Hi guys,
I got this wonderful opportunity to work in Malaysia for a PR company called Go Communications. I arrived in Kuala Lumpur about three weeks ago, and I must say it has been one of the very interesting experiences I shall always cherish.
The first thing that struck me when I started as an intern at Go was the work culture. I like the way they work in Malaysia, its very different to Australian work culture. The whole team goes for lunch together every single day, which is very nice. You make friends quicker that way and it just helps to work together. Having a good social relation with colleagues results more productivity in my opinion.
The atmosphere at Go is pretty chilled out. The time that I came in was not a very busy time, however there was a lot to learn.
In my first week I did media monitoring, updated the media lists for upcoming events and also got to know what the clients really expect from a PR agency. What I discovered was being a PR person, you are always the middle man. You can make decisions but most of the times you depend on the client or the media. You can come up with some awesome idea for a campaign but still need to wait for an approval from the client.
Overall, my first week ever working in PR was very exciting and the week went very quickly.
I shall shortly post my experiences from the second week which was more happening than the first.
Cheers,
Saket.
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Hello Saket,
Malaysia was an amazing experience, and I'm glad I shared it with you guys, I had the best time. The workplace culture was very different to anything I'd ever experienced as well, but I think it was really great too because it eliminates the hardships of being a new employee; like when we went there, we automatically had people to talk to and everyone got along well. Imagine if this "group" work structure was introduced in Australia, do you thing it would be successful or would it clash with the already existing individualistic culture in Australia?
Naomi James
Curtin University, Bentley
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