Final blog: what I have learnt in this internshp

This 4-month internship is a totally new experience to me and I really enjoyed it.

The first thing I learnt is that remote internship is not that bad. As I mentioned in my first blog, this marketing research internship is remotely working and I received training at the beginning of projects and other communications were done through email. However, I found that if online communication are done efficiently, it does not necessarily need to meet in person. Actually, online communication is more efficient because we won't waste time talking about unrelated topics.

The second thing I changed my attitude towards data and numbers. Before, I thought I was not a data-oriented person because I could easily become impatience and could not focus on details. Data analysis asks for abilities to look into the number pool and find the rule out of it. Now I think I like it! I feel like I found my potential.

I am going to dig into marketing research in the future!

Thank You Letter

Dear FGI Research,

Thank you so much for giving me the opportunity to learn about research in marketing field. I know I was not a perfect candidate when I applied for it four months ago. You can hardly seen any working experience in my resume that seemed to help me in research and marketing. Though I did have statistic class at a master level, you probably have received applications from stronger applicants that boasted these skills. However, you trusted me and gave me this chance. Being trusted, I was confident that I was able to learn fast and do a good job. This level of confidence has encouraged me until now and it surely will support me in the future as well. 

I appreciate that you teach me all the techniques and skills in marketing research. It was difficult to understand all those programs and terms for me at first as a layman. The collection of data sometimes drove me crazy, however now I learnt how to find out the significant points out of a messy pool of numbers and labels. Besides the skills, thank you for building the ability of being patience to details and regular duties out of me. I have never thought that I was able to sit in front of a computer and deal with numbers for two hours everyday. However, you helps me to find another me.

All in all, thank you for the rewarding experience that I was able to try something new and find the potential in me. I hope what I did as an intern contributed to your development too. Hope all the best in your future endeavor!

Best,

Qi Yu