Responsibility, responsibility, and responsibility


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        Welcome to the Handheld Trainee Blog

      

 

First 3 months

It’s been 3 rather hectic months with lots of responsibility and fun. I must say that the trainee program is more than I expected. I am already responsible for several major projects, i.e. Market Research/Entry Project, ISO certification Project, Product Development/Launch etc. It’s quite rare to be running several major and vital projects during the first months but being an SME means responsibility, multitasking, and pace. If you are a goal oriented person with an entrepreneurial mind who wants a rewarding and developing workplace; apply!

Me, Myself, and I

Before starting at Handheld I finished my Master’s degree in International Business from the University of Queensland, Australia. I lived in Australia for 5 years and when I approached Scandinavian soil in 2009 I realised that I needed a job with an international company. Handheld has subsidiaries and distributors across the world and the opportunities ends when you want them to end. I have already been in Austria, Germany and countries as US, Netherlands, and Asia is on the agenda.

Theory vs Practice

ITM Worldwide Foundation provides us with the theoretical part of the trainee program. The ITM lectures are held continuously throughout the program with approximately 12 sessions. These lectures are held by international industry professionals who teach for example Trade Finance, International Trade Strategies, and International Market Research.

Hope this gave you all a clear view of the first part of the program.

Kind regards

Christian

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Welcome to my journey


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At the palace in Mysore

Welcome to my trainee blog! In this blog I will write about my life as a trainee in the Telenor Global Trainee Program. The trainee program began in September 2009 and right now I just started my second placement, which is in Bangalore, India. In India, Telenor launched its first commercial service in December 2009 under the brand Uninor. During the coming six months I will drive a project to launch postpaid services in the Indian state of Karnataka, in south west India.

Becoming a trainee
So who am I? Prior to becoming a trainee within the Telenor Group, I finished my Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering from Linköping University. During my university studies I had been an exchange student to both RWTH Aachen, Germany, and to Stanford University, USA, and therefore I had my mind set on becoming a trainee as I wanted to yet increase my international experience. A combination of the company culture, values and vision together with the telecom industry itself and the setup of the trainee program, led me to join Telenor as a trainee.

My first six months
I started my first placement as a trainee in the Networks department of Telenor Sweden in Stockholm last September. During my seven months in Telenor Sweden I worked on three major projects. One of which was the establishment of a Network Performance Management function.

The trainee program
My journey as a trainee will be 18 months long, hence after my placement in India I expect to join Telenor Sweden again, however within a new division. The point of the trainee program is the get to know the Telenor Group in as many aspects as possible. Therefore all of us fifteen trainees meet for seminars throughout the 18 months. So far we have been to Telenor Norway, Telenor Hungary and Telenor Serbia to get to know the different business units, to extend our knowledge of the telecom industry and to build our networks. For more info on the actual program itself, please visit: http://telenor.se/privat/telenor-karriar/trainee/globala-traineeprogrammet/index.html.

My hope is that this blog will give you an insight to the life as a trainee. Don’t hesitate to ask questions; in a year you might become a global trainee in Telenor yourself, don’t miss that chance.

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Småländsk beteendevetare / IT-konsult innanför tullarna


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Karin heter jag. Jag går på Connectas traineeprogram och tänker att det verkar som en bra idé att här i mitt första inlägg presentera mig själv. Jag kommer från en liten, och kanske inte alltid helt fantastisk, småstad i södra Småland. Efter gymnasiet gjorde jag en svensk klassiker. Då menar jag inte en sådan där man svettar sig runt Vättern. Utan en sådan där man jobbar på parkförvaltning ett par månader och sedan bränner alla pengarna i Australien och Thailand. Efter genomförd ”klassiker” flyttade jag till Uppsala där jag tog en magister i ekonomi och en i organisationsbeteende.

