CONTRACTOR JOB REFERENCE LETTER

[KAMEC]

Hi guys:

I am a bit confused about my situation:

I was hired by Company A as a contractor to work at Company B. I physically worked at Company B and I have my own manger there; however, Company A paid my salary and I got pay stub/T4 from company A, but company A has no idea what I am working on. When writing the reference letter, shall I:

1. Get a reference letter from Company A only?
or

2. Get one reference letter from Company A and one from Company B? (e.g ask Company A writes my annual salary etc and ask Company B writes my main duties)

Anyone has similar situations?

Thanks!!!!

 

[iam_toby]

Hi guys:

I am a bit confused about my situation:

I was hired by Company A as a contractor to work at Company B. I physically worked at Company B and I have my own manger there; however, Company A paid my salary and I got pay stub/T4 from company A, but company A has no idea what I am working on. When writing the reference letter, shall I:

1. Get a reference letter from Company A only?
or

2. Get one reference letter from Company A and one from Company B? (e.g ask Company A writes my annual salary etc and ask Company B writes my main duties)

Anyone has similar situations?

Thanks!!!!

If you have the chance I would recommend going for option 2.

 

[Hopefulagain]

Hi guys:

I am a bit confused about my situation:

I was hired by Company A as a contractor to work at Company B. I physically worked at Company B and I have my own manger there; however, Company A paid my salary and I got pay stub/T4 from company A, but company A has no idea what I am working on. When writing the reference letter, shall I:

1. Get a reference letter from Company A only?
or

2. Get one reference letter from Company A and one from Company B? (e.g ask Company A writes my annual salary etc and ask Company B writes my main duties)

Anyone has similar situations?

Thanks!!!!

Hi Kamec

Exact same situation when I had applied last year.

Get 2 letters - 1 from Company A and 1 from company B.

For me, company A had written only about my tenure, name of the post and the pay scale incl vacations etc. However they had indicated that Company B defined my job description.

Company B had given me a more detailed letter - they also mentioned the tenure, name of the position, payscale and gave a detailed description of my job. One of the things I had requested Company B to do was to include the NOC code in the letter itself.

Make sure that the common elements between both letters are the same. The letters should complement each other and should not be independent of each other.

Good Luck.

 

[KAMEC]

If you have the chance I would recommend going for option 2.

Thanks iam_toby!!

 

[KAMEC]

Hi Kamec

Exact same situation when I had applied last year.

Get 2 letters - 1 from Company A and 1 from company B.

For me, company A had written only about my tenure, name of the post and the pay scale incl vacations etc. However they had indicated that Company B defined my job description.

Company B had given me a more detailed letter - they also mentioned the tenure, name of the position, payscale and gave a detailed description of my job. One of the things I had requested Company B to do was to include the NOC code in the letter itself.

Make sure that the common elements between both letters are the same. The letters should complement each other and should not be independent of each other.

Good Luck.

Thank you very much Hopefulagain!! Thats really helpful!!