My OJT Experience: The Work Environment and Lessons I've Learned

Hello! Welcome to my blog. I am Svet Leighann T. Señeres, a student from BSIT 2B. In this blog, I will talk about how my experience was during my OJT. When I first found out that we were required to undergo OJT, I felt excited to experience it. However, it was unfortunate that we could not experience to work onsite due to the pandemic. To be honest, I thought that it would be easier as everything had to be done in a virtual setting, but I was wrong. It was difficult, especially applying for a company and looking for an offer that was aligned to my program. It took me a few months before I was able to find a company that was willing to hire interns and at some point I thought it was almost impossible for me to finish my midyear. Thankfully, I finally got to start my OJT and render my hours. I had to manage my time in both my OJT and class and somehow make it work as I started mine during the start of classes. Although the tasks that were assigned to me were not that aligned to my program, I was still able to use my knowledge in technology to help the company. Even though my experience wasn't face to face, It gave me an insight on what to expect and I still learned a lot that I can apply to myself when I enter the work environment in the future. I can say that it is different than the academic environment. It is much more strict and it definitely taught me to have better time management. I have to be fast, become responsible when it comes to tasks and  always be on time. Another thing that it has taught me is patience, especially when it comes to dealing with applicants like answering their queries, reviewing their applications and interacting with people who have unpleasant personalities. With that being said, I hope that when I do get the chance to experience this again, I will have the opportunity to render my hours in an actual face to face environment.