Letters of Reference

[davida969]

Hello,

I plan to emigrate to Canada sometime next year but have ran into a brick wall, I have 3 years of managerial experience yet the company I worked for will not provide me with any information as to my duties or absenteeism and punctuality (I was never late and had one sick day in 3 years), they say this is due to 'Company Policy', and to make matters worse they have just been bought out by a rival company.

It says on the CIC Checklist for skilled emigration that if you don't have a letter of reference from your employer write a letter explaining why. I will obviously write the letter but I can't see me getting in because of the failings of my previous company, any ideas on this would be great

Thanks

 

[Libby9]

As long as you provide a letter explaining what has happened you should be ok. I also suggest that you provide their contact information anyways.

 

[thaiguy]

In some states, it violates law to provide that information. In California, for instance, the only things a company can provide are the dates you were employed, your title, and your ending salary. So don't worry about a letter of reference necessarily. It doesn't really matter that much for CIC's purposes. They just need to verify work experience.

 

[Oloye]

Davida,
The letter is mainly needed to verify your work experience, duties perfomed and current renmuneration. Write a detailed letter to them explaining your situation they kney know that things like this can happen that is why they request for explanation if a reference letter cannot be given. Go ahead that will not pose a threat.

Oloye