Hi everyone, welcome to my blog! My name is Kodee and I will be reflecting on my experiences at my internship; Networking WA/Event & Conference Co.
As I searched for an internship to complete for this unit, I opted for an events management company. I am studying a double major of Events Management and Public Relations so I thought an internship focusing on events would complement my studies and interests.
I was feeling quite nervous leading up to my first day on the job, my interview with the director of the company was quite brief and I didn’t quite know what to expect. I was picturing fast paced, stressful and challenging work. Although after day one, reality seemed to be quite different from my expectations.
At the company, there are several interns working at once, with only a couple of paid employees. In a way, I did feel a little more at ease as I was surrounded by others in the same boat, I even saw some familiar faces from class! As an intern at Networking WA you log in to a database each day, which has a list of tasks that need to be completed. Once finished, you simply email your work through to the supervisor and move on to your next task. This means that you have quite a lot of independence but also have to speak up if you want feedback or more instruction.
I’m thinking I will have to make the experience more challenging for myself by making sure that I am not just selecting tasks that I see as being ‘easy’. I will try to aim to attempt new things and receive as much feedback as I can.
How did everyone else feel on their first days?
Kodee
3 comments:
Hey Kodee! It sounds like your first day was positive. It must feel good to have other interns in your placement environment. At my PR internship, I am the only intern in the entire department! It was definitely intimidating for me on the first day to realise I was surrounded by full-time, serious PR and Marketing employees and secretly I felt a bit out of my depth until I settled in.
It's also cool that there are people from your class at your placement. I'm quite jealous!
Have you felt any sort of pressure to compete against the other interns? Or is the environment quite relaxed?
Good luck with the rest of your internship. :)
Greta
Its seems that is often how it is. Expectations do not always match reality and I definitely did not know what to expect on my first day.
The company does seem very organised - a task database is a handing tool especially as I know my supervisor found it hard sometimes to give me tasks.
I was placed in my consultancy alone but was so lucky on the first day to be greeted by an awesome team. The nerves were settled after this :)
I look forward to hearing some of what you learnt in regards to events at Networking WA.
Good luck,
Liv x
Its seems that is often how it is. Expectations do not always match reality and I definitely did not know what to expect on my first day.
The company does seem very organised - a task database is a handing tool especially as I know my supervisor found it hard sometimes to give me tasks.
I was placed in my consultancy alone but was so lucky on the first day to be greeted by an awesome team. The nerves were settled after this :)
I look forward to hearing some of what you learnt in regards to events at Networking WA.
Good luck,
Liv x
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