Telenor Trainee Blog
15 trainees will share their experiences from working in a constantly changing and internationally growing environment at Telenor.
Getting everyone on board
By Vegar Wikhammer Heir on 26 August, 2010
As a trainee I try to learn about as many different areas in the company as possible, and in the last couple of months in Grameenphone I have been introduced to the excellent customer service center, I have been working with the CSR team and I have been in involved in the development of Bengali [...]
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Back in Delhi!
By Gabriella Grepe on 26 August, 2010
I’m back from vacation and a change of department and a visit to Calcutta welcomed me the first week at work.
It’s Harvest Time in Podgorica
By Aniela Szumilas on 26 August, 2010
As the summer draws to a close, i’m at ease in Montenegro. I’ve had a fair share of ups and downs over the time here; but just as harvest time does in nature, i’m gathering all of what i’ve gone through and bundling it into a big heap of positivity. I’ll definately draw on all of the lessons i’ve gathered here later; maybe even in another time of difficulty, but the really good news is that unlike in the harvest, my heaping of positivity doesn’t come just once a year.
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Categories: Montenegro, Norway, Telenor Group, Telenor Montenegro, Telenor Norway
Life long memories
By Erik Irestål on 10 August, 2010
India never stops to amaze me. During the last few weeks I had the opportunity to explore Kerala, the southwest most state of India, start working with a new group of people at work and celebrate my birthday Indian style. All memories for life.
Some thoughts about differences
By Gabriella Grepe on 5 July, 2010
Just some random thoughts about being and living here in India
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Standstill
By Erik Irestål on 5 July, 2010
Going to work this morning the city was almost abandoned. A few cars were out, even fewer motorcycles and I only saw one auto rickshaw. The yellow and black three-wheeled auto rickshaws are usually the most common vehicle in Bangalore, but not today! In all of India there’s a one-day strike.
Daily life in KL
By Kristina Thim on 23 June, 2010
my daily life in KL - in pictures (and some words..)
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Same same, but oh, so very different
By Kristian Thun on 23 June, 2010
I spend my days here in Thailand working on a laptop almost identical to the one I had back in Norway. My desk is quite similar to my old one, and the physical office environment is very much the same as I’m used to. And yet, I feel further away from home here in the office than I do walking the streets of Bangkok.
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Living and Learning
By Aniela Szumilas on 15 June, 2010
Coming to Promonte,(now rebranded to Telenor Montenegro) I was weary of taking on the role of project manager. Here was a monumentous task looming ahead of me which meant that I not only had to coordinate myself but I was also responsible for deliveries from a team. I don’t know that I would call myself ready at this half-way point either, but the good news is that I’m learning every day!
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Staying Close in Dhaka
By Vegar Wikhammer Heir on 15 June, 2010
Seven weeks have gone by since I arrived in Dhaka, Bangladesh to work for Grameenphone Ltd. After surviving food poisoning, typhoid fever and a mild culture shock I feel qualified to give a first report on how it is to be a Telenor trainee stationed in Dhaka.
When I left Oslo, people were just about to [...]
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Indian cooking
By Gabriella Grepe on 7 June, 2010
When you love the Indian cuisine, there is only one thing to do …
Photo collage
By Gabriella Grepe on 7 June, 2010
Photos, photos and more photos
Rollercoaster
By Katalin Mester on 7 June, 2010
If you live abroad as an expat I guess you are a tourist at the same time. You want to explore everything and sometimes you might visit places you do not really go to very often in your “normal” life.
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Categories: Hungary, Norway, Telenor Norway
Life of an expat – what is really BEST for me?
By Zsófia Navratil on 3 June, 2010
What is the most important thing in your life? What are your priorities? Is your personal development on the first place, your family, friends or probably your hobby? Or is the most important thing really your carrier? And if not, how do you explain that you transitionally gave up everything else for it?
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Categories: Hungary, Norway, Telenor Group, Telenor Hungary, Uncategorized
Change is for real
By Erik Irestål on 1 June, 2010
The Telecom industry for sure is a fast moving industry! Today Uninor launched its GSM service in Mumbai, the most populous city of India at 14 million people. In the days to come Uninor will have a footprint of 900 million Indians. Truly amazing. Not only the business itself is fast moving, my tasks have quickly changed from one thing to another. I came to India to work on Postpaid but I’m currently launching MNP, Mobile Number Portability in a month.
