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1. Can you share how it is
like to work in ASTRO? Any memorable experiences that you can share with us?
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Mr. Saiful Islam, one of the public affairs officers, said that it
was more than interesting to work in ASTRO. He feels so honored to be part of
ASTRO because thousands and thousands of Malaysians depend on ASTRO and he
feels that by doing his work, many Malaysians would benefit out of it.
Ms. Esther, a Front Desk executive, said that it is challenging and
difficult but it is exciting and fun. She also said its fun when the celebrities
from India come to ASTRO for an interview. She feels that meeting all these
celebrities is an added advantage.
2. How would you describe the organizational
culture here in ASTRO?
The
working atmosphere and environment in ASTRO looks very organized,
systematically, and professional. The place is very peaceful and quiet and the
people there are able to get down to their work and concentrate on what they
are doing. The people there are focused on their job and not simply hanging
around. Besides, they are also friendly people to talk to. The way the people
work there is easy going and not looking very stress at their job.
3. What
are the hiring policies like for international graduates? Are there any
opportunities for international
students?
International students have an opportunity to work in ASTRO.
International graduates go through a slightly similar hiring policy with local
graduates. There are certain qualifications that an international graduate must
have. For internships, an international student must be studying in a local
university and must enroll in a Bachelor’s Degree or a Diploma programme. This
also applies to local students. Students must obtain a certain CGPA to get an
internship with ASTRO. When international students have freshly graduated and
want to work in ASTRO, they are able to work in the industry. Some of the
hiring policies would be having a certified working Visa to work in Malaysia.
As what interviewee, Saiful Islam has briefly stated, international graduates
have almost the similar policies as local Malaysians to work in ASTRO. Both
local and international graduates can be part of the ASTRO world whether or not
they want to be a broadcaster, producer, engineer or any work related career
they offer in ASTRO.
4. Can
you share with us the internship opportunities available in ASTRO and how can
we apply?
ASTRO has an internship
programme called the Astro
Structured Internship Programme which is a
structured and robust programme for undergraduate Malaysian and International
students who are currently pursuing their first degree / diploma in institutions
of higher learning in Malaysia. This programme has a structured framework for
students to experience hands-on job training, whilst being immersed in
classroom-style training programmes which will enhance their skills. This will
help students gain experience and knowledge related to their field of study,
which will increase their employability rate upon completion of their studies.
The Astro Structured Internship Programme is open to all eligible
students both from public and private institutions of higher learning. There
are four intakes per year; March, June, September and December. There are a few
requirements needed to apply. Firstly, you must be a Malaysian or International student who is enrolled in Bachelor’s Degree /
Diploma programme with institutions of higher learning in Malaysia. In addition
to that, this programme is open to first year to final year students, but priority
will be given to final year students. Furthermore, the minimum CGPA of 3.0 and
above, or equivalent, is required. Also, there is a minimum 2.5 months duration
for internship placement. Lastly, this internship programme is also in line
with the Structured Internship Programme by TalentCorp.
Tiviya’s Individual Personal Reflection
1. A) I have learnt that dress code does not really matter to a certain extent. Astro allows their employees to wear semi-formal, as some of their employees might feel a little uncomfortable wearing them.
B) I realize that it is important to be quick and efficient at what you do. All the people who work in Astro are always alert and fast.
C) I have learnt that most of the content played on radio is recorded and not live. This was kind of disappointing but at the same time it was beneficial. I had doubts to work in a radio station, and this trip had cleared everything and made me feel that I could work in a radio station.
2. The best part of the trip was when I got a chance to go into the Hits.fm studio. I met Arnold, one of the famous announcers in Hits.fm, who took up his time to explain to us about the system and how it works. He was very friendly and humble, which made me feel a little more confident to ask him questions.
3. Yes, it definitely has made me feel a lot more confident about majoring in broadcasting. I think the fact that people I met in the radio stations like the producers and radio announcers were pretty friendly. I am interested in radio broadcast.
4. I would like to visit Media Prima. They also own prominent tv channels in Malaysia, like tv3 and 8tv. It would be interesting to know how the Sri Pentas looks when they are about to broadcast news and other live talks, as I never got the chance when I visited Astro.
Edwin’s Individual Personal Reflection
1) A) Knowing the reason why we can’t watch Astro’s channels at home when it is raining.
B) Understanding the job of the people working in the production-control room.
C) Knowing the actual things that are done by the DJs in their radio station studio, and finding out that actually none of the voice of the DJ we hear on radio is played live.
2) The best part of the field trip is when we enter the Hitz.fm studio and had a productive chat with one of the Hitz.fm DJ, Arnold. It is interesting to know from Arnold about how the radio broadcast work, what is played on air, and what DJs does in the studio.
