Internship that opened a whole new door
BY LILIANA SHERYN I WAS not sure at first about where to undergo my internship. Applied to a few places but never got a reply. Even until my lecturer texted in our WhatsApp group saying whoever wanted to undergo their internship in New Sarawak Tribune may fill their names in the group. I still wasn’t […]
Insights into internship with a newspaper
BY ABIDGAIL MERTA GANGGANG & LILIANA SHERYN KUCHING: Internships are pivotal in shaping one’s career as they provide undergraduates and graduates with real-world exposure to working environments and help them develop the necessary skills required to stand out in a saturated job market. A saturated job market is a situation where there are more job […]
Inside the life of an intern reporter
BY JAMES WONG KUCHING: One day, my lecturer informed us about an exciting opportunity to undertake a three-month industrial training or internship at the New Sarawak Tribune. The news came at the perfect time. I was a final year student majoring in Strategic Communication at Universiti Malaysia Sarawak (UNIMAS), and we were in the midst […]
Interns gain insights on role of TVS
BY JAMES WONG KUCHING: Thirteen interns from New Sarawak Tribune and Suara Sarawak have the opportunity to tour TVS at its headquarters, Cityone Megamall here yesterday. The courtesy visit was organised jointly by New Sarawak Tribune and Suara Sarawak alongside TVS to provide interns with valuable insights into the inner workings of the state’s media […]
Tough to justify compulsory allowance for interns
KUCHING: It is difficult to justify employers having to pay a mandatory allowance to student interns. In stating this Universiti Malaysia Sarawak (Unimas) board member Dr Gregory Hii differed with Youth and Sports Minister Hannah Yeoh’s proposal to make it compulsory to pay allowances to students who undergo industrial training in the private sector. “It […]
Internship provides taste of working life
By Rachel Mina & Umie Syazwanie Mohd KUCHING: During their internship, students are attached to companies and institutions in order to gain work experience or satisfy requirements for a qualification. Several academicians polled by New Sarawak Tribune said the internship at these companies and institutions would make prepare future graduates for the job market as […]
Resident office takes in stateless girls as interns
KUCHING: The Kapit Resident and District Office has taken in as interns, two stateless girls from Long Singut who achieved 6As in the recent Sijil Pelajaran Malaysia (SPM) examination. Deputy Chief Minister Tan Sri Datuk Amar Dr James Jemut Masing, who disclosed this today, said he was trying his best to get them and others […]
Internship, on-the-job training for engineers
MIRI: The Malaysian Timber Council (MTC) will be launching a new programme this March for engineers, wood technology graduates as well as undergraduates to be absorbed into timber-based companies for training and internship purposes. The ‘MTC Engineer Placement and Internship in Industry Programme 2021’ will be a joint initiative between the council, higher learning institutions […]
Virtual internship is here now
KUALA LUMPUR: Since the extension of the movement control order (MCO), students gearing up for internship placements and currently undergoing the programme are left in limbo, fearing their path towards graduation and employment might come to an abrupt halt due to the Covid-19 pandemic. Businesses are facing challenges in keeping their wheels in motion since the MCO, […]
