Today was the first day I stepped into my company. I'm not officially starting work yet (officially start next Monday on 9 Feb 09) , so it's more of a day to introduce myself and be introduced to the people working there, as well as to get a better understanding of my detailed job scope.
My company is Atelligent Global Consulting Corp. and it's located right next to Da An (大安）MRT station. That makes it 3 bus stops away from my place, and takes about 30 mins at max considering the time I take to walk from my apartment to the bus stop, to wait for the bus and to go up to the office. So it really is very convenient, and many people have suggested that I buy a bicycle to get to work (or the MRT station) and back.
The company is quite small, I met 6 of my colleagues today, including the CEO. Already I really enjoy the environment: very open, very cosy, no hierachy etc. Everyone's very welcoming and pleasantly surprised at my level of chinese. The previous intern they took was from Brazil and so I guess they had a bit lower expectations :)
Anyway I had a chat with the CEO and here's what I'm going to be working on
Economy / Industrial Studies
Reading assigned articles in management journals and in certain newspapers, summarizing the articles and translating into Chinese. If my boss is using some content for speech or publication, then I will help in the material preparation too.
Project Support
Attached to one of the current client projects, assisting in the project execution (mostly around understanding product and marketing)
Knowledge Database Consolidation
Sorting, updating materials and content for the database, possible further expansion of the project. Also allows me to go through past project materials and understand their methodology
Those aside, I will probably support where I can for admin or logistics or market surveys or whatever that comes up.
It's quit exciting cos it's a lot of interaction with colleagues and learning about the industry, company and the kind of consulting that they do. It's also cool as the company will be hosting 3 symposiums this year around various topics and I'm sure I will get to participate and support. Already they have a networking event on Friday at a fancy hotel and I get to go. Plus the boss is quite open in terms of adjusting my JD based on what I wish to learn and all. Oh and another plus point is that they have a mini library of management books and articles in english and chinese so I don't have to worry about running out of books to read here :)
I forgot to take a photo of my office building so that shall wait. We had a welcome lunch for me too and unfortunately I didn't bring my camera along to lunch.
But I guess you can tell I'm liking the people, the company and the opportunities here already.
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