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'Nothing Succeeds Like Success' - Chronicles Of An HR Intern At Marico

Jun 28, 2019 | 4 minutes |

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Today, as I sit down to pen down my summer internship experience, a myriad of thoughts crosses my mind. In my opinion, since this is the most important time in our two-year journey of MBA, it’s not just about the exponential learning and the rich experience which an MBA student is looking for, it is indeed the taste of corporate which every MBA student should relish and savour. This experience will serve as a pillar as I am ready to embark upon my corporate roller coaster after completion of my MBA in the coming year. I am interning at one of the most reputed FMCG organizations in our country – Marico, as an HR intern. My internship was for two months and currently, I am left with just one week ahead of me as I am at the verge of completing my third project. So, let me start by how I got here in the first place. I am pursuing MBA at Universal Business School which helped me to cash this opportunity to start my career with such an esteemed organization. As soon as companies started coming to my campus for summer internships, I started preparing for the interviews. I brushed up the basics of HR, which I had learnt during my first year of MBA along with some basic concepts of Economics, General Studies and Current Affairs. Also, I went through some important subjects of my graduation (B.Tech. – I.T.) like Cloud Computing, Database Management, etc. While appearing for first few interviews I realized, that, it is very important that one is well versed with every single thing, one’s resume has to offer, and the key to getting through the interview is nothing but self-confidence and how motivated you are towards working in a particular industry. I started with my internship and worked on three projects – All the three projects were a gateway to meet my greater potentials and to my greater learning that ‘Human Resource Management’ is where my future lay. Over the course of my internship, I picked up skills of corporate communication, relevance in the field of work and the importance of being an assertive HR manager. But, all this couldn’t have been possible if Mr. Chandrashekhar Tripathi (Divisional Sales HR Manager – Marico), who was my mentor and guide at Marico wouldn’t have been there to help me with the projects. Even with his busy schedule, he ensured to take out time for me to resolve my queries and discuss the findings of my ongoing project. The most challenging aspect of the job was to garner information from the employees. Marico being a work-oriented organization, every employee is loaded up with his own work, and amidst of this corporate hustle, it was difficult for me to seek data from them, which proved to be the first stepping stone for my project. As a round-up, the two-month stint has given me an unparalleled wealth of knowledge and intricacies of execution. And is that not the purpose of a successful summer internship program? - Ishita Sarikwal