Date: Thu, Aug 12, 2010 at 2:05 PM
Subject: Update/Fwd: Employment-case and more
To: alumni@sunderland.ac.uk
Hi,
I'm sending an update, after a meeting I had on the Jobcentre, Williamsson Sq., in Liverpool, today.
Because I think that the Jobcentre ignores my IT-education.
(Four years at University-level in Norway, plus the months I studied at the University of Sunderland).
The Jobcentre says that I would have had to have work-experience as an IT Manager, to apply for jobs as an IT Manager.
But I think that's a bit strange.
Then it's like my years studying are wasted.
I studied in Sunderland, from September 2004 to February 2005, (I had to interrupt my studies, due to problems with my home university, Oslo University College, and Lånekassa, (the Study-loan bank in Norway), which made me lose focus, so I was very delayed with my studies, and found out, that the smartest thing would be to abort that study-year, especially since the university wanted to move me to another flat in the Forge as well, when some of the other students went back to their home-countries, then I would have more delayed jet, due to having to get to know new flat-mates etc. Since I was a lot delayed from before. So then I rather tried to find a job, before my money ran out).
So it's more than three years since I studied in Sunderland.
But I only graduated from my Home University, last year.
Do you think it's ok, if I ask the University for career-adivce then?
Since I think the Jobcentre lacks a bit competence in IT, to asses my skills, and help give me advice on what type of IT-jobs, to apply for.
(Because they don't even know how to write 'IT', they write 'It').
And they just want to have me working in a jewelers-shop, as an assisting manager, or in a shoe-shop, as an assisting manager.
And then I think, that my four and a half years of IT/Information Manager/Computing-studies are wasted.
And I've also been working ten years as a manager, in retail, in one of Norway's biggest companies, Rimi/ICA.
So I think that I also have valuable management/organisation and business-skills.
(I've also gone to business-school, at Upper Secondary-level, and have a National Diploma in Marketing, and also Information Management and Basis Commerce and Office work).
And the first University College I studied at in Norway, NHI, (now NITH); they also had a lot of business-modules, like Marketing, Economy and Management.
So I think could have a top-job, or director job even now.
But still the Jobcentre want's to put me in a shoe-shop, as a supervisor there.
But then I don't think I get to use my experience and qualifications.
But I'm not an expert on job-seeking and career-'stuff'.
So I'm trying to find someone who could help me with this.
Do you think it's ok for me, to contact the University's Career adivce-departement, even if it's a bit more than three years since I studied in Sunderland.
(But I was at Study Abroad, and graduated from my Home University, last year).
Sorry if I'm sending many e-mails!
Thanks in advance for any help!
Best regards,
Erik Ribsskog
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From:
Erik Ribsskog <eribsskog@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, Aug 9, 2010 at 4:54 PM
Subject: Employment-case and more
To:
alumni@sunderland.ac.ukHi,
thank you very much for the membership-package, that I received in the post today!
I was a student, on the third year, bachelor, Computing, in 2004/05, on study abroad.
But I had some problems, with the study-loan bank, in Norway, but I got a foundation degree, from my home university, last year.
I also have an employement-case, against Bertelsmann Arvato's Microsoft Scandinavian Product Activation, here in Liverpool:
I was wondering if you think you could please ask the Law-department, at the University, if they could please help me with my employment-case, as a pro bono-case, since I can't find any law firms, who can help me.
(I was very badly treated there, and they used illigal management methods, called reinforement there, and more, please see link).
Just something I thought about, when I received your membership-package today.
I'll also forward you a copy of my problems with the University and more, from 2005, which I've recently sent to the Students Union, at the university.
Hope this is alright, and thank you very much, for any help, in advance!
Best regards,
Erik Ribsskog
