Ideal Strategies for Protégés at any Corporations :
(1) For Petronas, it's Protege GEES, a 1- year program for Unemployed Graduates with Degree in any disciplines with CGPA of 3.0 and above only, age limit 26 years old, monthly allowance RM 2000.
(2) The difference with Internship, this is your first genuine relevant hands on working experiences as part of your credibilities.
(3) You may quit anytime by giving 1 week notice. No repercussions.
(4) Ideally, it has to match with your discipline, but it's your prerogative to choose depending on your passion.
Some Graduates of Engineering wanna switch to Marketing, Public Affair, IT or Business.
(5) No guarantee for any employment.
(6) During that 1 year duration, if you get any job offers from other companies, especially a permanent position relevant to your discipline, with a salary of at least RM 2500, you'd better accept such offer.
(7) Familiarise yourself fast with the company working culture and grab fast technical knowledge, reach out for Senior Professionals.
(8) Mingle and network with most of the staff including the Top Guns, avoid being a lone wolf, extreme introvert, anti social, silo mentality, arrogant, lazy, stubborn, complaining, abhorrent.
(9) Besides your core tasks, volunteer yourself for any new task force or initiatives of the company for you to be visible.
(10) Be humble and learn from highly experienced Engineers, Executives, Technicians and Clerks.
(11) Don't limit your work 8 to 5, involve yourself with any of the Plant problems such machines troubleshooting, turnaround activities, etc. You might be networking with any of Contractors such as their Engineers and Managers.
(12) Some Protégés would be lucky enough for being absorbed by the company based on recommendations of their Supervisors.
(13) For the sake of your career, your parents should support you on financial if the company you're attached with is very far away from your hometown i. e. KL with Sabah Sarawak.
For further deliberations on the strategies, we may chill down over coffee sessions sometimes. 😃😄😅
Advisor, University Relations at ConocoPhillips
2moLiterally the best group of interns!!!! it was such a wonderful week of learning, networking, and making lasting memories!