Time to Reflect and Getting Back in the Game!

Whilst it has been a long time in between my third and final blog post (this one), I've had a lot of time to think about my time at KCGM and how my internship went and I thought now would be a good time to post as I've been lucky enough to have been offered a position working for them again, despite the industry struggling earlier on in the year.

My time working at KCGM provided a lot of experience and helped me to apply things I've been taught in class, in a real life situation. Every time I go back, I learn something new and the company and the team make it in their best interests to help me better myself as a PR professional and continue to throw challenges at me, which I may not think I'm ready for, but they believe I'm perfectly capable of doing the job whilst still giving me guidance.

I have been told by the team that the Underground Tours I arranged earlier this year have been a great success (let's hope this is true!) and last week would have been the end of them.

Being able to apply everything I've learnt in Public Relations over the last few years, including writing techniques, event planning/management, issues management, crisis management, CSR and image management, has opened up my eyes and cemented my love and passion for Public Relations.

Whilst I know I should broaden my horizens, working in Community Relations is my dream job. It incorporates my love for PR with my belief in giving back to people into one, nice, challenging position. At the moment, largely thanks to my work placement with KCGM, there is no other area I'd rather work in. Ideally, given the opportunity, I would love to go back to Kalgoorlie to permenantly work for the organisation due to the broad range of responsibilities and opportunites presented to me.

Finally, I'd like to thank the team at KCGM for once again going out of their way to give this position for me in order to help with my course, despite industry struggles and as I've probably already stated way too many times, I can't thank them enough for the experiences they continue to give me. I feel extremely priveleged to be able to be a part of such a wonderful team of people and to feel as valued as I do when I work there.

As this is my final blog post, I'd like to wish all of you luck with your future endeavours and careers and hope all of you love whatever you end up doing with your degrees :)

Taneika