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in their own words
Wai Cong, a Malaysian student of international business and entrepreneurship in the UK, interned in business development at a car service and maintenance app in Thailand. He worked on social marketing, sales promotion and startup events.
Wai Cong: Business Development Intern in Bangkok
University of Essex
Business Development
Bangkok
Startup
The internship in 30 seconds
Day to day
I get to meet other interns from different countries, which allows me to bond with them and make new friends.
Intern
As a business development intern at a car service and maintenance app in Thailand, Wai Cong helped the company with social marketing and promoting sales, and attended startup events.
On AIP: “They tailor to what I prefer for my internship,” and their networking events helped him meet different kinds of people and businesses. Through AIP’s community he met interns from other countries and made new friends.
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The hard parts
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Life in the city
“The culture here is pretty different compared to Malaysia, and I really love the culture here.” His favorite part: the delicious food.
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What to know before you land
I would definitely suggest people do an internship, because it enables them to expand their horizons, and they are able to use this knowledge in their future career.
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My name is Wai Cong and I’m from Malaysia. I’m currently studying international business and entrepreneurship in the UK.
I’m currently doing a business development internship at [company], an application for car service and maintenance. My task is to help them do social marketing and promote sales, and also attend startup events, so I get to learn from different aspects of [unclear] working here.
[unclear] is a great place to work in, and the culture here is pretty different compared to Malaysia. I really love the culture here, and they also serve delicious food, that’s my favorite.
AIP’s service is great. They tailor to what I prefer for my internship, and they also host networking events, which allow me to meet different kinds of people and different businesses as well. AIP have a community where I get to meet other interns from different countries, which allows me to bond with them and make new friends.
This internship has been great. I would definitely suggest people do an internship, because it enables them to expand their horizons, and they are able to use this knowledge in their future career.
Transcript from YouTube’s automatic captions, lightly edited. Company name removed. [unclear] marks words the captions didn’t catch.
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