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Electronic engineer Simon Tesfay is 30 and arrived from Eritrea in January 2010. He began as a
participant in Integration in April 2012. His skills and willingness to get involved made it easy to
find a training place with Telenor after the two-month induction period. His training period should
have lasted 10 months, but Tesfay's new managers at Telenor decided to employ him on standard
conditions before his job training had been completed.
The programme has given me greater experience of
Norwegian working life culture and valuable professional
development. I have also been able to strengthen my
planning skills, says Tesfay. I really value participating in
the programme and getting to know so many nice, skilled
people who are very willing to share their expertise. I would
absolutely recommend others to participate in Telenor
Integration it is a great way to gain experience in a
modern, international working environment.
Engaged conversation between Telenor Integration
participants and Norwegian MPs
From left: Telenor Integration participants Umer Saleem,
Waqas Ahmed, Afshan Rafiq and Torbjørn Røe Isaksen.
Photo: Erlend Bjørtvedt
Start-up in April 2012 out in training
positions in May 2012
Project manager for Telenor Integration Mina
Khairalomoum with the new spring participants.
From left: Simon Tesfay, Mahmoud Alimrany
and Yogesh Kulkarni.
Photo: Halvard Lundgård
Start-up in September 2012 out in training
positions in December 2012
From left: Umeer Saleem, Khauola Elouaer,
Badredine Alaoui-Echrif and Pirnia Shabnam.
Photo: Halvard Lundgård
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