One of the most important skill set I had learnt is how to manage working relationships professionally. During the research for the final proposal, my team and I had the opportunity to communicate with individuals from other organizations. Sometimes, I am at a loss how I could reply my addressees' email correspondences. But thank God for Ms Lim, I've learnt how to handle such situations with tact and I am confident should similar instances arises in near future, I would have the ability to handle them.
On the same note, there are instances when I felt I should reply an email in a particular way. However, after consulting with Ms. Lim, she made me see things in another dimension and I'm grateful for that. For example, there was once I sent an email to my professor to request for her permission to mass email her students to help us complete our survey. Somehow, the email was forwarded to the department dean and then the manager of the department replied my request. After all are settled, I decided to move on; but Ms Lim advised me to send a thank you email to the department dean as well. I reasoned with her that I do not have to since I do not have direct correspondence with him. However, Ms. Lim let me understand that it is polite to do so. Further, this gesture could also leave a good impression on my professionalism.
Another skill set which I had picked up from this course is the writing of application letter and resume. Previously, my resume only comprises of a chronological list of the schools I had attended to and the clubs I had joined. This course made me probe further into writing resumes and better market myself as a potential candidate for the workforce.
All in all, I enjoyed the module. However, I enjoyed even more the fun classmates I had. Thank you everyone for the fun interaction we had for the past semester! Good luck for your exams Alex, Andy, Benedict, Bryan, Clarence, Guo Ren, Jay, Jia Lin, Madhu, Wei Xi, Aish, Andrew, Gerard, Jigna, Mufeedha, Si Jie and Wei Li. You guys made my Monday and Thursday fun =)
Catch up soon!
xoxo
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ReplyDeleteHey Jim, great getting to know you and interact with you over the course of this semester. As someone with quite a bit of working experience (and not just some dead end temp job that most of us have done), your insight and perspective on a lot of the issues such as resolving professional conflicts was very useful.
ReplyDeleteI also found the proposal to be quite an eye opening experience. I have never actually had to do actual business correspondence before. As such I was also relatively unsure of the business etiquette for emails and the like. The proposal forced me to attempt such correspondence and I found it to be an extremely valuable learning experience.
Really great getting to know you this semester. See you at the barbecue in June!
Hi Jim,
ReplyDeleteIt has been my pleasure to have you in class this semester. You've been a very proactive and motivated student, and for that, I am deeply appreciative.
During class discussions, you were always actively involved, be it your readiness to share your views or your promptness to pose questions (as such adding breadth and depth to discussions) – what can I say, but that the class would certainly be a lot quieter without your contributions this semester!
I’d also like you to know that I was particularly impressed by the way you contributed to the research for the proposal. You were able to think of out the box and came up with fast, workable ways to approach your survey respondents and interviewees. Well done!
All in all, thank you for participating so actively in class, and in the tasks assigned for this module. Congrats to your graduation – you’d definitely earned it!
All the best as you continue your learning journey, and keep in touch.
Ms. Lim
Hi Jimmy,
ReplyDeleteThis module definitely has a high learning value! Much was really an eye opener, especially resume and application letter writing. I'm sure these communication skills which we have learned will be of great use to us in one way or another.
I remembered the second day in class, when I saw you coming in late, I was wondering if you have walked into the wrong class. Knowing you for more than a year, I find that you are a natural entertainer. And you did not fail to bring your talents to bring us joy in this module.
Really nice knowing you as a Voices member, a classmate and a friend. See you around in school and good luck for your examinations =)!
Hi Jim ,
ReplyDeleteI have to agree with Ms.Lim. Your contributions to the class made it a lot more
interactive and fun. I was very impressed by how you always sounded so confident. You always came across as someone who "knew your stuff".
And yes, I faced the same situation with writing emails too. I was quite unsure of how formal emails to different people should be. The practice I've got this semester writing emails will no doubt be useful in the future.
I remember you saying that this is quite a heavy semester for you. But I am sure with all the hard work you put in, you will do well. Good luck for your exams ! Have fun and keep in touch.
Hey Jim,
ReplyDeleteI can totally empathize with you on crafting appropriate replies to various individuals, especially when he/she is of a higher authority. I took alot of time to type out just two lines haha.
It's been a great learning journey and it's been great working with you as well :) classes were definitely livelier with you around. All the best for your exams!