Anyone with complications in proving their experience? Anyone who could prove their experience without contract and pay slips, for example with just reference letter or something?
A letter of recommendation is accepted, as long as you have a general job description, a person who signed, a stamp, a letterhead ... any clear identification of your past experience. Such a recommendation is even better that a contract of a pay slip, because sometimes, the contract doesn't necessarily say all details of your work description.
Thank You alot for replying! It's a disaster to prove an experience without a contract (who stores them for more then 10 years?) or if the company where you've worked for or the bank where you've been paid,no longer exists.
Any person keeps a letter of recommendation or makes sure to have a proof of experience when leaving a job, just because the pension system is so unsure or because companies disappear quite easy in the private system.
In case that you don’t have any proof and the company disappeared, that there is no chance to prove your experience and you should eliminate that part from your CV.
It's the first time I hear that! Probably, because in my country even reference letters are not much popular yet. I've asked two of my ex bosses for reference letters, we'll see what we can do about stamps. Otherwise that will be quite sad to forget about several years of your carrier which could definitely help in selection process.
I kept various letters of recommendation from different countries where I worked because I assumed that some private companies will not exist after a time. The easiest way was to write the letters of recommendation myself. It is the easiest way, because supervisors don't like to do such recommendations themselves. I even asked a big company after seven years to have a recommendation. Of course, that no former boss worked there anymore. So, I simply contacted the actual department supervisor, explaining that I need a recommendation and I wrote it. He signed it, without any additional comment. He did't check my contract, I simply mentioned some details about my job, the way the department was organised, former people who worked there and he understood that I was no lieing. Perhaps I was lucky, but it always deserves a chance to try. There is always a national authority, a so-called Office of Work, which is keeping an archive for more years, so that you are always registered somewhere. It is practically impossible not to provide any proof of experience, at least as long as you worked legal.
I have only worked in one country so I haven't thought about collecting papers. Once I finish job, I just destroy contract so I don't have to keep papers I don't need. Now I do regret. I guess I should make a better search now and contact some legal authorities. Now I am thinking it might be tricky to bring the reference letter, what if they ask for more proofs and I have nothing to show.
Well, I could only suggest that you contact your previous employers before they wind up and ask for certified copies of your employment contracts. I have done this earlier, and at least in my country it is quite common and works very well. Besides, I have all my academic and employment records in one binder so that I do not lose the necessary documents. I'm sure the pension fund has its own records but you can never know when you will have to prove the fact of having worked somewhere.
A letter of recommendation is
A letter of recommendation is accepted, as long as you have a general job description, a person who signed, a stamp, a letterhead ... any clear identification of your past experience. Such a recommendation is even better that a contract of a pay slip, because sometimes, the contract doesn't necessarily say all details of your work description.
Thank You alot for replying!
Thank You alot for replying! It's a disaster to prove an experience without a contract (who stores them for more then 10 years?) or if the company where you've worked for or the bank where you've been paid,no longer exists.
Any person keeps a letter of
Any person keeps a letter of recommendation or makes sure to have a proof of experience when leaving a job, just because the pension system is so unsure or because companies disappear quite easy in the private system.
In case that you don’t have any proof and the company disappeared, that there is no chance to prove your experience and you should eliminate that part from your CV.
It's the first time I hear
It's the first time I hear that! Probably, because in my country even reference letters are not much popular yet. I've asked two of my ex bosses for reference letters, we'll see what we can do about stamps. Otherwise that will be quite sad to forget about several years of your carrier which could definitely help in selection process.
I kept various letters of
I kept various letters of recommendation from different countries where I worked because I assumed that some private companies will not exist after a time. The easiest way was to write the letters of recommendation myself. It is the easiest way, because supervisors don't like to do such recommendations themselves. I even asked a big company after seven years to have a recommendation. Of course, that no former boss worked there anymore. So, I simply contacted the actual department supervisor, explaining that I need a recommendation and I wrote it. He signed it, without any additional comment. He did't check my contract, I simply mentioned some details about my job, the way the department was organised, former people who worked there and he understood that I was no lieing. Perhaps I was lucky, but it always deserves a chance to try. There is always a national authority, a so-called Office of Work, which is keeping an archive for more years, so that you are always registered somewhere. It is practically impossible not to provide any proof of experience, at least as long as you worked legal.
I have only worked in one
I have only worked in one country so I haven't thought about collecting papers. Once I finish job, I just destroy contract so I don't have to keep papers I don't need. Now I do regret. I guess I should make a better search now and contact some legal authorities. Now I am thinking it might be tricky to bring the reference letter, what if they ask for more proofs and I have nothing to show.
Well, I could only suggest
Well, I could only suggest that you contact your previous employers before they wind up and ask for certified copies of your employment contracts. I have done this earlier, and at least in my country it is quite common and works very well. Besides, I have all my academic and employment records in one binder so that I do not lose the necessary documents. I'm sure the pension fund has its own records but you can never know when you will have to prove the fact of having worked somewhere.