3) Although I can see how interesting to be in the field of broadcasting after going to this field trip, I still did not plan to be in the field of broadcasting in. There is nothing that I did not like about broadcasting, I just think that broadcasting is not really suitable for me.
4) I would like to visit AirAsia, The Star and MTV Malaysia.
Carmen’s Individual Personal Reflection
1) The thing that I have learnt in this trip is ;
a) I finally know why Astro experiences technical difficulties in channeling TV network to homes when it rains. When it rains, heavy clouds will be in the way of satellite signals and this is why our televisions experience a disturbance.
b) I have learnt that some radio stations are being broadcasted through Astro and not on their own. Radio stations like hitz.fm, era.fm, and one.fm are examples of radio stations under Astro
c) The Astro industry has departments on where specific people handle a specific role. There were departments where people handled with the advertisements that are being aired on Astro, music and sounds that are made only for advertising Astro and departments where people organize shows to air on Astro like what show or movie comes next in a channel.
2) The best part of the field trip was being able to experience going into a real radio station. We got a chance to go into the Hitz.fm radio station and had a short brief tour on what it’s like to be a radio announcer. The radio announcer was nice enough to show us how the sounds and effects of a radio station were being played out on the radio. We got to listen to a few clips of sounds effect that Hitz.fm used when making announcements and advertisements. The radio DJ/announcer also shared with us his experience of being a radio dj/announcer and also answered a few of our questions.
3) The trip actually did increase my interest in broadcasting. Looking at the people who work in Astro makes me have that feeling like I would want to work in Astro too. Astro offers a wide range of multimedia and communication careers but the area of broadcasting I was really more interested in when going on this field trip was radio broadcasting. By the look of the people who work in the radio industry, they seem to have fun with the radio equipment and they even get a chance to be who they are when doing their job. The radio announcers have this flare when they speak on air and it lets people see that they are being themselves. This area has caught my eye and I have slowly grew an interest in this area.
4) Another media industry that I would be interested in visiting would be The Star Newspaper. I think it’d be a great opportunity to visit them because then I can discover a new area in media. I would get to know more about journalism and any work related careers to that. Visiting The Star Newspaper would definitely be a great way to know what I would want to do in the future.
Esther’s Individual Personal Reflection
1) A) How exactly radio stations work. I've always had the idea that radio stations were all separated from each other, and that everything was always live. But during the trip I realized that a lot of the radio stations were right next to each other and everything that was about go live was planned just in case they made a mistake or broke a rule, so they could always re-do it.
B) About the satellite stations, that they have two of them where we were, and another two somewhere else. This is because if the weather in one place was bad, they could always switch to the other satellites in the other place.
C) The process of releasing their shows on ASTRO, it must go through censorship to make sure the things they put out there are appropriate and suitable for the Malaysian culture.
2) The best part for me was visiting the radio stations, I’ve always wondered what is was like on the other side of the radio and I always wondered whether it would be very stressful, but the people that worked there looked very calm and looked like they loved their job.
3) Although broadcasting has never been my main interest, after going on this trip my interest did increase slightly. It was always the stress that worried me and making sure I do not mess up was always and issue for me, but when I found out it wasn't always live and spontaneous it reassured me. However, I feel like I might be more interested into the writing field or behind the camera and another thing, most of the people other than the people who worked in the radio station looked quite stressed and tired out and it made me wonder whether they like their job or not.
4) I would be very interested to visit a video production company to see what it's like for them, and to learn more on how to edit and make videos.
Tiviya’s Individual Personal Reflection
1. A) I have learnt that dress code does not really matter to a certain extent. Astro allows their employees to wear semi-formal, as some of their employees might feel a little uncomfortable wearing them.
B) I realize that it is important to be quick and efficient at what you do. All the people who work in Astro are always alert and fast.
C) I have learnt that most of the content played on radio is recorded and not live. This was kind of disappointing but at the same time it was beneficial. I had doubts to work in a radio station, and this trip had cleared everything and made me feel that I could work in a radio station.
2. The best part of the trip was when I got a chance to go into the Hits.fm studio. I met Arnold, one of the famous announcers in Hits.fm, who took up his time to explain to us about the system and how it works. He was very friendly and humble, which made me feel a little more confident to ask him questions.
3. Yes, it definitely has made me feel a lot more confident about majoring in broadcasting. I think the fact that people I met in the radio stations like the producers and radio announcers were pretty friendly. I am interested in radio broadcast.
4. I would like to visit Media Prima. They also own prominent tv channels in Malaysia, like tv3 and 8tv. It would be interesting to know how the Sri Pentas looks when they are about to broadcast news and other live talks, as I never got the chance when I visited Astro.
Edwin’s Individual Personal Reflection
1) A) Knowing the reason why we can’t watch Astro’s channels at home when it is raining.
