[coconut]

Here's a good question. I'm finishing off the paper trail in order to have my 2 year art degree evaluated and have about 20 years of experience in the computer graphics field. Some of my work experience is for my own corporation that I set up.

How do people think I should approach this letter for the IQA?

It seems silly writing it in third person like I'm an employee who performed duties for the company but it also sounds weird to say, Hey I'm the president and this is what I did during this time. Personally I'm leaning toward 3rd person.

ALSO, I'll have to write another one up for my husband because he also worked from the company that I set up. So maybe the two should match?

Or am I getting a little over concerned about getting my 2 year college degree evaluation...after all, this is just to get the degree qualified and not for the ITA process. I'm sure that's a separate pile of paper. ;)

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[petri]

I don't know if this helps at all but..

I need to prove my business experience for the application and it's from companies where I've been a co-founder, shareholder, and worked since day 1. I had been part of the company, not worked for it. Contracts are not mandatory (an employee has the basic rights in the law) and when the exit is through acquisition, you don't exactly have much proof what you've done and no reference letters. You just don't think about those things when you're building the company.

I wrote draft letters what I'd like it to say and had the old colleagues / CEO's to finish and sign them. I hope that's enough. I wanted the letters to explain what I've done and where instead of being standard reference letters. A stack of contracts where our company is being acquired by a publicly listed company is rest of the proof ;-)

One of the letters will be used to prove that I've worked in an international, english environment.

It's been a good exercise. When you're working, freelancing or building a company, you don't really think enough about how to show 10 years later the work you've done.

[coconut]

When you're working, freelancing or building a company, you don't really think enough about how to show 10 years later the work you've done.


That's so true.

Plus, it feels so much easier to write a solid letter of reference for a coworker than for myself. I flip back and forth between saying I do something well and thinking "I can't write that, it sounds too full of myself!" LOL.

:o