sharing experience

in the name of Allah the most gracious and ever merciful

post kali ini dedicated to my juniors and friends yang bakal ber intership. ive been asked so many times from them bila berjumpa and paling kesian tu, nak balik melaka dah ni and one of them pi tegur dekat bus station sinun, just to ask this and that and i felt so bad sebab tak dpt nak jwb dengan bestnya. i mean, x dpt nak jwb secara complete la. haha

 'kak farah cemana nak dpt tmpt internship? susah tak?', 'nak approach siapa dan bagaimana?', 'nak resume boleh?'

so here it is.

harus diingatkan, tajuk pun: sharing experience. so this is my experience and kita pun akan menghadapi lain2 situasi, rezeki org pun macam2 gaya. apa2 pun usaha sehabis baik utk secure tmpt internship, have fun menghabiskannya  + thesis and bersyukurlah dgn rezeki kita dpt dari Tuhan :D

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i started sending my resume to companies yang mmg i aim and memang i set plan untuk sambung berkerja dengan mereka, bfore sem 5 punya finals begin. so, lps mid sem break semester 5, resume dah siap which i amik from my elder sis sebab dia dah habis degree dia and resume dia mcm ok, so i just edit sikit buat pasal diri sendiri. as usual, google ada, so kita google companies tu, and find contact number, emails, and send our resume in pdf to them. lps send, call dyorg ckp u dah send resume. buat follow up. lps tu, tunggu jelah jawapan dr mereka. masa ni, mohon mini transcript dah siap2 ready and ur certificates semua. buat soft copy and hard copy. scan and save dalam pendrive or whatever lah janji secured and tak hilang2. this action might be too early sbb masa tu tak ada cover letter from uitm lg.. but i decided to make a move dulu. berkesan ke x, letak tepi. janji, my resume dah diterima from the company sbb ada yang call lps tu and its a good sign saying that 'resume kau dah diterima and tak sesat'. haha

besides cari sendiri, my lecturer pun byk tlg whereby lecturer kan ada ramai kwn and ex students dia. so, dia pun bg la email contoh from petronas yang tgh nak cari intern students. ni kira rezeki la sbb kita email direct to p.i.c and our resume tak mcm floating. like i said. itu rezeki masing2.

in a mean time, uitm akan buat mcm perjumpaan and briefing to students yang akan internship next semester which is on sem 6. so ikut je apa requirements uitm tu semua, borang A B C, bila kena submit confirmation letter, cemana nak dptkan buku log praktikal and others yg diperlukan.

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however, as usual, tak semua kau rancang akan berlaku bak kata yuna zarai dalam lagunya ini tidak adil, tidak adil. i x dpt secure even satu pun tempat internship walaupun masa tu dah nak penghujung semester break. everyday, every morning, search for new company, bukak email, tggu phone calls and.. heart breaking gila time tu. seeing kawan2 lain dah secure,and even ada yg dh start awal which is during the breaks dah masuk office. my heart sank. cehhh (ayat sedih pedih). tak boleh jadi. something has to be done. kalau dah send resume dgn companieszzz and.. dah pergi a few interviews and still, x accepted from mana2 company, pergilah ke CAREER FAIR! yup! pergiii. sebab di situ saya bertemu jodoh dengan MAB (Malaysia Airports Berhad).

tbh, career fair tu tkde la precisely tulis utk budak intern ke apa. dia probably akan tulis postgrad la, apa la tp dont lose hope. pergii. approach booth dyorg, cakap u student and nk cri tmpt intern, and.. they will entertain you. lagi best jumpa org HR terus. senang. resume dah dkt tgn dyorg and tell them u bila start intern and betul2 perlukan tempat. they will help. mereka akan fokus dkt resume korang and.. insyaAllah klu rezeki the next day or a few days later, they'll call you and give you the good news. just what had happened to me. alhamdulillah.

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so dh dpt tmpt intern, pergilah buat intern tu. apa lagi. XD

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before approach company tu or even sending ur resume, this is what my parents said. fikir mana nak tinggal nanti, mana nak cari makan, mcm mana nak ke sana and mcm mana nak jumpa lecturer for thesis. this is vital i tell you. sebab u akan sendiri nanti, bergerak sendiri, survive sendiri. and since family dkt melaka, tempat intern dkt sepang, uitm dkt puncak alam, kereta pun x ada, pandai2 nak hidup. tp parents ada la tolong. so.. yeah. nak pilih tempat, fikir 4 benda tu. ini untuk yg tinggal jauh la and yg x ada kereta sebab, i totally rely dkt public transport and alhamdulillah. semua ok.

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ok dah. tu je kot. conclusion, jangan give up in securing a placemant, follow up selalu, siapkan docs yang penting, think thoroughly mana nak intern, be sure with what you want during that internship sbb company akan tanya, thesis jangan lupa! (itu sangat penting) and.. have fun melalui momen acah2 mcm org berkerja.

lastly. bersyukur. kita dpt cmni, org lain dpt camtu. semua lain2. semua best2.

harap menjawab.
harap x kelaut sangat.

harap lah.