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Exploring India
By Julijana Damcevska on 20 May, 2010
A part of living and working in India for me includes seeing other parts of the country during my stay here. I have heard of the large diversities across the country such as when it comes to nature, climate, culture, food and people. I have already had the chance to see some of this diversity through my three weekend trips that I have made so far -to Bangalore, Goa and Jaipur.
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Seminar week 3 - Telenor Serbia
By Gabriella Grepe on 12 May, 2010
I come to think about not having written anything about seminar week 3 in Belgrade., so here’s a tiny bit of a recap.
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Categories: Serbia, Telenor Sweden
What turns you on?
By Rikke Nielsen on 10 May, 2010
What actually motivates me? Is it peer recognition, change, promotions, material benefits or perhaps something entirely different? Lately, I have learned that the motivational sum is derived from multiple varying factors – it changes over time.
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A Colourful Place it is…
By Julijana Damcevska on 7 May, 2010
Arriving in New Delhi four weeks back has so far been a very colourful experience packed with an enormous amount of impressions; some that takes the air out of you and others that work as energy injections. It has taken some time to digest it all and I am still in the process of doing that, but at the same time I have started enjoying my stay here.
Its not just about the Job…
By Aniela Szumilas on 7 May, 2010
Works is a place where one ends up spending a fair share of time, so it’s important that you like what you do and that you enjoy the people that you work with. My mentor once told me to try and pick jobs where I could pick my boss. He says it’s better to have a great working relationship with your boss and colleagues as they are often more meaningful to job satisfaction than the actual work you do. I think there is a lot of truth to that.
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Patience
By Aniela Szumilas on 5 May, 2010
The reflections keep coming, and as I’m settling nicely into my second module at Promonte, the time has come to officially wrap up my first module. The things I’ve learned go far beyond the subject area I’ve worked in, and its hitting home that the trainee programme does a lot more than just show you different departments, divisions and job roles.
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week number 4 in Gurgaon, New Delhi
By Gabriella Grepe on 4 May, 2010
As I have started to settle in a bit, some things have become regular activities. This was my fourth week …
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Every day a new adventure
By Erik Irestål on 30 April, 2010
Three weeks has passed since I landed in India, I’m starting to settle in, but still every day is a new adventure. I explore new places, new cultural aspects and meet with new people every day and my conclusion has to be the same as the name of a TV show I recently watched: Incredible India.
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Value creation
By Katalin Mester on 28 April, 2010
This expression has many aspects and meanings but now I’d like to show my personal one.
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Home is where happy memories grow
By Zsófia Navratil on 21 April, 2010
Probably it’s not very common among university students (well at least from the western part of Europe) to finish university without one foreign semester or something other experience at least, so you may be surprised that to me the 2nd Module of our Trainee Programme is the very first experience of living abroad at all.
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DiGi! Living in KL
By Kristina Thim on 21 April, 2010
After two weeks in Malaysia I am starting to get used to the heat, the humidity, the crazy drivers everywhere, left hand traffic and working with Indian, Chineese and Malay people! I think I am going to have 6 great months here…
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How would our world look like without mobile phones?
By Dorottya Török on 20 April, 2010
‘Mobile communication changes our lives’ - tipical banality that commercials use to seduce us to buy more phones and better subscriptions. But is this really that trivial? Let’s take a closer look and let me share with you two stories about that.
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Picture time …
By Gabriella Grepe on 20 April, 2010
Delhi through my eyes..
NO WaR Anymore
By Vegar Wikhammer Heir on 20 April, 2010
A couple of weeks ago I was finishing up my work in Oslo and at the same time getting ready for a new 6 months period.
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Categories: Grameenphone, Norway, Telenor Norway
Living the expat life in Gurgaon, New Delhi
By Gabriella Grepe on 20 April, 2010
12 days of getting to know the city I’ve found that expat life could be harder …
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Juggling at above 100%
By Lasse Kronback Arildslund on 20 April, 2010
It has been quite a while since I blogged last time. I think I have constantly felt that, if I would write down something, it would be completely out-dated when it was published after just a couple of days… This is because my situation has been ever-changing, since I have had to shift attention constantly, from one area to another, tasks would unexpectedly change priorities, and deadlines would suddenly be surprisingly imminent. At some points I have felt as if I was juggling, but at this very moment I will seize a short-lived opportunity to take a deep breath, look back, and explain how juggling can take place even though there is no circus - or perhaps a medieval market - around!
