RMIT Diary

Yesterday was a great day I have ever had in my university life at RMIT Vietnam and in my life as a member of RMIT Business Club. It was Career Day that gave me so many memorial moments not only with my teammates but also with people I assisted as my responsibility.

The day started uncommon to me even at the beginning. The day before, I went to bed at 12:30. Yesterday, I woke up at 5am, just felt like I have been waiting for this event so much that I could not get up any later.

The day was kind of rush and nervous at the beginning because some people came late. But then everything went smoothly. I was the assistant of an investment and capital securities, TVS. They arrived quite late as other companies had already set up their own booths. There were two guys, one Vietnamese and one Chinese – American, and a Vietnamese lady. They arrived at the back door while I was waiting for them at the front door. The Chinese – American guy was sympathy with me at first when I helped him to carry his bag and brought other stuffs. The booth they set up was very simple, it consisted of only one banner, compare to KPMG’s booth with 8 banners around them. I was a little bit surprise as they came late, set up booth very quickly and move all to the Yara room to enjoy their breakfast there.

Regrettably, I missed the General Business session of Unilever and Dutch Lady yet got some useful information in the Banking and Finance session.

At first, I was not really interested in my company’s business, TVS. At the end, I thought of joining this company once. The reason was that the way people within this company, those who attended the Career day, communicated was very friendly and informal. I saw there was no distance between the boss and the staff. They talk to each others like me talking to my close friends. The Chinese – American guy, an equities sales analyst, also told me the reason he joined this company. When he graduated from university, he could get a job in any bank like HSBC or Standard Chartered. But he chose this company because it was young and allows creative working practice. Other big organizations used to have a working pattern that when you worked there you just follow the process that has everything designed.

One thing I think I have learned from these business people was the way they expand their network. When the lobby was not so crowded and there were not many students to come, they went to the booths of other companies, got into conversation with people there and exchanged business cards.

The day finished successfully. We, the RMIT business club, rewarded ourselves by a karaoke party. It was just warm and crazy – a little too much shouting, a little too much waving, a little too much acting. Some were great singing couples who made people feel as if they are truly couples. I had thought that I would be so exhausted at the end of the day that I could not join the karaoke but I just could not stop, could not miss any opportunity to have fun.

Finally, I had a tight sleep without dreaming about Management accounting midterm, which was this afternoon.