OJT

My first 100 hours at Saga Events:

Coffee making, typing, photocopying (Xerox machine), and a demanding boss who keeps on imposing so many things which are not related to OJT are the myth that was imposed into my mind. It’s according to some of my senior friends which already experienced their OJT. But is it really a rumors? That’s the question that I need to find out.

On our first day, we are all excited to be here at Saga. It’s a company which organizes events that can help us, students to learn their everyday routine and to adopt their ways of living which is useful in our future career as media practitioner. It was the first day and we’ve met our first major problem. They need to lessen the trainees because our batch was too many and their office can’t accommodate the number of the trainees, so what they do is to divide the students into 2 batches the– MWF and T, TH batch. I was scheduled to attend the T, TH but luckily, my head Ms. Mandy del Rosario under the Production Department wanted me to go in the office everyday to assist her in her busy agenda. She told me not to follow the scheduled given to us by the Operation Manager because she needs assistant in her events. I was so happy because I’m fortunate to be with her responsibility. I’m with Mr. Pat Villarojas but Ms. Mandy assigned us to do different tasks. As I continue my training at Saga Events, I’ve realized so many things in life.

At first, I was not really enjoying the most of OJT. There were boring moments and I’ve proved that those myths about ojt are somehow true. Some of my co-trainees are oblige to make coffees, to run in the near grocery store and to master operating the Xerox machine! I was surprise when I found out, that those rumors were really happening in reality. Fortunately, my first task is to surf the net and to research about creative ideas on how to make an out of the box concept in a wedding proposals and entourage. It seems that I need to improve my skills in terms of typing. They also gave me an assignment of thinking unusual scenarios where people can do two things at the same time. They told me that their going to used this as a concept in one of the major event that their company is dealing with.

For the past few weeks, everybody is busy, working with different upcoming events. I was given fieldwork which in turn made me enjoy my duties.

I was able to experience to work outside of my desk and that freezing room and discover new things about the company by going to the main production site. I was in place at the production team and help my boss in conceptualizing the materials needed in the upcoming event of Diesel which will be held at Embassy, The Fort. We come up with different effective concept that the client will surely like. Now, I feel the normal working situation, using the actual tools, equipment, documents or materials in my training. Ms. Mandy briefly explained to me what the task is and when and why it is must be performed. At first, I thought it was easy to organize an event, but in able for me to be successful, I need to be creative and to create an extraordinary thinking just to perform the task given to me. We tackle the event of Diesel, and I’m the one who make contact with companies which offers the materials that is useful for the event. We also discussed the events concept, theme, models, place, agenda, strategies etc. Because of this experienced I’ve learned how to create effective concepts and to manage an event.

I’ve also educated a lot when Ms. Mandy required me to attend the meeting of Monaco film Festival. This is my first time to attend a formal meeting where everybody is professionals. They negotiate to other companies supervisors in operating the event. The Monaco Charity Film Festival is a venue that brings worldwide attention to new, emerging filmmakers as well as raising money to help impoverished and abandoned children around the world. This dual-focus event transcends the Cannes Film Festival in its humanitarian efforts and scope, and provides a wide variety of film workshops to gifted men and women from around the globe. The Monaco Charity Film Festival is a yearly CHARITY event organized to raise money for some selected charities involved in taking care of children. My head decided to put me in her production team and to help her in this event. I was there to make a written record of all of the things that they’ve discuss, the set up, budget, concept, objectives and the agreements of this approaching events. I was the one who arrange the equipments needed in this meeting and it start in a power point presentation and historical background of Saga and also the events that they handled successfully which attracts the client. I am now aware on how to deal with clients and to formulate effective strategies in order to get the target customers.

No one is completely trained; we are constantly learning new techniques every time we work on a project. As I complete my 100 hours, I appreciate myself and my workplace more. I’ve develop my skills to work with others, and to work independently especially when it’s under pressure. OJT is an active process, and I’m glad because my supervisor is aware of my needs and motivates me to learn.