Clarification requried for Employee Reference Letter

[gg08]

For Employee reference letter,

I have 2 letters both on company letter head and signed by both managers with their contact numbers.

1) Provided by Functional/HR Manager - includes salary, designation, duration (2yrs).
2) Provided by my immediate Manager/supervisor - includes my Main duties for 2 yr duration

Question: Will two different letters work? or is it mandatory to have all these details in ONE letter? Pls advise.

Note: I am also attaching copies of my contract/offer letters for 2 yr. period. Plus, attaching the T4 and bi-weekly pay stubs which provides the number of hours for the complete 2 yrs.

Appreciate your expert comments.

thank you

gg

 

[gg08]

expert comments plzzzz... thank you

 

[jes_ON]

For Employee reference letter,

I have 2 letters both on company letter head and signed by both managers with their contact numbers.

1) Provided by Functional/HR Manager - includes salary, designation, duration (2yrs).
2) Provided by my immediate Manager/supervisor - includes my Main duties for 2 yr duration

Question: Will two different letters work? or is it mandatory to have all these details in ONE letter? Pls advise.

Note: I am also attaching copies of my contract/offer letters for 2 yr. period. Plus, attaching the T4 and bi-weekly pay stubs which provides the number of hours for the complete 2 yrs.

Ah, just an opinion, but one letter is best, probably 2 will be ok (but WHY 2)? You state the letter includes "duration" - it should include exact start date (and end date, if relevant). It should also include # of hours per week...

 

[gg08]

Ah, just an opinion, but one letter is best, probably 2 will be ok (but WHY 2)? You state the letter includes "duration" - it should include exact start date (and end date, if relevant). It should also include # of hours per week...

Thanks Jes_ON for your reply.

Here is my situation (below), would appreciate if you could respond on the below points so that I can finally go ahead with my application:

As per my employer policy, they are issuing me one letter on the company letter heard which has the folowing:

1) Includes - Salary, designation, actual work start date to till date
Now the above letter does not include my main duties and the hours worked per week.

For the above 2 missing things, I discussed with my immediate manager and he is ready to provide me my Main duties letter but not on the company's letter head but on a simple plain sheet in his personal capacity (he has put in his name, official designation, contact number, official email-id at the end).

And for my hours per week, I have full 2 yrs of bi-weekly Paystubs which I am planning to attach along with a covering letter (an excel showing the hours worked each week in 2yrs). Plus the T4.

Let me know if the above would be sufficient? or is there a risk in the above. BTW, this is the best that I can provide from myside.

Appreciate your response.

Thank you
gg

 

[jes_ON]

Thanks Jes_ON for your reply.

Here is my situation (below), would appreciate if you could respond on the below points so that I can finally go ahead with my application:

As per my employer policy, they are issuing me one letter on the company letter heard which has the folowing:

1) Includes - Salary, designation, actual work start date to till date
Now the above letter does not include my main duties and the hours worked per week.

For the above 2 missing things, I discussed with my immediate manager and he is ready to provide me my Main duties letter but not on the company's letter head but on a simple plain sheet in his personal capacity (he has put in his name, official designation, contact number, official email-id at the end).

And for my hours per week, I have full 2 yrs of bi-weekly Paystubs which I am planning to attach along with a covering letter (an excel showing the hours worked each week in 2yrs). Plus the T4.

Let me know if the above would be sufficient? or is there a risk in the above. BTW, this is the best that I can provide from myside.

There is always a risk when you do not provide exactly what CIC is asking for, but I think the 2 letters will probably be OK. Try to add the hours worked per week to the letter provided by your immediate manager.

The excel spreadsheet is useful if your hours vary from week to week. But you still need a statement from your employer regarding hours worked per week...

 

[March 9]

For Employee reference letter,

I have 2 letters both on company letter head and signed by both managers with their contact numbers.

1) Provided by Functional/HR Manager - includes salary, designation, duration (2yrs).
2) Provided by my immediate Manager/supervisor - includes my Main duties for 2 yr duration

Question: Will two different letters work? or is it mandatory to have all these details in ONE letter? Pls advise.

Note: I am also attaching copies of my contract/offer letters for 2 yr. period. Plus, attaching the T4 and bi-weekly pay stubs which provides the number of hours for the complete 2 yrs.

Appreciate your expert comments.

thank you

gg

I ran into same problem. HR usually uses their standard template. So if you know your manager, they can provide the above information and refer to the HR letter. This way CIC won't miss the other letter. I hope it make sense

 

[JKSNK]

Hello gg,

I am getting into the similar situation. Wanted to know how did you deal with your Reference Letter(s).

Thanks

 

[ahm2307]

I must say, reading a lot of the comments here about how rigid and uncooperative HR departments can be vis-a-vis writing reference letters for their employees is infuriating.

I personally have never had this problem with HR (I just tell them exactly what I want in the letter and they draft it as such - mind you, these aren't some small backwater outfits. These are large well known companies. And yet it seems a lot of you can't get HR to do this simple task, and it just baffles me why they refuse to do it. It's a simple letter.

Why do they do that? Why would they refuse to write it up for you or nitpick which information to include?