ,yea it lets us to be a knowledgeable person. but when it comes to a working life, we actually dunt really need dat..unless u want to be lecturer..like now, im doin my internship in one of pr company..i was really afraid when they ask me to do work which I never heard before..so,i really hope that our school will give more courses on practical rather than theoretical. at least, we are exposing to all works that we are goin to face in the future.. hmm..
I am not sure about this but you can check with your lecturers, the idea of internship is to help you do your final year project successfully.
I think that those of you who intern in companies who give you a lot of exposure will come to realise this.
In my opinion, the university will never be able to give students enough practical coursework for students to fit into the working world as each company is different.
Having said that, I’ve done 3 part-time jobs and two internships relating to PR and journalism during my four years of undergraduate studies and they were all arranged or offered by my lecturers and even international office.
So, it is really up to the individual to obtain practical experience.
Anyway, all the best to all of you who’ll be interning.
I hope you all will gain knowledge instead of learning to make a good cup of coffee for the powers-that-be or press lift buttons.