Well, you can tell people/companies are getting ready for Christmas – the job front has slowed down quite a bit. I think I’ll take a few days off for the holiday and do some more travelling with Louise! It would be a shame to waste the sunshine we’ve been having……….. We might even have to get down South Island too and maybe have a look at the snow on the Southern Alps. Won’t be the same in a car though!
I did get one reply from one of the agencies through which I applied for a job – there seems to be a standard answer of “”However, on this occasion we have received applications from candidates more closely matching our client’s requirements”” as I’m pretty sure I’ve seen this from another agency in the past too………….
Yesterday I did have a look at registering for Open University and sent off for a Personal Identifier (PI) so that I could get my previous studies assessed for any credit points I may get. This was mainly because that was the first thing the OU suggested when I started looking. I got an e-mail back this morning saying that they couldn’t support me academically or administratively at a New Zealand address. Fine, but that’s not actually what I asked. They also suggested I look at some courses I could do directly with them online, not sure whether any of them would help towards an IT degree yet. However, I did also e-mail back, because I was not impressed at the reply, and point out that surely I’d need a PI to register for one of these courses too – so think again! I sent my first draft too – Chris, you’d be impressed, I was quite careful not to be too rude considering I was tamping!
Spent a couple of hours looking through the Open University site trying to work out what courses would be a good idea – what a HASSLE! They must make it difficult on purpose, perhaps they give points for just working out what courses you are allowed to put towards any one degree. It certainly makes some business/network analysis I’ve done in the past look absolutely simple in comparison!!
No answer yet, perhaps I’ll pick it up in the morning.