Possible Clues:

• Beginner's mistake, trading bits of public relations
• Part of utility routine for The Apprentice
• 'Noob'
• Wet-behind-the-ears sort
• Learner — one from a part of Austria?
• One on probation, maybe
• One learning the ropes
• Beginner or apprentice
• Novice learner coming from Austrian province
• *Cubit