Wrapping up my internship - consultancy

Hi everyone,

I have now officially finished my internship at Mills Wilson Communication Consultants, and what started out as a stressful experience (I'm a busy girl) ended up as a very enriching one.

I am relieved to now have two days a week free to sleep in and then work on my dreaded report! I have  written a complete framework of my report, and completed the summary of work and organisation background sections. I'm really struggling to incorporate what I learnt at university with what I did during my internship, but I am sure I will get there.

Here is a short summary of the key things I learnt during my time at Mills Wilson:

• Communication materials must be consistent down to the tiniest detail: e.g. the theme listed in the proposal must be carried throughout the event plan and noted in the budget, running order etc.
• Just because you are writing for corporate clients it does not mean your writing should be dry and boring
• Writing for different audiences (in my case, different housing estates under one company) should maintain the company image but also cater to specific needs and demographics of that audience
• Don't let your emails build up!

I also learnt an important thing about myself which is that working in a 9-5 office is perhaps not the place for me (though I kind of knew this already)! That said, I have learnt invaluable skills that I will take with me out of Curtin and into my next big adventure - Melbourne.

Thanks for reading,

Good luck with all your reports!

Darcy Rahn

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