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Bengkel Kesedian Kerjaya Personaliti Report
Bengkel Kesediaan Kerjaya Personaliti is a workshop organised by the UTM Career Center(UTM CC) for a whole month, twice a week. Participants of the program are required to join the program for two days. The program consists of 15 sessions, eight sessions for the first day and seven sessions for the second day. The selection of to join the program are various. I was selected when they are calling for the participant through email, and luckily, I was the first batch to join the workshop when they add me to a WhatsApp group. I accepted the invitation as soon as possible because I knew the skills and tips they are going to share is valuable as soon we, the student, graduated. On top of that, The program provides two professional certificates which not only expensive for the outsider but helpful for the student to get a job after they graduate. I felt honoured because I was given the opportunity to join this program since right after I got the invitation, not all of my friends are in the WhatsApp group. Thus I believe this workshop will benefit the student greatly.
The objectives of this workshop are to help the student to prepare their attitude, mentality and personality before jump into the industry. And to achieve all three goals, they planned various activity to enhance these three elements into themselves. There are activities to do it alone, and there are activities that need to be done in a group. At the end of each activity, they will give the student a survey to complete. This survey is to help the student to reflect what they have learned during the workshop. The activities are focusing on the big five, which is the OCEAN. It refers to openness to experience, conscientiousness, extroversion, agreeableness, and the last one is neuroticism.
During the program, there is an activity where we need to build a product based on the material given by the coordinator. And after we build a product, we need to sell our invention in front of everyone in the workshop. The activity is a group work activity. I realised that all of us was very passive with each other since the group is randomised and all of us are from different courses and school. However, I initiate a conversation with everyone by giving an idea to ease the awkward atmosphere. Surprisingly right after I shared an idea which is an artificial intelligence robot, all of the groupmates start to participating with the discussion by providing some response and ideas to be added. I was amazed by the creativity my team have, by pointing out all the part and its function the robot has. And the preparation time only took around 10 to 15 minutes which is really short of building and brainstorming for some idea. Right after we finished the robot, we did the presentation part spontaneously. I do add something when we are promoting our product to everyone. Even though most of the promoting did by my groupmate, this event gave me the opportunity to increase my enterprising skill. Other than that, I help me to overcome my nervousness when I speak with a microphone. This is important for me because entrepreneurship include negotiation skill. And to become a software engineer, these skills can contribute to me. For example, when I want me to pitch my idea, system or application to the stakeholder or investor. Besides that, it can help me to negotiate some requirements needed by the stakeholders before creating the application.
Other than that, one of the session they made that is important to me is the sharing session on how to create a good resume by UTM alumni. The speaker studied chemical engineering during his undergraduate time and manage to jump into a new field related to quality assurance. Not only that, but the speaker also share to us on what are we supposed to say during the interview. He shared to us about his experience on how he failed his interview by putting the unnecessary points on the resume. And how the resume got himself into trouble during the interview session. In short, he tells us the do's and dont's for a resume. At that moment, I am glad that was given the opportunity to join this workshop and this session. This is because this session really helps someone like me who has no experience or any idea on how to create a good resume. The sharing session reminds me of the first resume I did during the first year in UTM. The resume is an assignment for Technology Information System subject for us to put on our e-Portfolio. And looking back at the resume I made, I realised how bad it is after I join the sharing session. Therefore, I unlearn everything I understand about the resume and try to implement all of the tips given by the speaker to my future resume.
Besides that, one of the activity was focusing on effective communication. Most of the activity we did in the program helps us to communicate with someone, but I want to highlight one activity where all of us in the program need to line up and play a game called charade. The person in front is only able to do movement according to the message given, and it will pass to the person behind doing the exact same things. The last person will have to guess what the message was. The game mainly promotes effective communication. However, there are some advantages other than that when we did the activity. Such as, enhance non-verbal communication and developing trust for someone. This activity taught me not to be afraid to ask something when there is uncertainty. Especially when we are in an organisation or when we are working for a company. Because every mistake we made because of uncertainty, will involve money. This session reminds me of myself during I was working with MPH bookstore, where I made a mistake by not taking a deposit when ordering a book for a customer. And as a result, the customer cancelled after the book is on its delivery to us. Thus, this session really helps me to realise that effective communication is really important, and I implement what I learn in this session to every group I was assigned to.
