On the 7th of November 2020, IEEE Student Branch Universiti Putra Malaysia (IEEESB UPM) has organised a webinar titled “Internship Sharing Program” which had been participated by 36 students from Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM). The webinar was organised by the Committee member of IEEESB UPM which is the program director for this program, Flora Ngu Shuh Ching, and was supervised by Dr. Hafiz Rashidi b Harun @ Ramli.
The objectives of this “Internship Sharing Program” webinar is mainly for final year students to share their experience during their internship program and give an overview to all participants. Next, resume and CV tutorial will also be conducted as a guideline when applying for internship.
The impacts of this program are participants will get an overview picture on their coming internship program and they are able to write a proper resume when applying for their internship program. Participants also received foundational knowledge about internship. Next, participants can explore career alternatives prior to graduation and develop skills in writing resume or CV.
The webinar was conducted for one hour and thirty minutes from 9am until 10.30am. Every time after each presenter finish presenting, there was a Q&A session afterwards where participants had the opportunity to ask any question regarding the topic to the presenter. In conclusion, the program ran smoothly, and the participants were hoped to be able to apply the knowledge gained for their future internship application as well as how to face the challenges during the whole application process and during internship.
The participants also learned in detail about the steps in applying for an internship. There also some exposure to some companies like My one Cooperation Subang Jaya, Texas Instrument and NPL company. And at the last 30 minutes before the program end, there are sharing program on resume and CV writing. These include the preparation of materials, submission of documents, preparation for interview, selection process before interview, and the process when they are offered the position in the company they applied to.
