And here it comes to an END!

Hello there everyone, Hope everyone have their great time of interning! This is my last blog for my internship as I have already completed my internship.

Firstly, I would like to say thanks to every single person that helps me and assisted me throughout this internship. It was an incredible experience that actually open my eyes to the real world. Before the internship, working is really a "mystery" thing I would say because I have a lot of different thoughts and imagination about it on how will it be. However, I have this opportunity to start an internship officially and this is when I really have an image in my brand on how the working world are. I have gain a lot of different experiences from the internship and assistance by my supervisor, Ms Marcella and my lecturer, Dr Kamala.

During my internship period, I have be involved in various events and tasks. These jobs of mine has grow me up to a better person that is more prepared for the industry. Jobs that has been done is listed below:

1)Media Clipping:

- Media monitoring for the organisation so that news and updates about the university itself and the industry will be known all the time.

2)Event Photography:

-Taking photographs of events happening in the campus which will mostly use for media release purposes

3)Media Releases

- Using techniques learnt in PR Technique units and other PR units to write media releases about any events from campaign to promotion of senior management staff

4)Interviews:

- Interviewing with different person like students with techniques and skills learn from all the classes and videos shown in classes. Information obtained will mostly used to be input of media releases.

Below are something that I have learn from the internship experience and which I think will be useful for any other interns and students.

1) Be Initiative

- In nowadays working environment, people that talks are the one that always being chosen because they dare to try and look for more things to accomplish. Especially for us as an future PR Practitioner, we should be more daring to start or talk something so people will be able to see the value of PR.

2)Take up challenges

-The reason I think everyone should be having their internship before they graduating from university or college is because interns can survive with failure or even getting better with it. The reason is because as an intern, people around are urge to teach you and leads you and you have an obligation to learn. Therefore, interns should always take up challenges that you will not do normally do it.

3)Be efficient

-Time is not just money but everything for every company because everyone in this world only has 24 hours a day and 7 days a week. Therefore, who got employees that can use it more efficient that the others, they got the competitive advantages among all others. Especially for the PR industry which is always up to all kind of cases and events, time is even more precious than ever. Internship will be the greatest time for you to practice it and stay out of your comfort zone forever.

Lastly, I will like to thanks the unit for giving me opportunity to get closer to the real world. Besides, i would like to wish all the interns enjoy and learn the most from you internship experience.

Featured Article done during internship

Media release that is done has being posted to Curtin Sarawak's media room with the amendment done by supervisor, Ms Marcella

Above are some of the works I have done during the internship. Hope my blog will give some of you some idea about being an intern and working in the PR field.

Best Regards,

Stevenson Tan 

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Curtin University, Sarawak Malaysia