B) Understanding the job of the people working in the production-control room.
C) Knowing the actual things that are done by the DJs in their radio station studio, and finding out that actually none of the voice of the DJ we hear on radio is played live.
2) The best part of the field trip is when we enter the Hitz.fm studio and had a productive chat with one of the Hitz.fm DJ, Arnold. It is interesting to know from Arnold about how the radio broadcast work, what is played on air, and what DJs does in the studio.
3) Although I can see how interesting to be in the field of broadcasting after going to this field trip, I still did not plan to be in the field of broadcasting in. There is nothing that I did not like about broadcasting, I just think that broadcasting is not really suitable for me.
4) I would like to visit AirAsia, The Star and MTV Malaysia.
Carmen’s Individual Personal Reflection
1) The thing that I have learnt in this trip is ;
a) I finally know why Astro experiences technical difficulties in channeling TV network to homes when it rains. When it rains, heavy clouds will be in the way of satellite signals and this is why our televisions experience a disturbance.
b) I have learnt that some radio stations are being broadcasted through Astro and not on their own. Radio stations like hitz.fm, era.fm, and one.fm are examples of radio stations under Astro
c) The Astro industry has departments on where specific people handle a specific role. There were departments where people handled with the advertisements that are being aired on Astro, music and sounds that are made only for advertising Astro and departments where people organize shows to air on Astro like what show or movie comes next in a channel.
2) The best part of the field trip was being able to experience going into a real radio station. We got a chance to go into the Hitz.fm radio station and had a short brief tour on what it’s like to be a radio announcer. The radio announcer was nice enough to show us how the sounds and effects of a radio station were being played out on the radio. We got to listen to a few clips of sounds effect that Hitz.fm used when making announcements and advertisements. The radio DJ/announcer also shared with us his experience of being a radio dj/announcer and also answered a few of our questions.
3) The trip actually did increase my interest in broadcasting. Looking at the people who work in Astro makes me have that feeling like I would want to work in Astro too. Astro offers a wide range of multimedia and communication careers but the area of broadcasting I was really more interested in when going on this field trip was radio broadcasting. By the look of the people who work in the radio industry, they seem to have fun with the radio equipment and they even get a chance to be who they are when doing their job. The radio announcers have this flare when they speak on air and it lets people see that they are being themselves. This area has caught my eye and I have slowly grew an interest in this area.
Esther’s Individual Personal Reflection
1) A) How exactly radio stations work. I've always had the idea that radio stations were all separated from each other, and that everything was always live. But during the trip I realized that a lot of the radio stations were right next to each other and everything that was about go live was planned just in case they made a mistake or broke a rule, so they could always re-do it.
B) About the satellite stations, that they have two of them where we were, and another two somewhere else. This is because if the weather in one place was bad, they could always switch to the other satellites in the other place.
C) The process of releasing their shows on ASTRO, it must go through censorship to make sure the things they put out there are appropriate and suitable for the Malaysian culture.
2) The best part for me was visiting the radio stations, I’ve always wondered what is was like on the other side of the radio and I always wondered whether it would be very stressful, but the people that worked there looked very calm and looked like they loved their job.
3) Although broadcasting has never been my main interest, after going on this trip my interest did increase slightly. It was always the stress that worried me and making sure I do not mess up was always and issue for me, but when I found out it wasn't always live and spontaneous it reassured me. However, I feel like I might be more interested into the writing field or behind the camera and another thing, most of the people other than the people who worked in the radio station looked quite stressed and tired out and it made me wonder whether they like their job or not.
4) I would be very interested to visit a video production company to see what it's like for them, and to learn more on how to edit and make videos.
Pearl-Lyn’s Individual Personal Reflection
1)I’ve learnt:
A) How satellite dishes
work. Also, I learnt that there were more than one satellite stations built so
that in case they were to experience technical difficulties, there would be a
back-up station.
B)
How radio stations work. I felt so lucky to have gone into an
actual radio station and talk to the radio host about how he goes around doing
his daily work which I thought was extremely fascinating.
C) How ASTRO actually
encourages their employees to take the stairs because “there is no easy road to
success”. I thought that was a very clever thing to do even though we were all
very lazy and wished that there was an elevator at that very moment.
2)I think the best part of the field trip was when we were allowed
into the HITZ.FM radio station and got to talk to Arnold, the radio host who
was very welcoming and friendly. He even took time off air to explain to us how
the equipment worked.
3)Yes, the field trip has definitely increased my interest in
broadcasting. This is because I felt like I could imagine myself in that position.
If I had to choose an area, it would be working as a radio host.
4) I would love to have an opportunity to visit Star World, Air Asia,
Disney and maybe a few music industries.
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