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Lesson 1 - Driving in Malaysia
By Morten Bjørnson on 19 April, 2010
The most important rule when driving is that you must arrive at your destination ahead of the car in front of you. This is the sacrosanct rule of driving in Malaysia . All other rules are subservient to this rule.
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Leaving Stockholm for New Delhi
By Gabriella Grepe on 19 April, 2010
Leaving Sweden for India, I am prepared for culture shocks, incredible heat and a half year of adventure. Bring it on!
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Categories: India, Telenor Sweden, Uninor
Recharged and Ready to start!
By Aniela Szumilas on 6 April, 2010
One can hardly call seminar week vacation, but looking back on our latest seminar in Belgrade, I feel surprisingly refreshed and ready for the new challenges ahead.
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India -The Start of a New Journey
By Julijana Damcevska on 17 March, 2010
As the 1st module of the trainee programme is coming to an end, the start of our 2nd module is at our doorstep. I will spend the next six months working for Uninor in New Delhi within their marketing unit; more specifically with segmentation. Going to India has certainly taken up some thinking lately; how do I prepare myself before going?
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This is not a test
By Kristian Thun on 16 March, 2010
How much responsibility do you give the new guy? Quite a lot, apparently.
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The smallest ant in the world
By Kristian Thun on 16 March, 2010
The team is greater than the sum of its parts.
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Work in pictures
By Kristina Thim on 10 March, 2010
4G, the Stockholm view, Seminar 2… in pictures!
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Categories: Hungary, Sweden, Telenor Sweden
Vacation- and Telenor comes with me!
By Aniela Szumilas on 4 March, 2010
Telenor is bigger than I realize when I work only at Fornebu. You never know where you’re going to find a little reminder that the work we do extends beyond the office and our colleauges. When it comes down to it though, I’m really proud to be a Telenor employee- and that goes with me on vacation too!
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Olympic times
By Erik Irestål on 1 March, 2010
Looking outside, one might mistakenly think that the Winter Olympics are taking place in Stockholm. It’s below -10 degrees, at least half a meter of snow, and it has been this way since Christmas. My first winter in Stockholm isn’t what the winters usually are like. The same way I can conclude that my first half year as a trainee has been unlike anything I have done before.
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6 weeks to go …
By Gabriella Grepe on 1 March, 2010
With 6 weeks left, I’m more than excited to go to New Delhi, India for my module 2!
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Module 1 coming to an end
By Morten Bjørnson on 1 March, 2010
The first module is coming to an end in four weeks time. It has been exciting, challenging and a lot of learning experiences.
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Categories: Malaysia, Norway, Telenor Norway
Next stop - New Business in Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur
By Kristina Thim on 1 March, 2010
Wrapping up module 1. Next stop Kuala Lumpur.
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Next stop: India
By Erik Irestål on 3 February, 2010
At last it’s official, my next stop is going to be Bangalore, India. What seemed like a long time, a half year at Telenor Sweden, is coming to an end, and I’m trying to mentally prepare myself to leave Sweden for India. I’m sure it’s going to be a journey unlike most I’ve ever experienced.
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There are lessons to be learned
By Dorottya Török on 3 February, 2010
The trainee is a quite special workforce if we take a closer look. The trainee is not only doing the job and going home after it, the trainee plans to change the world with every single task. This post is not meant to be a big teaching on life and stuff, just a small summary of my useful (for me definitely) experiences on how corporate life is working and how I function as a trainee.
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A small recap …
By Gabriella Grepe on 29 January, 2010
Hungary trainee seminar week, the module 2 placement - AND the truth about the mentoring programme
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Business School versus On the Job Learning
By Aniela Szumilas on 22 January, 2010
Business school is a necessary institution and I have drawn on my knowledge and experiences from it in many situations, but its not everything. Organizational ways of working are also necessary, as policies and procedures enable the easier functioning of large size organizations. Having experienced the acheiver lifestyle of business school and the assimilator lifestyle of busines, Im trying to find my own place while learning about myself- and how management ACTUALLY works.
