Hello all my dear juniors!
Avril here writing on the IMI blog for the first time! The lovely Miss Faridah approached me recently to ask me to blog about my SIP experience and here I am.
For those of you approaching Year 3 and being seniors soon or even freshman and juniors here’s an insight to what it may be like for you. =D
The company I got assigned to was a small company. And when I mean small, its like REALLY small. There was just my bosses and me. That was it. Oh and one other part time admin staff as well.
It’s a tuition centre and a tuition agency. So I was assigned to be their graphic designer. I basically helped to brand the company and give it its corporate identity.
One of the first things I did was to come up with a logo for the company.
And I created many flyers, name cards and helped with the modifications of their websites.
Those were some of the stuff that I did.
During my SIP, I’ve definitely worked hard. Sometimes pulling 12 hours shifts and working on weekends. We’ve had road shows and flyer distributions too!
Being in a small company is a good thing for me. It means that I don’t do just my job scope and that’s that. I had to take the initiative to do things that were new to me and were out of my comfort zone. But I am proud of myself to have achieved that.
So don’t be scared to experience new things during your internship journey. It’s definitely an experience you’ll never forget. Plus you’ll definitely learn many new things during the whole internship. Be it software skills or people skills.
During my time with the company, I’ve worked hard and I can definitely say that I’ve had fun outings with the company as well. We’ve gone out for dinners together to shop for Chinese New Year decorations for the office and also to celebrate one of the bosses’ birthday! We’ve even visited pet stores during our lunch break for a little pet therapy!
Here are some of the photos during those fun times.
Playing with one of the cute puppies running around the pet store.
Fooling around the with the Chinese new year decorations while shopping for them.
Standing next to the company’s logo that was created by yours truly.
The birthday boy with his cake
And a group photo of us!
There you go! Pictures of some of the outings we’ve had.
During the Internship, you’ll feel that it’s tiring and tedious to work every day, but nothing compares when you see that you’ve contributed and made a significant change to the company.
So approach your SIP experience with an open mind and embrace whatever opportunities that are thrown to you. Remember to take the initiative and do the tasks that are given to you properly. Make yourself be proud of your work.
Viola!
And with that I’ve imparted my internship knowledge and experience to you and I hope you enjoy yours too when the time comes.
I’m off to watch Gossip Girl now and relax.
Xoxo
Avril
