A few questions about my Employment Records for CEC

[jm-34502]

I'm a British Citizen living and working in Canada under IEC 2 yr VISA. I have just received an ITA from Canadian Experience Class and I am filling in my application.

I have a couple of questions about my employment records:

1) Can someone confirm that I only need to list my positions that match the job code I am applying for? Originally I listed my entire career including job codes in the work history section and this resulted in them requesting a letter of employment from all my employers. I've adjusted it to reflect just my most recent period (4 years or so), including all jobs that match my job code.

2) My job is listed under category B, just how many years experience do I require?

3) I had one position (here in Canada), that I was actually fired from (eeeek!) after just 7 weeks. It was a really bad fit and obviously didn't leave on the best of terms. I soon found another job and should have enough time in my other positions to make the experience requirements for CEC. Can I remove this position from my work history and not request a letter of my Employment Records with them? I will still include this position and subsequent unemployment on my personal history.

4) I quit my final job working for company X in the UK before moving to Canada, however I actually started working for them again as a contractor briefly for a few months when I moved here. I was employed by an agency, Company X paid the agency and then the agency paid me. The job was essentially identical to what I was doing before, it was full-time. How should I ask them to explain this on the employment records? Should I request that my letter from Company X mentions my initial employment then subsequent work as a contractor? Or should I get two separate letters, one from 'Company X' and a second from the agency

These are quite specific, can anyone help?

Cheers!!

 

[youknowluke]

I'm a British Citizen living and working in Canada under IEC 2 yr VISA. I have just received an ITA from Canadian Experience Class and I am filling in my application.

I have a couple of questions about my employment records:

1) Can someone confirm that I only need to list my positions that match the job code I am applying for? Originally I listed my entire career including job codes in the work history section and this resulted in them requesting a letter of employment from all my employers. I've adjusted it to reflect just my most recent period (4 years or so), including all jobs that match my job code.

2) My job is listed under category B, just how many years experience do I require?

3) I had one position (here in Canada), that I was actually fired from (eeeek!) after just 7 weeks. It was a really bad fit and obviously didn't leave on the best of terms. I soon found another job and should have enough time in my other positions to make the experience requirements for CEC. Can I remove this position from my work history and not request a letter of my Employment Records with them? I will still include this position and subsequent unemployment on my personal history.

4) I quit my final job working for company X in the UK before moving to Canada, however I actually started working for them again as a contractor briefly for a few months when I moved here. I was employed by an agency, Company X paid the agency and then the agency paid me. The job was essentially identical to what I was doing before, it was full-time. How should I ask them to explain this on the employment records? Should I request that my letter from Company X mentions my initial employment then subsequent work as a contractor? Or should I get two separate letters, one from 'Company X' and a second from the agency

These are quite specific, can anyone help?

Cheers!!

1) Yes you can but list the NOC code duties aswell not just the NOC code.

2) Depends on your job thats very hard to assess on the limited information provided.

3) If its not counting towards your points then don't mention it. If it is then mention it and provide a letter of explanation detailing why you have limited information for that job. Provide intial offer letter or contract pay stubs if any. Even if you didn't leave on good terms send an email requesting all that your after then print it and attach it. It proves that you tried.

4) Again this entirely depends on if you need that job on your profile to improve your points. When I submitted PR I took a few jobs out that were not giving me any points as if I kept them in I would have to provide documentation for them all.

Good luck!

 

[jes_ON]

1) Can someone confirm that I only need to list my positions that match the job code I am applying for? Originally I listed my entire career including job codes in the work history section and this resulted in them requesting a letter of employment from all my employers. I've adjusted it to reflect just my most recent period (4 years or so), including all jobs that match my job code.

Not exactly. You only need to list positions for which you want CRS points. Under the CEC program, there is no "continuous" requirement, so you can use any mix of skilled NOCs to meet the requirements as well as earn CRS points.

2) My job is listed under category B, just how many years experience do I require?
Same as categories O and A. Minimum of one year of full-time skilled experience to meet the minimum entry criteria (MEC). You can earn points for up to 5 years of Canadian experience, and up to 3 years of foreign experience.

3) I had one position (here in Canada), that I was actually fired from (eeeek!) after just 7 weeks. It was a really bad fit and obviously didn't leave on the best of terms. I soon found another job and should have enough time in my other positions to make the experience requirements for CEC. Can I remove this position from my work history and not request a letter of my Employment Records with them? I will still include this position and subsequent unemployment on my personal history.
Yes.

4) I quit my final job working for company X in the UK before moving to Canada, however I actually started working for them again as a contractor briefly for a few months when I moved here. I was employed by an agency, Company X paid the agency and then the agency paid me. The job was essentially identical to what I was doing before, it was full-time. How should I ask them to explain this on the employment records? Should I request that my letter from Company X mentions my initial employment then subsequent work as a contractor? Or should I get two separate letters, one from 'Company X' and a second from the agency

For the contractor work, the agency was your employer; typically in these situations, IRCC likes to have a letter from both the employer (agency) and the client (Company X), because the agency can provide some details (dates of employment, salary/wage + benefits) and the client can provide details about job duties.

You can get one or two letters from Company X; if they chose to write one letter to include both the employment and contractor experience, then you would just upload the same letter twice.

 

[jm-34502]

Thank you both for your help. Much appreciated,