This is the end of my internship with the Department of Environment and Conservation, and it’s nearly finishing my final semester, which means I will graduate from Curtin for soon! I have learned several indispensable tips for my further career from my incredible internship and I get this fourth and final blog to share my experiences with you.
When I gain the chance of my internship, first thought came into my head was: “Oh my god! I have to do a lot of PR stuff! What about my grammar issues!” However my task is more marketing than PR, but also need to do some communication strategies, newsletter and posters.
Actually my major task is to complete the customer evaluation and data collections; because I finished really soon, I helped my supervisor with the workshops, the summarize of conferences and the display of WA Naturally publications in Perth Royal Show 2012. I have performed my sales skills and communications skills successfully with both customers and colleagues during the show.
Although I didn’t get any chance to do media releases as a PR but my internship was still full of passion and knowledgeable, and I have expanded my professional skills a lot while I did office work for DEC department. The main tips I gain from my internship include:
l Time management-Time is
money, never leave the work till last minute.
l Quality- double checking,
even triple checking any work you have done.
l Always learn something from
the others.
l Finish all the work then take
off-never leave the task till tomorrow.
l Dress properly.
l Every events need well
prepared.
Many thanks and appreciate to my supervisor, she is such a patient and good manner person that taught me so many good things and experiences.
Although I cannot turn my internship into payment position in DEC because of the budget cut, I can still gain some other chances to get PR experiences in the future! Also I hope this internship could open more doors for my future career.
I really do appreciate about the Public Relations Professional Practice brought me this chance to improve myself and introduce me to the real world before I graduate. It was an amazing adventure to me.
Jingrou Zou 14470972
1 comment:
hello Jingrou,
It sounds like you have had a great work experience. When you come to the end of your Internship it is really useful to reflect on what you learnt throughout the process, I especially agree with your comment 'every event needs to be well prepared' I experienced this in my internship, being prepared as much as you can means events can run more smoothly and be more successful, when everyone has a clear plan of what should happen it is easier to follow. You also mentioned to 'always learn from other' this is really important especially for students going into the field, everyone has a different way of working and your ideas should always be heard but it is important that you learn from others and work with them to achieve a better organisation.
Good luck with the rest of you stud.
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