Work references

[zoe305]

In regards to work references, they ask for the reference to list the number of hours per week worked. How picky are they about this? I already have work references with hours listed covering 6+ years of fulltime work in my area of expertise [claiming points for LTSSL].
The last reference letter [for my oldest work chronologically] is an additional 2.5yrs experience.
As I understand it 6yrs is all that's needed to claim the maximum points for experience in an area on the LTSSL, so is it not worth worrying about the lack of exact hours/week worked in that reference letter?

thx

[rogercruse]

Asked our current and previous employers for proof of employment letter on company headed paper and each happily provided a standard letter.

When we submitted our ITA, we were told that these may be insufficient as they didn't state that employment was full time.

As we both had over twenty years employment in our areas of expertise, this never became an issue.

However, we suggest that for the avoidance of doubt you include this in your request to your current and previous employers.

BTW we asked for TWO copies as a second copy may be useful for job hunting.

[Mamee & Co]

I was claiming for 10+ years but when my reference came from my first employer it did not state that it was full-time. I was a bit concerned but with the other employments that I had I had covered the 10 years anyway so it was not a problem. (Although on that specific reference they were also given a phone number to ring if they required any more info)