Going #Extramile
Experiences in life are an education in themselves. I joined Amal Fellowship because I wanted to work on myself, and it taught me communication skills, art of self-reflection, smart goal setting, and working on achieving them.
One of the goals I set for myself was to apply for an internship this summer. In this regard, Amal Academy’s ‘Passenger’ series helped me a lot. The first step was identifying the potential organization by doing research, and networking. I connected with an MPhil fellow from at the School of Biological Sciences PU through LinkedIn because I heard about amazing research being conducted there, which would help me familiarize myself with research methodology & techniques helpful in MPhil as well as in any clinical / industrial job I wanted to pursue. My amazing mentors made it possible for me to design a superhero resume & cover letter for the intern position. During fellowship, we are taught that the extra mile always helps, so I got my elevator pitch ready, dressed up professionally, and took my documents to SBS because I wanted to drop them in person. When I reached there, my nerves took over. At this moment, I remembered the mantra my PM told me to always repeat “you are awesome, you are the best”.
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This helped because I told myself, at least I won’t have the “ what if” bugging me. I went inside, greeted the receptionist who was very helpful, and met with MPhil connection. We casually conversed. (We loved the same author and I have been to her hometown). I was able to meet the lab assistant with her help and delivered my elevator pitch. He was very appreciative of my determination.
I’m more determined, confident as an individual after this experience and understand that networking and communication skills are tools of success.
“Every experience good or bad is a priceless collector’s item.” (Isaac Marion)
