My Reflection -- First Day of Internship

On 23^rd December 2014, it will be a remarkable day as it is my very first day of work in my life. Eventhough I started up my internship earlier than other coursemates about one more week, I was excited and anxious for welcoming my first day of work. What I can do is telling myself although that first day of work may be stressful, it is important to channel the nervous energy and start things off on the right foot.

Receptionists of Victor Group of Companies

On the first day, in order to avoid from traffic congestion, I went out home at 7am and take LRT to Kerinchi Station. When I reached to office, I was welcoming with a big warm smile by a HRA executive, Emmylyn. Sooner, she gave a brief introduction about the company and instructed some rules and regulations that I have to follow even as an intern. For example, those coming in late to work exceed three times within one month will be punished RM 50. To be honest,  Emmylyn looks like a tour guide,  she brought me walk around the office and introduced to co-workers. It really helped me feel comfortable with the new surroundings and get to know company culture.

I was assigned under Accounts, Finance and Internal Audit (AFI) Department which having the  responsibility of handling account using financial account system, financial analysis, budgetary control and so on. Firstly, I was introduced to managing director, Mr Victor Ooi who is also my supervisor. He assigned a mentor, Grace Koh who is also an intern to teach me all the related accounting tasks. Something that surprises me is the members of AFI department are only both of us, moreover, Grace is going to leave soon as her internship period is coming to an end. In other words, I have to learn and take over all the tasks about two week times in order to ensure everything moves smoothly without affecting the daily operations. It suddenly struck me as I was responsible for everything from January.

Before starting the actual work, Grace explained the job scopes that I will be doing in the coming three months such as cash flow management, financial statement preparation and also internal audit. In addition, she also showed me an AFI Personnel Effectives Tool File (PET File) which is important for interns because it provided plenty of details and procedures to run efficient and effective daily accounting activities in VG companies. Having this briefing, it helped me to get my feet wet in the company and has the general concept of what kind of work I will be involving. 

Although I was not given an official task on the first day of work, I have tried to adopt an open mind to learn all aspects of work. Therefore, I believe I can perform well when assigning either basic paperwork or challenging task.