In Adamant Ways

I've been spending some time trying to scale down and compile the looong list of possible line of business and companies I'd find interesting and fun to make my traineeship in. The list - minimum five companies maximum 10 - has to be emailed to the organizer tomorrow at the latest. Since this particular profession doesn't exist in every company as a department of its own, but being more of a haphazardly subsidiary task, there are some companies I can rule out as an appropriate place of traineeship. Since there's not much point of being a trainee in a company where no one knows exactly what this profession holds, when I barely know that myself after only two months down the course line...

And then we have the size-issue, like we all know many times size matters, and in this case I'm looking for small to medium sized companies. And definitely not. Ever. Again. The public sector. No. Adamantly. Way. A sector which leaves a whole lot of things to be desired, on so many different levels - wincing just thinking about it, won't even go blogging there. This time.

The small to medium size means I can get a more overarching view on the whole chain of the profession, and possibly, hopefully contribute with something meaningful. It must be companies that either deal in something I have a passionate interest in or/and a factual knowledge of. They should also be seriously interested in ethics and environmental sustainability. And it would be just perfect if they also had some special projects revolving around these issues, either inhouse or with other participants/suppliers.

Ideally I think these two periods of traineeship - the first one consists of five weeks in about a month's time, the other one the last seven weeks of this course (which means September/October) - should be spent in different types of companies. So I can get a broaden and diversified insight in the strategy of this department in different companies.

Right now my list consists of seven companies, I think I'll leave it at that. And I hope the one/s I'm most interested in will practically jump with joy when I contact them (which of course is an issue of its very own...). And that it isn't with too short a notice - ah the lack of forward planning really very much alas seems to imbue this whole course...

And as great as the lectures have been, nearly as non-great/boring is most of the course literature - basically a whole lot of blah in as much pages as possibly. IMHO, keep it short and sweet, when it comes to specialist literature like this, for us previously non-informed. The superstructure we'll get in class, at least to begin with. Honestly, can't say I'm looking forward to immerse theoretical in the subject, I want an irl problem solving practise instead.

The one thing, so far, that has got me really going is something that supposedly is a side-issue - the English test we were to take in order to be placed in the *right* group for business English. Such a silly test really. Not only did undersigned in her role as distinguished language police find a bunch of mistakes with words, synonyms, sentences and stupid translations, there were also quite a few questions that left a whole lot open to interpretation and discussions, impossible to answer simply "yes" or "no" to. A tid bit annoying.

Another thing that's been at least slightly annoying is the fact that adorable Waldemar wasn't very cooperative when we had what looked like very seriously interested prospective buyers here last week. Sure he showed his curiousness, his acrobatic skills, muscles, energy and playfulness, purred a lot, but wasn't really close-up cuddly as he usually is. I can't very well say anything more than, this isn't his usual self, and its up to them to believe me or not...

Ah, I believe some people have just so completely naive expectations of how a cat should be, they just don't see the multifaceted personality of each cat, they seem to think its just as easy as every cat wants to lie upside down completely relaxed in the arms of complete strangers contently meowing "take me home". Yeah, right, realistic - not.

In my world this is what separates the wheat from the chaff, people, a k a prospective buyers, that have the ability to see a certain personality type, beyond that not-at-their-best-or-usual-behaviour that particular day. Those people will be lovely new kitten owners. I think this couple was very nice, well-meaning and good in handling the other cats, but apparently there was just something that didn't click with this particular liquorice troll. This was his way of adamantly showing he wasn't the least bit interested in moving home. At least not that home. Little daftie.