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“The Magic 3”: Amazing end for 2009 - great start for 2010
By Katalin Mester on 21 January, 2010
First of all- Happy new year to everyone! I could not have imagined that I can face so many new things in the “working life”: new people, new approaches, more and more knowledge, great personal experience… everything that a trainee could wish! I am very happy and really satisfied with my situation, but now I will write you about my dilemmas I am thinking about nowadays.
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FAREWELL 2009, HELLO 2010!!
By Rikke Nielsen on 14 January, 2010
First of all: Happy New Year! I hope you all had a peaceful and relaxing holiday, and that you are rejuvenated and ready for a new year. My beginning of this new decade has been filled with excitement and anxiety. I expect great change in 2010, and I will tell you why. I know I [...]
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Mamma Mia, here I go again
By Zsófia Navratil on 17 December, 2009
Morning: standing on lectern, presenting the revenue forecast of Pannon for the next year. Evening: dancing on stage as one of the girlfriends of Sophie from Mamma Mia. Apart from how stressful both the situations are, there are also some other similarities between them. The audience consists of Pannon workers both times. Lots of them. And our Management Board, of course.
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2009
By Slobodan Papak on 17 December, 2009
The year of opportunities and challenges!
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The Real Business!
By Julijana Damcevska on 16 December, 2009
When your manager and other colleagues start to discover your strengths, what you are good at and where you and your skills can be useful, expect to be asked to take part in new interesting and unknown projects!
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3 days before deadline - stress is my middle name
By Gabriella Grepe on 2 December, 2009
With 3 days until deadline it’s a bit chaotic … This was my day:
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Categories: Sweden, Telenor Sweden
sales whoho
By Kristina Thim on 2 December, 2009
I am trying out sales and showing you some pictures of how the office looks like.
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Learning it all by doing it all – priceless
By Dorottya Török on 27 November, 2009
What is the value of getting to know the industry? What is the value of being able to see everything and to learn whatever you can? What is the value of being able to discover new limits of yourself? Simply said: what is the value of being a trainee? Well, the answer is simple: it is priceless!
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Don’t Blink!
By Aniela Szumilas on 26 November, 2009
The time has come for me to tackle my tasks here at work with deadlines fast approaching, and with that in mind I think it might be about time for me to explain to you what my work entails, how it has changed…. and why not to blink. 
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Freedom
By Erik Irestål on 24 November, 2009
As important as I concluded inspiration to be in my last blog post, as important I believe reflection to be. The word that came to my mind reflecting on the last three months was freedom. At first it didn’t make sense, where is the freedom in working?
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To “pick the raisins out of the bun”
By Gabriella Grepe on 20 November, 2009
Being a trainee here at Telenor, you are kind of excused when you want to go around, try new things and see as much as possible. So when someone asks you if you want to join for a two hours excel course or to look at the campaigns in the stores – you simply don’t say no. At least I don’t…
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How to know if you are good at what you are doing?
By Lasse Kronback Arildslund on 18 November, 2009
It is not a very long time ago I finished university, and the ways of working on projects and assignments in such a forum still seems quite familiar. During my five years in university I felt that I continuously progressed, as I improved in the areas of group work and methodology. I got to know if my performance was good or bad because I knew on which basis I was evaluated. The working processes here in real life are very different, so how do I know if what I deliver is good or bad?
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Reflections on Relocation
By Rikke Nielsen on 13 November, 2009
Although my situation as a trainee has slowly sunk in, last week’s email from one of our HR contacts came as a big surprise. I was working on a project when my mailbox alert went off. New emails from Geir in HR usually means exciting news related to trainee seminars and other fun stuff. As [...]
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The Teletubbies are back in town
By Zsófia Navratil on 12 November, 2009
I just started to work for PandA a week ago. The first day was okay, but on my very second day they made me dress up like a Teletubby! We went out to the wild to build and paint a hut on a river bank, while it was raining cats and dogs. And you’re sooo wrong if you think I’m just kidding!
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Karlskrona, Stockholm and constant change
By Kristina Thim on 11 November, 2009
I used to say to everybody that “oh, I really want to work in a dynamic market and company. I love it when things change all the time”.. Well I guess I got what I asked for;)
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Getting comfortable
By Vegar Wikhammer Heir on 11 November, 2009
My first six weeks has been about meeting new people and adjusting to the working environment at Telenor Fornebu,
but it is already time to think about the future.
