Hi, I'm a little worried that my job reference letter is not as substantial as the NOC description. I've copied the NOC description below, as well as the section of my job reference letter that relates to it. Do you think IRCC will accept it? Thanks in advance!
Main duties
Legal administrative assistants perform some or all of the following duties:
Below is the section of my letter that refers to my Legal Assistant job. I didn't include the section about hours, salary etc.Legal administrative assistants perform some or all of the following duties:
- Prepare and key in correspondence and legal documents, such as deeds, wills, affidavits and briefs, from handwritten copy, shorthand and machine dictation using computers
- Review and proofread documents and correspondence to ensure compliance with legal procedures and grammatical usage
- Schedule appointments, meetings and conferences for employer
- Set up and maintain filing systems, utilizing knowledge of legal records and procedures and frequently controlling confidential materials and documents
- Open and distribute regular and electronic incoming mail and other material and co-ordinate the flow of information internally and with other departments or organizations
- Determine and establish office procedures and routines
- May supervise and train other staff in procedures and in the use of current software
- May attend court, meetings or conferences to take notes, minutes and dictation
- May perform other general office work as required including preparing financial statements.
- Completion of secondary school is usually required.
- Completion of a one- or two-year college or other program for secretaries or legal secretaries is usually required.
Legal Assistant
- Managed client relations
- Performed routine clerical, administrative and general office duties for the Paralegal Department
- Composed routine letters and memos from general instruction and dictation
- Set up and typed reports following standard formats that required little judgement
- Prepared court forms and documents for Court Attendances
- Opened and closed files, entering dockets, preparing accounts, etc.