Organisationsbeteende tänker du nu. Vad gör hon då på en konsultfirma som i mångt och mycket är specialiserad mot IT? Sant, Connecta kanske inte verkar som det självklara valet med min examen. Men vem kan motstå att skicka in en ansökan när annonsen lyder ”Sökes: Sveriges vassaste studenter” . När jag hade varit på första intervjun och förstått att Connecta är ett företag som inte bara pratar och att vara värderingsstyrt, utan faktiskt också är det. Då var det inget snack om vart jag ville jobba. Jag hade turen att det även fanns plats för andra profiler än den mer klassiska civilingenjörens och nu sitter jag på kontoret ett stenkast från Åhléns city i Stockholm. Mer om det, det kommer i senare inlägg!

/Karin

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Dags att göra karriär


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Hej! Jag heter Emma Sanfridsson och kommer skriva om hur det är att vara trainee ur mitt perspektiv och på Connecta, som är ett svenskt Management- och IT konsultbolag.

Jag har jobbat på Connecta i dryga två år och är inne på det tredje och sista året som trainee. Det är fartfullt, jobbigt, roligt, utmattande, energigivande, d.v.s. upp och ner men väldigt lärorikt. Jag kom direkt från skolbänken efter att ha pluggat IndOrg/Logistik på JTH och IndEk/Mark.föring på KTH samt på Polytechnic Uni i Hong Kong.

Jag var 22 år när jag började plugga, i Jönköping där jag även är uppväxt, och sammanlagt fem år senare jag var redo för arbetslivet!! Men i början av mina studier hade jag inga tankar på att bli konsult i Stockholm – ne, herregud! Jag skulle ju jobba som produktions- eller logistikplanerare på ett av alla tillverknings- eller logistikföretag i Jönköpingsregionen.

Men jag blev nyfiken på mer, att lära mig mer, utvecklas, påverka och bidra– och jag hade framför allt fått upp ögonen för ledarskap, förändring, effektivisering och Lean. När jag och pojkvännen begav oss till Stockholm och fortsatte plugga på KTH, svängde mina ambitioner och jag tänkte– nu ska jag bli konsult!! Och här är jag idag, på Connecta och gör det jag tycker är allra roligast –att lära mig, utvecklas, påverka och bidra i alla möjliga dimensioner.

Det var kort om mig och min bakgrund och till varför jag skriver på denna blogg. Jag kommer att återspegla det vardagliga i att vara trainee och konsult men även om att vara tjej på 28 år som bara nyligen påbörjat sin karriär.

Vi hörs snart igen!

Emma

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Handheld trainee blog is up and running!


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Christoffer in action!

Christoffer in action!

Relaxing for a minute.

Relaxing for a minute.

The best rugged tablet in the world.

The best rugged tablet in the entire world.

Handheld trainee blog is up and running!

Firstly we would like to welcome you to our blog. The idea of Handhelds blog is to give you as a student or graduate a deeper insight into how we work within our program and company. You have probably heard about how trainee programs work and how they shape the individuals into their organization, forget that here we the employees shape the organization!

For you who do not know what Handheld do I will give you a brief introduction. Handheld is one of the fastest growing rugged computer companies, we supply our rugged computers to a wide range of users. You can see our entire product line on www.handheldgroup.com.

Me and my colleague Christian joined Handheld Group AB in the middle of January 2010. From there we have gone through extensive product training, project management, market research and sales training. On our schedule for the near future we have finance at Nordea, more sales training, more project management and also studies within export management at ITM. You can read more about the ITM Export Management program on www.itmworldwide.org.

In the beginning of February the whole Handheld team went to Zillertal in Austria for a few days of skiing and fun. For me who never had been skiing before this was really exciting and I was quite confident until I was on one of the summits, IT WAS STEEP! But both me and Christian survived and where gladly back in the office the day after we left Zillertal.

Last week me and Christian went to Hannover and CeBit. For you who don’t know, CeBit is the largest IT-fair in the world. If you cannot find the gadgets you are looking for here they do not exist.

We have really got a great start of our careers and now live by the rule “If you cannot find it in your outlook calendar it will not happen”!

Have a great day and see you soon!

/Johan

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