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[bravosix]

Hello everyone,

I am five months away from getting 1 year of working experience in a management position (retail). I plan to apply on May for CEC as I already studied here for two years.

I've been working with this company for over a year, now I'm getting an offer from a different company (same position, better pay).

Is this going to affect my application having 6 months with one company and 5 months with a different one?

I was told that it looks better when I prove job stability, which could be reflected by staying with the current company I work for and not switching from job to job.

Any thoughts?

Thanks in advance

[jes_ON]

You can change jobs, should not be a problem (better pay is good), provided you are certain that the new job will (a) also be skilled, and (b) your employer will write that letter...

[bravosix]

You can change jobs, should not be a problem (better pay is good), provided you are certain that the new job will (a) also be skilled, and (b) your employer will write that letter...

Yes, the job is the same as the one I have right now, same title, same environment, just a different company

I don't see why the wouldn't write me that letter. Unless I do something very wrong that would get me fire but that is nearly impossible as I need that experience to be eligible for CEC

I had a job before, but it wasn't skilled. I decided to walk out because problems I had with the manager, it wasn't worth staying there and I had not witnesses to prove what he was doing; I decide to leave without giving notice.

On my CEC application, they ask for work experience for the last 3 years and to provide a letter from every employer I had. What happens if I don't get a letter from that particular employer? I know it does not count for my skilled work experience, is just I job I had.
Should I try to get that letter anyways?

Thanks

[jes_ON]

On my CEC application, they ask for work experience for the last 3 years and to provide a letter from every employer I had. What happens if I don't get a letter from that particular employer? I know it does not count for my skilled work experience, is just I job I had.
Should I try to get that letter anyways?

Yes, your Letters of Employment should cover 3 years, even if the work experience doesn't "count" for CEC eligibility.  If you cannot get one, you should write a statement explaining why. 

You should also submit a Record of Employment (ROE) for each job you had (but no longer have - you only get ROEs when employment ends).  You can attach the ROE and submit that with your statement.   

http://www.servicecanada.gc.ca/eng/ei/employers/view_roe.shtml

[rjessome]

Yes, your Letters of Employment should cover 3 years, even if the work experience doesn't "count" for CEC eligibility.  If you cannot get one, you should write a statement explaining why. 

You should also submit a Record of Employment (ROE) for each job you had (but no longer have - you only get ROEs when employment ends).  You can attach the ROE and submit that with your statement.   

http://www.servicecanada.gc.ca/eng/ei/employers/view_roe.shtml

Letters of employment for non-skilled work are not required and neither are ROEs.  ROEs are great if you cannot get a letter from a former employer.

[bravosix]

Thanks for the info