Interning abroad

I was lucky enough to be selected as one of the students to complete the internship unit abroad.  I am interning at a Public Relations agency based in Kuala Lumpur.  I hope to make the most of this experience.  I hope to work for a multinational company or in an international position, on completion of my degree.  So I hope the contacts I make and the experience I have interning abroad will open up desired opportunities for me in the future.

In the couple of days that I have been here at the consultancy I have already met so many people from various backgrounds and noticed things that differ from the typical Australian working culture.  The working days are quite a bit longer here.  Our hours are 9am to 6pm, but that doesn’t necessarily mean you go home at 6pm.  Most days there is still plenty to do after 6pm and no one is ever in a rush to get home.  I am always impressed by the work ethic of all the employees.  My team leader usually stays past 7pm to miss the traffic and finish off the days’ many tasks.

There is a nice working culture at the agency.  There are four separate teams that work on a handful of clients each.  My team consists of the team leader and one other member, both PR professionals and now myself. 

My team

 Each team takes an hour lunch break together, rather than going one by one.  It is a good way to develop relationships with co-workers and I feel this beneficial for the team work required during work hours.

Staying in Kuala Lumpur for a month and working 9 – 6 Monday to Friday, I feel as if we are getting the real experience of full time public relations work in a different country.  Unlike university, where you have three other units, part time work and a private life all obscuring your focus on an assignment or task at hand, the benefit of working full time have been a more refined focus specifically on the handful of clients your team is responsible for.

Georgia
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