Hello everyone, my name is Faith and I study at Limkokwing University of Creative Technology, Malaysia. I did my internship at Botswana Development Corporation, which is Botswana's leading financing and development company. Following is an insight of my zealous adventure in the work force.
Seated
in the office of Human Resource Principal Officer of Botswana Development
Corporation, it was a surreal moment to see myself signing the employment
contract and swearing to organizational privacy. I thought I would be told to
commence work in a few days, regardless of my readiness, I hoped for
postponement, which was unlikely.
The
following day as I reported for duty, I was assigned with a task to do media
monitoring (which would be one of my daily duties) and write up a staff
reminder mail for the Minister of Trade and Industry’s visit for staff
briefing. I was stunned that I would be handling the Minister’s visit, planning
and preparing for the event scheduled to be held in two days. Then I realized
that, first day of work does not mean having a free day to sit, observe and
take notes. On the contrary, being hands on from the onset is a keystone to an
energy driven, less supervised, creative and ingenious as well as good result oriented
performance.
That
is basically the foundation of a good career path; being non-contingent and
having a single-mindedness character can raise us up through the ladder of
success. Day one of a job is just the same as any other day, it deserves more dedication
and prowess as it is decisive time of your profession trajectory and
performance. As annual reports are drawn up at the end of the year, to
determine yearly performance, your first day of work matters because it has
effect on the organization's daily achievements.
Supervisors and bosses do not have to observe your performance in a bid to rectify your obvious unproductive mistakes, it takes discipline and respect for the work force, for one to possess qualities of a good and productive officer. Consequently,
as you suit up for first day at work, put on a girdle of productivity through
hard work, creativity, focus, sacrifice etc. for the day is worth your every
bit of utmost performance.
As we have been exposed to how the corporate world operates, let us have the qualities required to outperform your performance expectations. Looking forward to sharing more about my internship experiences with the rest of all of you.