There is an activity that promotes extroversion in the big five, OCEAN. The activity is spontaneous storytelling where everyone will circle up on the stage and given a chance only to say one sentence to create a story. A person will continue the last person sentence, and it will continue until the story is finished. All of us were given a chance to speak with a microphone when our turn start so that all of us can listen to one another. As a person who always gets nervous whenever given a microphone, it helps me to overcome the fear I had. I usually am fine when presenting or speaking in front of people, but if with a microphone, it feels different and the nervousness of speaking to a lot of people is on a different level. This is because I always feel I am on a spotlight, and usually, I am a person who always works behind the scene. This event taught me that we need to adapt to a new environment quickly. Different working place has a different environment and work culture. I remember when I become a crew for SAVER19 program and SFC2020 program. SAVER19 working environment is much more relaxed because of the positive environment, and the team always understand with each other. Whereas for SFC2020, I feel the opposite way during the program. Thus, this activity helps me to adapt to a new environment by going with the flow of the environment and not to spoil anything, such as not participating with the activity.
To sum up everything, I realised that I learnt a lot from this program that will benefit me in my personal growth. All three objectives of this program are achieved. And it has helped me to add new graduate success attribute in myself. I now understand that to be able to speak in front of everyone fluently with a microphone takes a lot of practice. And in order to be able to speak in a spotlight, I need to practice how to communicate effectively first. I believe these two elements are crucial for the last graduate attribute mention above, which is the enterprising skill. I will now try to volunteer to whenever given a chance to speak in front of everyone for my future benefit. And I will try to join a unit that promotes negotiating skill if I join any program. This is because I want to try a new experience and to get out of my from my comfort zone. With these attributes, it will aid me to achieve my dream, which is to become a successful technopreneur that will help. Last but not least, the tips during the resume sharing will be useful for me in the future, as the talk has shared all the important aspect for a good resume to all of the participant.
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Short Film Camp 2020( SFC2020) Report
Short Film Camp (SFC) is a contest organised by Jawatan Kuasa Kolej Mahasiswa(JKM) of Kolej Tun Dr. Ismail (KTDI). This program is a collaboration of JKM KTDI and Sekolah Menengah Pendidikan Khas Indahpura(SMPKVI). And based on the name of the program, the program is about competing to produce a good, themed, short film within a period of time. The participant consists of any Universiti Teknologi Malaysia(UTM) student and the student of SMKPKVI. The film shooting and editing will be done by UTM students, and the acting will be done by SMKPKVI. The objectives of this program are to enhance the soft skill, acting skill, film shooting skill, editing skill, and last but not least, to promote UTM to SMKPVI. The program consists of three days. On the first day, the participant from UTM is required to join a talk by two professional short filmmakers from UTMLead, Mohamed Faris Bin Ahmad, and his brother. The talk mostly about the tips on how to create a good film shooting and storyline. For example, the shooting film skill and to create a storyboard before shooting. The second day is to shoot the video during the daytime and edit during the nighttime. The third day is the closing ceremony, where the video will be shown, and the price given after the evaluation.
In the early semester, JKM is calling for a crew interview to let the student of KTDI participate in this program. This program not only benefits the student by enhancing their soft skill but also to secure their position in the college for the next year. I was interviewed by five management teams and two advisors of the program, where the interview session took almost 40 minutes. And the interview proceeded with five interviewees at the same time. This interview session allows me to elaborate on my skills to offer to the program. Having five interviewees interviewed at the same time also help to cool my nervousness because we're able to interact before the interview and during the interview. And a few days after the interview, I have been chosen to join the activity board team. Thus, from my observation, having multiple interviewers interviewed at the same time not only helps to fasten the interview session but also to help the interviewee to pass the interview.
The first meeting was held a week before the fourth-semester start. The first meeting was introduced by the program leader, Raja Aidid Putra. He introduces us to the objective, the activity of the program, and the person in charge of each board. There is an ice-breaking session at the end of the meeting. And the ice-breaking session helps all of us to adapt to a new environment where every team is from a different school and year. It also helps to know and understand each other better. The meeting is held once every five days. And it helps everyone to speak and give a suggestion if they have any. The first task for every crew is to collect sponsors as much as possible. This sponsor searching session is a difficult task for me because this is the first time for me to search for a program sponsor. Some companies are interested once we called and gave them our prospectus. This session helps me to develop negotiating skills by always keeping in touch and update with the sponsor company.
