The end of my placement was unfortunately when I felt I was beginning to gain the most from the experience. I was more confident and had a lot more to learn, but all I had now was the report to look forward to, a daunting task at that time.
I formatted some promotional posters for a hospital campaign called the FOur Hour rule which was an initiative being run te improve the experience of Emergency patients by reducing the amount of timethey had to wait for treatment.
I also formatted some medical brochures to put them into electronic format so that all staff could access them whenever they needed to, this took up two whole days but I also got to write another media release.
Nothing more really happened before my placement ended so I will now proceed to round up some hints and tips that I have for those looking to pursue their work placements in the future:
1. Seize the opportunity right from the beginning, 20 days is a short time and there is no point being timid or shy. It can be hard to do but start out confident and outgoing whilst remaining profesisonal
2. Be initiative to avoid feeling excluded or useless within your organization, it differs from each organization but you may find that if you just ask, you'll be given more tasks to do.
3. Read up on the organisation before you start the placement, this will put you two steps ahead and you will be able to get into the eciting jobs straight away instead of spending the whole of your first day reading the company's policies on their intranet like I had to.
4. Begin your final report while you are at the placement, I can't tell how much I wish I had, trying to remmber the exact thoughts you had at the time of the occurence is hard even with a journal.
5. Make your journal as detailed as possible so that it is easier to remember when referring back to events
6. Wirte your blog during the placement to make it more interesting.
7. Most of all ditch the nerves and enjoy your opportunity because essentially that is what work placement is about, the opportunity to observe Public Relations as it really happens
Well done all and I hope everyone enjoyed their work experience or atleast gained valuable insight from theirs. Being my last PR unit I feel this experience has greatly benefitted me, I am undoubtedly more aware of the attributes required in the real world of PR.
I look forward to my final semester next year but before then I will utilise the skills gained from this semester to pursue other work experience opportunities during the holidays, one can never have too much experience!
Good luck to those who pursue this sort of experience in the future.
Jamira
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