Dear Seniors,
The following is the format of my employment history letter. Please have a look and let me know if I did any obvious mistake. I was actually very proud of this letter. Unfortunately it did not work that well with them.
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I had applied for the permanent residence status in canada through the phd stream in april 2012. After one year long wait, I received the rejection letter earlier this week with the main reason being the following. This is regarding my job letter.
I am not satisfied that you meet these requirements. Your letter of reference for your work experience as a Research/Teaching Assistant, NOC 4012 at the XXXXXX (University) listed duties which matched the actions of a substantial number of the main duties under the NOC code selected, but not the actions contained in the lead statement. As such, you failed to demonstrate that your periods of work experience met the requirements listed in b) above.
Job Letter:
This letter details the employment and work history of XXXX in my research group in the Dept. of XXX at the Univ. of XXXX as well as a teaching assistant in the Dept. of XXX at the Univ. of XXXX.
Paragraph 2 mentioned my history as a student in my supervisor's group. The year I started as a masters student, the year I transferred to the PhD program etc. (about 4 sentences)
Throughout the M.Sc. and Ph.D. program he has been actively involved in research relating to novel XXX materials with emphasis on XXXX. XXX's responsibilities are far reaching and included teaching undergraduate students in laboratory settings, assisting and guiding undergraduate research students, conducting independent research and publication of his research in leading peer reviewed journals as well as presentations at international conferences.
Paragraph 4 basically explained the work I do in the laboratory and my duties in a nut shell. Mr. XXX is an expert in XXXXXX. Throughout his employment he has overseen the operation of XXXXX (laboratories, instruments etc.). His responsibilities included computer system maintenance, data analysis, report writing, writing of publications, report evaluation and marking exams.
Employment Details
Mr.XXX was employed for more than 5 years in two functions
a. PhD student/research assistant (full time)
b. Teaching assistant (part time)
The following details XXX's hours and responsibilities
a. RA:
Duration: > 5 years
Responsibilities: Carry out research, maintain lab equipment, publish research results, present at conferences
Work Hours: min. 40 hrs./week total: >10000 hours
b. TA
Duration: > 5years
Responsibilities: Teach undergraduate students, mark student reports and exams maintenance of teaching infrastructure
Work hours: x hrs./week total hours: > 1000 hours
The next in the letter was a table with year and total earnings for each year. I also attached another proof for this from the financial service of the university. Finally a general concluding remark.
I believed the letter contained each and every details they were looking for and still think this has the potential to file an appeal. Kindly let me know your thoughts. I would also like to know if anyone succeeded in getting a refusal overturned though appeal. In addition, is it a good idea to inquire about this by replying to the Otto-pilot email. Thanks again