Unfortunately, the sponsor and the money collected did not reach the targeted budget. Thus the management team reevaluates the program budgeting. In my opinion, this is a wise and reasonable decision because it will help us to succeed in making the program since the program has been confirmed by the student welfare, and we have contacted SMPKVI. Once the new budgeting has been approved, my first task as one of the activity board member was to do a tentative and to identify the required item for the event. And to do the tentative and needed items, I become the representative of the activity board to visit SMPKVI. This event has taught me a few important things when becoming a representative, such as confidence, professionalism, and a strong work ethic. We will become an image of an organisation when we become a representative. Thus, professionalism needs to be maintained all the time when dealing with another party or organisation. In our case, we need to speak and respond professionally to the headmaster and counsellor of SMPKVI.
We need to follow all the rules given by the headmaster all the time during the program. Such as, participants are not allowed to film a student of SMPKVI as a disabled student. Since SMPKVI is one of the special schools in Malaysia, personally, I agree with this rule because it will teach someone to be respectful of others and also someone's request. After the meeting with the headmaster, we were given a chance to survey the area to film. We were accompanied by the counsellor and teachers of SMPKVI. This survey session ended up becoming a discussing session where we take some advice and suggestion given by the counsellor and SMPKVI teachers. Which the advice given will help us to ease the teacher's works. And agreeing to this suggestion helps us to increase our skill in empathy for someone. This skill will beneficial to someone as they start working with the industry or are released to the industry. Because, by having an empathy skill, the person is able to elicit requirements from a problem given by someone or a stakeholder. By being able to identify the criteria needed by SMPKVI helps me to suggest a solution to the program managers and able to create a good tentative for the program. This promotes someone to become a good problem-solver.
Next, the first and second day of the program helps me to enhance my leadership skill by having a chance given by the program manager to command every crew during the program according to the tentative. This is new for me because most of the time, I work for people during a program, or in other words, I am a person who always works behind the scene. For instance, I was speaking in front of all the crew members about the briefing of the program tentative and rules. I also have the chance to brief the participants of the program on the first day. This made me realised to become a leader does not mean always command the groupmates but to show how to do the correct things. I am also grateful as all of the activity crew members always give full support and trust in my leadership. Because I believe, without an excellent follower, any leaders are unable to provide their full potential in doing any task.
By becoming someone who is in charge of the program's activity has made me realised what integrity means to me and why it matters. A person's integrity can describe in any way, but from my point of view, it's about the trust and the worth of the person's word. If a person keeps his word and promises to do an action, other people will start to trust the person. For instance, during the program, there are other units that need to do the work of another team. This teaches the importance of integrity by reflecting that the person in charge of the team does not do their jobs. I believe that being responsible with integrity will create credibility, which will help a person to lead their follower to a targeted goal. If the person does not keep his word to his crew, the people should admit it, apologise and find a way to fix the problem or the situation. Thus, I believe this is how an organisation or a person can grow by maintaining their integrity.
After the event was finished, all of the crew gathered at Dewan Seri Resak for the post-mortem meeting. I had experienced this type of meeting before; however, for this meeting, I had the chance to speak up and be the representative for my unit. This made me realised that this is the most crucial session whenever participating in an event. Because it helps us to become better in the future by analysing the challenges we encounter before and during the event. Not only the post-mortem meeting made us gain efficiency in a future event, but it also helps us bond much closer by talking about our challenges, problems during the event and celebration of the success of the event.
In conclusion, this event has thought me some new skills and has made me realised that having the correct attitude is the catalyst for a person's growth. This event has shown me the proper way to work with another organisation or team. I believe that I need to learn how to become a diplomatic person, especially when dealing with another party. For example, I realised that I did not listen to my other person advice whenever I am stressed during the event. And as a result, the atmosphere or the working environment is very stressful for everyone. If I found myself stuck in the same situation, I will try to communicate properly with the person in charge to ease the situation, to avoid the same issue to reoccur and to unite the team to complete the goals together.
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