Before you started your internship, you may have experienced some anticipation,

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Before you started your internship, you may have experienced some anticipation, excitement, and anxiety. You were thinking about the overall possibilities, what will happen and how you will be welcomed into the organization. You are now experiencing and witnessing the organization in real time. I would like for you now to put your thoughts and experiences to paper in your first reflective journal by responding to the following questions.

Were you welcomed? Explain.

Was there any employee orientation? Describe it.

Are you being introduced to co-workers and management? If not, can you explain why?

Based on your initial job interview, is the job what was explained to you? If it isn’t what you expected, explain.

Have you seen your job description? If not, why?

Has someone reviewed your job responsibilities with you? If so, who? If not, why?

Is there a point of contact for questions, concerns, etc.? If so, who is it?

Based on your research of the company, have you started to have a better understanding of the industry, organization and its overall culture? If not, what can you do to change that?

Are you are starting to acclimate to the company? If not, why?

Do you foresee any problems? If so, explain.

Do you feel that you are being treated with respect? Explain.

Explanation / Answer

Q1.

Yes, I have got the offer for this internship; it was a wonderful opportunity for me to know about the internal job roles, taking responsibilities in a real-time organization.

Q2.

Yes, as it was having an innovative structured organization. All of us were taken to an orientation room and everyone has introduced themselves to the senior managers and other experience staffs.

Q3.

I have been introduced to the team manager and to some other senior persons not to others, as because I was joined as an intern so I had given some tasks which were not the regular task that was performed by other employees. My assigned work was something different and I was there to learn the basics and fundamentals of my work as an intern. So it was not necessary to meet everyone as others were quite busy in completing their schedule work.

Q4.

The first round was quite introductory with some general job role matters were discussed. But I was expected some positive outcome will come and I had also received it from the organization.

Q5.

The job description was partly mentioned in the job advertisement and but I have got the detailed outline when I started to work in the organization.

Q6.

Yes, my team leader and along with the HR have seen the responsibilities. As it was their responsibility to know each and every possible thing of employees in the organization.

Q7.

Yes, the HR manager and team leader are the contact persons for any query or issues.

Q8.

Yet somehow I feel the cultures are good for the organization and prime important factors which needs a change is the working hours to be made flexible as per the industry standards.

Q9.

Everything is normal and the environment is quite friendly. So there is no need for any type to change while working in the company.

Q10.

There is nothing as such, except the timings of the office hours which are required to be made flexible during the working of the company.

Q11.

Yes, from day one I have received a good respect from every member of the organization, at any point of time they forwarded their help to me without any hesitation and also their immense support is still with me.

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