My Experience at "Gas & Oil Pakistan"

Today, I completed 8 weeks of my Internship at Gas & Oil Pakistan. I still remember the days during Ramadan when I was completely frustrated for getting an internship at any organization. I knew how hard it was to get a Job in Pakistan but to my surprise getting an internship was not a piece of cake as well.

Having a good GPA from a very reputed university was of no use when no company was willing to call for an internship and then I had to step down to start looking for internships in Startups. To my frustration I wrote an article “Recruiters make a very Bad mistake. This needs to STOP !!! ” which was intended for the HR Department who dont even bother to reply.

Ironically, A day after I wrote this article I got a call from an HR Manager at Gas & Oil Pakistan who scheduled an interview with me and after the call I kept on thinking that whether I applied in this company or not. TBH, I applied in almost 20 to 30 companies and I even forgot which company was calling me for the interview.

My Interview went very well with the HR Executive and the next day I was called for another interview by the Sr Manager of that company which also went great after which I started my Internship. The twist here is that I was asked to do an internship in the HR department which I wasn’t willing to do at first because of my background in Marketing and Finance but just to know how the recruitment process works I made my mind to work here in HR department

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After a few days, I hesitantly asked my Manager that where did they get my CV from and he replied “Rozee.pk”. I was very surprised at first that this really works. He said “We hire candidates from LinkedIn, Rozee.pk and almost every place the right candidate is from. I got very happy that my profile on Rozee.pk and LinkedIn helped me get an internship and this was my first lesson to build a strong profile on these networks because recruiters are searching for You and with incomplete data you might lose a chance for something interesting.

I wont discuss my responsibilities at Internship but what I can proudly tell is that none of it was related to photo copying and file signing. They also paid me a very reasonable stipend and all of my work was just the same as of the manager and not of an Office Boy. I learned a lot here. I learned how these organizations work and how things work here at HR department.

It was an OMC (Oil Marketing Company) with vast opportunites and is one of the organizations which I might prefer to work after graduation because of its culture and much more.
Working here was an experience to count and the people whom I worked with were just like my brothers who were great mentors, teachers and motivators. I worked here 9am to 5pm from Monday to Saturday and there was not a single day when I felt frustrated or tired with my internship. When I started my Internship it was of 6weeks but later on I got it extended it for another 2weeks.

Those who are searching for a job, I prefer that you should definitely apply here and you wont regret your decision.

Thanks for reading this article.