Last Day Lament

My 20-day internship at the Department of Education has flown by, and sadly my last day with the Corporate Communications and Marketing team came and went. The office held a morning tea in honour of me completing the internship and bought me beautiful tulips! I felt so blessed to work with such an amazing team, and delighted to hear they had loved having me work with them! Before I started this internship I was dreading my first day, but now I’m saddened to leave and will have to occupy my days starting the report.

On the whole I felt I learnt so much about the public relations industry, working in-house, and about myself in the professional setting. Before completing the internship, I had my doubts about working in the public relations industry and was more focused on becoming a journalist. After the internship and having hands-on experience, I am definitely looking to work in the PR world. I loved every minute of it – the office, the people, the social interaction, the crisis management, and I found I am particularly adept at planning and writing at a moment’s notice.

It would be interesting to do an internship or get some experience working at an out-of-house PR agency to compare the two, but at this point in time I thoroughly enjoyed in-house and would consider a career in that area. I found it to be incredibly beneficial to work for one client and to represent the organisation with the utmost confidence as the PR consultants are particularly knowledgeable and highly-skilled.

My experience interning with the Department of Education has been a thoroughly enjoyable one and I have plenty of material to write about in my final report, thankfully! My supervisors even recommended that I come back to work for them! I honestly couldn’t have had better guidance from my supervisors and colleagues, and I will be grateful that I had my first PR experience with the CCM team! They have ignited a public relations fire in me, and I cannot wait to graduate and enter the workforce, eager and rearing to learn.

I hope all your internship experiences have been as great as mine and you’ve learnt a little thing or two! That’s it from me, for now.