After several weeks of interning, I was just about to leave
the office for the day and the Managing Director called me into her office. I
was incredibly nervous and had a million thoughts running through my head, the
main one being if I’d done something wrong.
Instead I was welcomed with a pleasant surprise. I was asked
if I wanted to join the team permanently at the conclusion of my internship. The
feedback that I had received was that the team had really enjoyed working with
me and that I have a unique thinking pattern.
Not only was this an incredible offer, but the even better
thing was that I still had several days of my internship left to learn
everything that my job would entail. This also meant that the second half of my
internship held a lot more responsibility than the first. As the other
consultants knew I would be staying on, they were able to give me long term
tasks to complete.
When I first started this internship, I never had imagined
that I would want to work in a consultancy. I thought that it would be better
to work in-house at an organisation so that you knew their background, vision
and voice through and through. Whilst interning I’ve really enjoyed the
opportunity to work on multiple clients. It means that each day is generally
different and I tend to walk away having learnt so much more about our Society
and the organisations that exist within it as well as Public Relations and the
industry.
After hearing alumni speak on several occasions at Curtin,
about how hard it can be to get a job after graduating, I am incredibly
grateful that I have been given this opportunity, as I know someone learning in
the workplace can sometimes be a nuisance.
