Hi orion216,
I am happy if the info is useful in any way.
Your explanation clarifies your situation further. Unfortunately, i have no idea about this aspect when you consider it "vulnerable ". May be it really matters to apply for shorter duration. What i currenlty know is that even if you have applied for lesser duration, you can apply for CEC (except Quebec) after a year and apply for work permit extension in the mean time. If you are not switching employer's you probably don't need another LMO and it is quite rare not to get an extension in such a case.
Also a lot of people get LMO's and go for non skilled jobs such as cooks, live in caregivers, food court attendants etc. There are many rejections in such cases but many get through as well. And rejections are usually there when there is not a good correlation between experience shown vs type of job interested in. People get through with barely a year of justified and credible experience with proper documentation. I know of people in IT as well with 2 years or so experience (without masters, rather only a four year BS, but a good one) going for 2 years or so based LMO's and be successful.
Even in my case, the specialized experience they were looking for, i haven't worked in that domain (multicore network processors of a particular architecture) for whole 7+ years. Rather i have been developing system software of various kinds and for the particular one i am being hired for, i worked for 2+ years for a silicon valley based company.
So i understand your concern about vulnerability (perhaps i would be too, if i had been in the same place). But what you can do i think is to get the experience you have in writing in the best way possible. Include your resume which clearly demonstrates (not just describes) your credibility in the area you are being hired for.
CIC might not be technically as knowledgeable to understand the domain. But they sure as hell read far far more resumes and see profiles then we might have seen in a life time. So they would be pretty good at sniffing (and removing) the mocked up ones.
I am happy if the info is useful in any way.
Your explanation clarifies your situation further. Unfortunately, i have no idea about this aspect when you consider it "vulnerable ". May be it really matters to apply for shorter duration. What i currenlty know is that even if you have applied for lesser duration, you can apply for CEC (except Quebec) after a year and apply for work permit extension in the mean time. If you are not switching employer's you probably don't need another LMO and it is quite rare not to get an extension in such a case.
Also a lot of people get LMO's and go for non skilled jobs such as cooks, live in caregivers, food court attendants etc. There are many rejections in such cases but many get through as well. And rejections are usually there when there is not a good correlation between experience shown vs type of job interested in. People get through with barely a year of justified and credible experience with proper documentation. I know of people in IT as well with 2 years or so experience (without masters, rather only a four year BS, but a good one) going for 2 years or so based LMO's and be successful.
Even in my case, the specialized experience they were looking for, i haven't worked in that domain (multicore network processors of a particular architecture) for whole 7+ years. Rather i have been developing system software of various kinds and for the particular one i am being hired for, i worked for 2+ years for a silicon valley based company.
So i understand your concern about vulnerability (perhaps i would be too, if i had been in the same place). But what you can do i think is to get the experience you have in writing in the best way possible. Include your resume which clearly demonstrates (not just describes) your credibility in the area you are being hired for.
CIC might not be technically as knowledgeable to understand the domain. But they sure as hell read far far more resumes and see profiles then we might have seen in a life time. So they would be pretty good at sniffing (and removing) the mocked up ones.
orion216 said: