“Even when I was in high school, I concentrated on science, but I had had a high interest in all things related to communication since I was young. I have been accustomed by my parents to dare to appear in public, be it singing, being a radio announcer, television announcer, reading poetry, reading the Qur’an, giving speeches and so on. This really affected me so that I really liked all fields related to communication, especially public speaking and it finally made me more confident to pursue this field by choosing the communication department of FISIP Undip” said Infra Ranisetya, Alumni of Faculty of Social and Political Sciences, Universitas Diponegoro’s Communication Science.

“Of course, I got a lot of interesting experiences when I studied at Communication Science, FISIP Undip, one of which was being able to shape my mindset to be much broader with a fun learning process, starting from making several projects, research and presentations. The knowledge that I gained during my studies turned out to be very useful to be implemented in my current job,” she continued.

Infra became a student of Undip through the Independent Examination (UM), class of 2009 and graduated in January 2014, she currently works at PT Bank Mandiri (Persero) Tbk. Initially, she participated in the Officer Development Program (ODP) selection at Bank Mandiri in February 2014, after she was officially graduated by Undip. The program was a recruitment program for managerial lines opened by Bank Mandiri for fresh graduates who would later be given education and on the job training before being placed in managerial positions. She had been at Bank Mandiri for almost 7 years and had had several career opportunities ranging from being a customer service officer at the branch whose job was to lead the frontliner team in terms of operations at the branch as well as with the branch manager, as well as carrying out business execution, service and control.

“For approximately 5 years I have also served as a Business Development Officer who was in charge of analyzing, monitoring and initiating business and marketing programs that can provide support to managed branches in executing business potential. Furthermore, in one year, Alhamdulillah, I was given the mandate to become a Branch Manager at one of Bank Mandiri’s cash outlets located in Central Jakarta. My job is to be a leader in my branch who is fully responsible for business execution to achieve targets, provide the best service in branch operations to customers, and ensure that controls can run properly in accordance with the provisions,” she explained.

“I am always grateful to be an Undip student because the phase of being an Undip student was a phase as an extraordinary learner for me. At Undip, there were many opportunities to do various things. Undip taught me a lot to always dare to dream and fight and then make it happen. The most memorable memory was when I was chosen as the 1st Winner of Universitas Diponegoro Outstanding Student in 2012. It was not an easy achievement to get, because during my studies at Undip I was not only focused on studying, but also learned a lot in other activities such as participating in several organizations. Including, the Universitas Diponegoro’s Choir, working as a radio announcer for Pro Alma FM and also as a news anchor on television. All of that had forced me to be really smart in time management,” she said.

In addition, while at Undip, she had several opportunities as an Undip representative in several events, such as Young Leaders for Indonesia organized by Mc Kinsey Company. It was a program that selects 60 of the best students in Indonesia for a self-development program for 6 months, which finally launched one of its initiatives in the form of a Class Dare to Speak I-Speak Project and finally was able to help more than 400 young people in Semarang from various universities to learn public speaking. As well as forming the Srikandhi Green Youth Movement with her friends as a forum for young people to contribute positively to the environment.

“In my opinion, education is a value that reflects one’s personality. Education is not just a matter of getting a degree such as a bachelor’s, master’s or doctoral degree, but education is a value that shapes us, making us individuals to be able to create ideas, creativity, initiatives that later can have an impact not only for ourselves but for many people,” she concluded. (Linda Public Relations)

Source: undip.ac.id