Jeg sendte en oppdatering til University of Sunderland, angående arbeidssaken min mot Arvato, etc.

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