Here it comes. The end of my internship.
Indeed, this blog post will be dedicated to my final appreciation on this very short (but intense) professional placement, as well as on the obvious experience I took out from it. Because this internship has brought me a concrete practical experience in the field of communications and especially Public Relations. But even more important - and as I read it here and there on this blog, this is an opinion shared by many others - it has also brought me a real human experience, and allowed me an unprecedented immersion into a life that surely looks like my tomorrow life.
My last week has not been the easiest one. It was actually quite the contrary, the roughest week I had, and one thing I learned is that once you have integrated the "system", or rather, once the "system" has integrated you, you are "sucked" into a world that never sleeps, a world where tasks are never ending and add to each other. There will always be things to do, and you will always have something to do.
My supervisor really wanted me to stay longer. One month is a short period time when you work on a project, after all... Some important tasks I was currently working on will have to be transfered to other people in my department. I was, for instance, in connection with the chief-of-staff editor of one of the most popular French newspapers "La Tribune", to find out about the terms and modality to disseminate one of their articles describing some of our company's Solution Services, on our upcoming redesigned coporate website. Unfortunately, we did not have time to finish our discussions, and further negociations should happened without me.
I knew that the conduct of a project wasn't easy. But this is especially true for an international company which has divisions in more than 80 countries around the world, and moreover, in different sectors. While I was looking for information on the company, I realized the extent of the operations of my business and at the same time, I understood the real importance of my role within such entity. The image below shows all the actors and groups related to the company. The linking lines between them represent a Public Relations-based communication.
This placement was also important for my personal appreciation of my own diploma. I actually had a really abstract opinion of my Bachelor degree's value on the labor market. Through this experience, I found that my skills in Web policies & culture, were as important as my communicator skills. I have been able to give a real value and to enhance my knowledge in these two areas, gathering them for a common goal and mission and I though managed to enhance my professional profile among one of the biggest employers worldwide. I am now sure I will find a job once I finished Uni, or at least, that my diploma will be of interest to companies wishing to combine PR and modernity.
As a balance on my internship itself, and after discussion with my supervisor, I have fulfilled my responsibilities with professionalism and seriousness. It hasn't been always easy, but in the end, my employers thought I did a great and efficient job. And that surely is the most important. I still regret it was so short, but considering I had other important units beside this one, I could not afford to do more than one month.
My work will normally be visible on the Group's corporate website by the 1st of June, when the new version will be entirely developed. I am a little anxious about the texts I wrote and that will be posted on a site that records visits by millions. But after all, almost all the department will proofread and verify my text before it is posted online, so I do not worry. What will be posted will be of quality, and I am proud to have contributed to this big project, at my modest level.
Thus, this is how my internship ends. But increasingly, I am getting closer to the beginning of my professional life. Or, perhaps has it already begun?
The end is just the beginning.
Good luck to all of you for the end of your placements, as well as for your final exams.
Indeed, this blog post will be dedicated to my final appreciation on this very short (but intense) professional placement, as well as on the obvious experience I took out from it. Because this internship has brought me a concrete practical experience in the field of communications and especially Public Relations. But even more important - and as I read it here and there on this blog, this is an opinion shared by many others - it has also brought me a real human experience, and allowed me an unprecedented immersion into a life that surely looks like my tomorrow life.
My last week has not been the easiest one. It was actually quite the contrary, the roughest week I had, and one thing I learned is that once you have integrated the "system", or rather, once the "system" has integrated you, you are "sucked" into a world that never sleeps, a world where tasks are never ending and add to each other. There will always be things to do, and you will always have something to do.
My supervisor really wanted me to stay longer. One month is a short period time when you work on a project, after all... Some important tasks I was currently working on will have to be transfered to other people in my department. I was, for instance, in connection with the chief-of-staff editor of one of the most popular French newspapers "La Tribune", to find out about the terms and modality to disseminate one of their articles describing some of our company's Solution Services, on our upcoming redesigned coporate website. Unfortunately, we did not have time to finish our discussions, and further negociations should happened without me.
I knew that the conduct of a project wasn't easy. But this is especially true for an international company which has divisions in more than 80 countries around the world, and moreover, in different sectors. While I was looking for information on the company, I realized the extent of the operations of my business and at the same time, I understood the real importance of my role within such entity. The image below shows all the actors and groups related to the company. The linking lines between them represent a Public Relations-based communication.
This placement was also important for my personal appreciation of my own diploma. I actually had a really abstract opinion of my Bachelor degree's value on the labor market. Through this experience, I found that my skills in Web policies & culture, were as important as my communicator skills. I have been able to give a real value and to enhance my knowledge in these two areas, gathering them for a common goal and mission and I though managed to enhance my professional profile among one of the biggest employers worldwide. I am now sure I will find a job once I finished Uni, or at least, that my diploma will be of interest to companies wishing to combine PR and modernity.As a balance on my internship itself, and after discussion with my supervisor, I have fulfilled my responsibilities with professionalism and seriousness. It hasn't been always easy, but in the end, my employers thought I did a great and efficient job. And that surely is the most important. I still regret it was so short, but considering I had other important units beside this one, I could not afford to do more than one month.
My work will normally be visible on the Group's corporate website by the 1st of June, when the new version will be entirely developed. I am a little anxious about the texts I wrote and that will be posted on a site that records visits by millions. But after all, almost all the department will proofread and verify my text before it is posted online, so I do not worry. What will be posted will be of quality, and I am proud to have contributed to this big project, at my modest level.
Thus, this is how my internship ends. But increasingly, I am getting closer to the beginning of my professional life. Or, perhaps has it already begun?
The end is just the beginning.
Good luck to all of you for the end of your placements, as well as for your final exams.
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