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Development in Progress
By Slobodan Papak on 11 November, 2009
After a month, I believe that I’m starting to keep balance between being an engineer and being a “marketeer”.
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I’m inspired!
By Erik Irestål on 4 November, 2009
Read about the experience that changed my life; I realized that I had every opportunity to make the most of my life in my own hands.
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Gaining Perspective- One Day at a Time
By Aniela Szumilas on 2 November, 2009
The day has come where I no longer jump out of bed and run to work. Perhaps part of my altered energy is the fault of my initial big expectations meeting the reality of work…. but highs and lows included, this first month reminded me that I have to buckle up my seatbelt for the ride ahead!
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Experiential learning
By Katalin Mester on 2 November, 2009
Intensive- plenty of new information- self confirmation- these words can describe my last month. No surprise, both professional and personal dimensions played important part.
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Balancing life
By Dorottya Török on 2 November, 2009
They say when you are a trainee you really got to be as flexible as possible so you can adapt to everyone and to every situation. In this process it can be quite helpful if you possess many useful traits. This entry is about my journey to reach to the conclusion on how I best can mix my best qualities most successfully.
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Full Speed, no Brakes
By Erik Hoffmann on 25 October, 2009
…I hadn’t been in London since I finished my grad programme at the LSE. Arriving in London no longer a student was a great experience. It brought home the realization how different being part of the Telenor Group is from being a student and how different the challenges are that I now confront…
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OMG, did a whole month just pass by?
By Lasse Kronback Arildslund on 21 October, 2009
One-and-a-half months in Oslo, and one month at djuice, Telenor. Everything is still quite new to me, but fortunately I’m starting to get a grip on things. However, there is much to learn, but I guess that’s why I’m here!
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The Value of the Unbiased Mind
By Rikke Nielsen on 20 October, 2009
It is probably a cliché, but I really feel like time is flying. Before I knew it I was entering my second month as a trainee in Telenor. Unbelievable!
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Work the way it fits your life – and enjoy the nice view!
By Zsófia Navratil on 14 October, 2009
Now I’ve spent a little more than a month working for Pannon, and I don’t have time to feel bored at all. Introductions, training, meetings and on top of that: working on both local and global projects. You could ask how I manage all these tasks, but it’s not that hard at all. Okay, maybe it would be in another organisation, but in Pannon… Pannon really helps you perform your best!
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Telecoms and me
By Vegar Wikhammer Heir on 12 October, 2009
People are made able to talk, write and see each other using communications devices such as mobile phones and computers. It’s all about people interacting in various ways and we’re here to help people in doing that!
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Multitasking
By Slobodan Papak on 9 October, 2009
Day after day, as time flows and more and more new and, just until yesterday, unusual things are coming into the scope of my experience, my efforts to adapt easy convert to an excitement and enthusiasm.
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6th week of working at Telenor
By Gabriella Grepe on 7 October, 2009
So … I’m into my 6th week at Telenor Sweden by now… Thought I’d write something about the department where I’ll be for the next 5 months.
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Second month!
By Kristina Thim on 7 October, 2009
My first month as a Telenor trainee has passed, second month here we go. Time has really passed by quickly, but at the same time it feels like soo much has happened…
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The “green” house effect on our Way of Work
By Dorottya Török on 2 October, 2009
In my last entry I posted a picture about the new Pannon house, but I didn’t write too much about it. Well this post is going to be all about the new house, since last week, in Pannon, was all about our new headquarters too.
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Change is in the air!
By Erik Irestål on 1 October, 2009
Reflecting upon my first month as a Global Trainee at Telenor, change is the word on my mind to summarize it all.
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A Great Start!
By Julijana Damcevska on 1 October, 2009
I know that the Telenor Global Trainee Programme is a great start to my career and the opportunities are going to be many within Telenor, but I also have to say that I am positively surprised by my first week at work.
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Sinking, Swimming or Spellcheck?
By Aniela Szumilas on 1 October, 2009
It might be premature to say that I’m getting the hang of things, but where in last weeks meetings I felt like a deer in headlights, this week I’m almost at a level where I can contribute. ALMOST
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A week of firsts
By Erik Hoffmann on 24 September, 2009
On Friday we completed the first seminar week of the programme. I can honestly say it was one of the most intense weeks I can remember for quite some time.
