What to declare as work experience

[wajihak]

Hello all, I have done quite a bit of research on the subject matter but am still confused. I am in the process of applying for express entry and my work history is confusing to me, I’m not sure what to declare and what not to declare.

My background is as follows

1) NOC 4112 - job for one year (I’m not submitting this because the employer has refused to issue a letter reference and is very unreliable)
2) NOC 1242 - job for 10 months (different NOC from 1st job)
3) current job - NOC 4112 for last 20 months

My questions are:

1) Whether I should bother including the second job (NOC 1242) for the purposes of the ITA as it’s not 12 months?

2) is it bad for my application that I technically only have one year work experience? Does that matter as long as I’m meeting the cutoff point?

 

[jazy3313]

Hello all, I have done quite a bit of research on the subject matter but am still confused. I am in the process of applying for express entry and my work history is confusing to me, I’m not sure what to declare and what not to declare.

My background is as follows

1) NOC 4112 - job for one year (I’m not submitting this because the employer has refused to issue a letter reference and is very unreliable)
2) NOC 1242 - job for 10 months (different NOC from 1st job)
3) current job - NOC 4112 for last 20 months

My questions are:

1) Whether I should bother including the second job (NOC 1242) for the purposes of the ITA as it’s not 12 months?

2) is it bad for my application that I technically only have one year work experience? Does that matter as long as I’m meeting the cutoff point?

I don't think it matters as long as you meet the cut-off points. Further, there is a gap between first and last job for NOC 4112 and NOC 1242 is only 10 months. So, I believe the best way would be to claim points only for the last 20 months of NOC 4112. Let the experts comment on this.

 

[sam3218]

For the job you can't get reference letter don't include it yet. After ITA you can include it in your personal history.

 

[Peacekeeper87]

Hello all, I have done quite a bit of research on the subject matter but am still confused. I am in the process of applying for express entry and my work history is confusing to me, I’m not sure what to declare and what not to declare.

My background is as follows

1) NOC 4112 - job for one year (I’m not submitting this because the employer has refused to issue a letter reference and is very unreliable)
2) NOC 1242 - job for 10 months (different NOC from 1st job)
3) current job - NOC 4112 for last 20 months

My questions are:

1) Whether I should bother including the second job (NOC 1242) for the purposes of the ITA as it’s not 12 months?

2) is it bad for my application that I technically only have one year work experience? Does that matter as long as I’m meeting the cutoff point?

Reply to your query:
https://www.canadavisa.com/canada-immigration-discussion-board/threads/work-experience-for-express-entry.597248/page-2#post-7419040

1) Mention (3) and (2), as that will amount to 3 years of work experience for Express Entry, and earn you maximum CRS points for work XP.
It's okay that it's not 12 months, as that requirement is only for minimum eligibility criteria. As long as you satisfy the 1 year continuous in one NOC requirement, you can add up any work experience towards your point count.

2) Doesn't matter, as long as you're above the cut-off score and the job meets eligibility critera. It would just give you less points for eligibility and CRS. But you won't have 1 year,you'll have 3 years if you include job (3) and (2).