I spent the second half of 2014 as an exchange student in England, frolicking in the snow and sashaying across to Europe on the weekends. As you can imagine, getting an internship was the last thing on my mind during this time. When I arrived back in Perth, just weeks before the start of semester one, I suddenly realised that I needed to get moving. After a frantic search I landed a placement at Programmed.
If you have no idea what Programmed is then never fear, I
still wasn’t sure even after my first week working there. Basically, Programmed
is a recruitment company that employs staff and tradespeople across a range of
industries, predominantly in resources and property and infrastructure.
The Programmed logo
Across
Australia and New Zealand, over 10,000 people work for Programmed on a daily
basis. They have offices all over but their head office is in Perth, where I
have been working. My supervisor, Kate, is the only Communications employee
based in Perth, so she has a lot to do. Programmed is also a major sponsor of
the Fremantle Dockers, so a lot of the work she does revolves around this.
In assisting her, my roles have included writing articles for the quarterly newsletter and intranet, organising corporate dinner events, producing website content for the renovated
website and organising sponsorship events and competitions.
To be honest, when I first started I thought working here might be a bit dull. So many blog posts tell of internships at exciting music festivals, in the fashion industry or at big events. However, there's so much diversity in the jobs I do and I've learnt so much about writing and sponsorship already.
Although
it’s no match for gallivanting around Iceland, so far I’ve really enjoyed it and I’m looking forward to the next few weeks!
