ITA Received.. Accept or Decline?

[Bloodrose]

I fully agree. But the point is that the EQUIVALENT of 1 year of full time work at 30 hours/week needs to be gained continuously to satisfy work experience requirement. Anything above 30 hours weekly is still counted as 30 hours ie FT week. If during some weeks you worked less than 30 then it goes without saying it will take longer than 1 year to gain the experience.

The best way to calculate work experience assuming one works full-time (i.e. at least 30 hours/week without counting the hours above 30) is to multiply the number of weeks you worked full-time and see how far below 1560 the result is.

For part-time, you add up all the hours worked, divide by 30 and you will get Full-time equivalent experience.

I'm not sure they are quite as stringent on this as some people seem to think. The requirements for a reference letter only indicate that dates worked for the company and number of work hours per week are included. They don't require an employer to state any periods of annual leave that they took and in most cases it is obvious that someone would not be expected or allowed to work on public holidays.

Also if you work in a full time 35-40 h/pw job then the hour numbers are likely going to balance out or go above the required 1560 over the course of a year anyway provided that you didn't take a ton of vacation time.

 

[dum.sonu]

I'm not sure they are quite as stringent on this as some people seem to think. The requirements for a reference letter only indicate that dates worked for the company and number of work hours per week are included. They don't require an employer to state any periods of annual leave that they took and in most cases it is obvious that someone would not be expected or allowed to work on public holidays.

Also if you work in a full time 35-40 h/pw job then the hour numbers are likely going to balance out or go above the required 1560 over the course of a year anyway provided that you didn't take a ton of vacation time.

I see. But what if the job is not for the course of a year (just a few months)? Like some members said, its better to include only the job with most work experience. I am not so sure about it. Should I not include multiple NOCs in my work experience list and just include them in personal history? Is anyone sure about this? :-X

 

[johnmunch]

I'm not sure they are quite as stringent on this as some people seem to think. The requirements for a reference letter only indicate that dates worked for the company and number of work hours per week are included. They don't require an employer to state any periods of annual leave that they took and in most cases it is obvious that someone would not be expected or allowed to work on public holidays.

Also if you work in a full time 35-40 h/pw job then the hour numbers are likely going to balance out or go above the required 1560 over the course of a year anyway provided that you didn't take a ton of vacation time.

Exactly, people who work part-time would need to be extra careful about leave and holidays because it doesn't they don't have extra hours above 30 to even things out

 

[pacificislander]

I see. But what if the job is not for the course of a year (just a few months)? Like some members said, its better to include only the job with most work experience. I am not so sure about it. Should I not include multiple NOCs in my work experience list and just include them in personal history? Is anyone sure about this? :-X

You need to include the NOC job that you are claiming points for. Other jobs that you won't be claiming points for will be included in your personal history. Say you have a job for 8 months, you have to include it in your personal history but you will not be claiming points for that particular job.