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Change & challenge
By Katalin Mester on 24 September, 2009
My real first impression was: “WOW”… when I realised how much professional work, power and resources are invested in this programme by Telenor, I really understood what I had applied for and how lucky I am to be a part of the trainee programme. Such an atmosphere can motivate everyone to improve!
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First days - Yay!
By Gabriella Grepe on 24 September, 2009
I thought I’d have somewhat of a slow start with loads of information, introduction to the company, some walking around and being introduced to the colleagues. Couldn’t have been more wrong. It was heads on, 180 km/h from the beginning.
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Categories: Sweden, Telenor Sweden
It just hit me –I’m a Telenor Trainee!
By Julijana Damcevska on 24 September, 2009
With September approaching quickly after the summer and Telenor’s Trainee Programme being the next big thing for me, the interest and curiosity for this company grows.
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Categories: Norway, Telenor Norway
The panorama sure looked nice, now for the close-up
By Kristian Thun on 24 September, 2009
Over the next months I will get the chance to see if Telenor and their trainee programme really is all that it is made up to be. I can’t wait to find out.
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Categories: Norway, Telenor Norway
My Charmed Life
By Aniela Szumilas on 24 September, 2009
The only thing better than learning I had been selected as part of the next Telenor Trainee intake in April of 2009, was actually having my first day at work.
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Categories: Telenor Norway
A brand new start
By Erik Irestål on 24 September, 2009
The journey has begun and three intense weeks has passed. During the following 18 months in the Global Trainee Programme I’m going to learn Telenor from the inside out, through different disciplines and in different countries. I’m looking forward to a lifetime experience, and from what I can tell so far, it is going to be great.
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Categories: Norway, Telenor Sweden
Welcome to my journey as a Telenor trainee
By Vegar Wikhammer Heir on 23 September, 2009
One week ago I was excited and nervous about the first day as a trainee. It felt like I was standing on the edge of a pool, ready to jump in, not knowing the temperature of the water.
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Categories: Norway, Telenor Norway
Year Zero, Day One
By Slobodan Papak on 23 September, 2009
The assessment center and first seminar in Oslo are behind us now. 18 months of permanent challenges are in front of us. “Think about your conscious choices. Observe yourself!” - sounds pretty easy. To behave in that way and to stay honest to yourself - not that easy. To make all those observations public… We are on the best way to find it out.
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Categories: Serbia, Telenor Serbia
Some thoughts after a week as a Telenor Trainee
By Morten Bjørnson on 23 September, 2009
I am definitely in a programme that offers continuous training and development!
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Categories: Norway, Telenor Norway
Hello all you interested readers!
By Lasse Kronback Arildslund on 23 September, 2009
As this is my first blog post, I would like to tell a little something about myself, my reasons for applying to the programme, my first experiences as a trainee, and my expectations to the programme.
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Categories: Norway, Telenor Norway
My first blog…
By Rikke Nielsen on 23 September, 2009
So many experiences were gained last week, it is difficult to pick just a few…
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Welcome to my first blog post!
By Kristina Thim on 23 September, 2009
I don’t know where to start! So much has happened the last weeks! I will try to just take it chronologically to start with. Ok. Here we go!
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Categories: Sweden, Telenor Sweden
A good first impression is a great part of success
By Zsófia Navratil on 23 September, 2009
No, I’m not going to tell you wise and empty phrases. In fact this sentence is anything but empty. Anybody who is newcomer to an organisation should be aware of the fact, that he/she is being judged based on a few moments’ impressions. We walk around, talk, eat, do our presentations or just sit quietly in the corner, and a lot of people will have opinions about us in no time.
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Categories: Hungary, Telenor Hungary
The first weeks as a local and a global trainee
By Dorottya Török on 23 September, 2009
This is my first post at the trainee blog and this is my fourth week at Pannon. The past three weeks were one of the most intense periods in my whole life. This post is about the experiences, difficulties and amazing impressions I have had as far in my position as a trainee.
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Categories: Hungary, Telenor Hungary
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The application deadline for the 2009-2011 programme has now expired. Are you among our next trainees? Find out what it takes and plan for your future!
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