Monday, August 25, 2008 7:52 AM♥
First day of ITP
woosh... juz returned from my first day of work
at AMEX....
travelling time was abt eh let me recall.... 1 and a half hr!
We (sebastian and i) reached there earlier than the working time of 9am
Keith, our officer-in-charge came at 9.40am to pick us up.
We were then given each a temporary pass for
access to offices, rooms and even washroom.
Once we reached the office, we were being assigned our individual seats
and then we followed Keith around to explore and meet new people.
The people there are very friendly and we felt very welcomed.
After some communication with some of the people there,
I realized there were actually some Ngee Ann graduates who were from business course as well.
For the first half of the day, we spent our time sitting through meetings
and that was the moment I discovered how the real business world is.
Besides, I found out that excel is a very useful and popular software that companies use
and that was when I realized the importance of our modules in polytechnic especially BCA.
The meetings were rather interesting
as the topics they touched on were
so different from lectures and tutorials in poly.
All were about facts, true figures, sales quota and sales strategies.
After the meeting, I felt so uneasy being so free when everyone around me was so busy.
so I asked around if anyone needs help.
For the next half of the day,
I spent my time finding the contact numbers of a list of companies
and calling up the companies to ask for some information.
After working on my first task, I had a briefing by my supervisor.
I was being introduced the hierarchy and the workings of the department.
She then moved on telling me more about their products,
different types of credit cards.
Lastly, which was the most important topic,
she told me my work scope and what will I learn and benefit from this internship.
I was excited about my subsequent learning working days in AMEX
cuz it seems interesting.
I was told to shadow her from tomorrow onwards to observe and learn from her.
ok shall end here, may not update so much abt my ITP
cuz i dunno wad i shld shall n wad i shldn't
haha...
