My Final Reflection…

It has been almost four hectic and eventful months since I wrote my first ever blog post. So much has changed since then! On top of the list is my very proud achievement of completing my 86-page thesis in addition to 3 group projects, 2 individual term papers and various other individual assignments (mostly from this module!).

Looking back to my first post, my expectation was simple and that is to give myself a competitive advantage in facing the working life through effective communication. I have to say that this expectation have been met through the skills that I picked up in the duration of this course. In fact, this has culminated in landing my first ever job interview with Sembcorp this coming Tuesday! I believe that the knowledge that I have gained on writing job application letters and resume as well as job interview skills play a part in helping to get my resume picked. Furthermore, the expert guidance and pointers from Ms Happy Goh definitely assisted me in building and beefing up my resume. However, I believe more time and effort could be allocated for these components.

On the other hand, I am slightly disappointed that a lot of time was spent in doing the survey and research project because I have done such projects before in other modules and thus I did not really find it particularly useful. However, the interactions in doing the project do help me to communicate more effectively with others. As for blogging, although they are tedious and very much dreaded, I feel that it has actually improved my writing skills and also forced me to think more. It also exposed people like me, who would otherwise not think of blogging, to this form of communication.

Overall I believe that this module has succeeded in making all of us communicate more effectively by simply allowing us to interact with one another. It reminds me of my pre-university days when we know all or at least most of the people in our class instead of the usual university tutorials where people sit, listen and leave without even knowing the person sitting next to them. Hence, it is a great way to finish off my university life by making a whole class of new friends!

Lastly, like I mentioned in my first post, we can never truly finish learning communication skills but I believe I have expanded on my arsenal of communication skills. I am now more able and ready to face the working environment. Watch out, world!

ps. Sorry for the uncharacteristically long post... I saved the best for the last! Haha