Experience letter for IT Consultant
 

Hello Dears,

I am facing a problem. I am Software Engineer working as an IT consultant in a reputable bank from my company. My company hired me 1 year ago and deployed me at the Bank, and since, I have been working here.

Now my confusion is, from whom should I take experience letter, from the Bank or form my company or from both.

But another twist is, the Bank tells me that it does not have a policy to give experience letter to consultants as they are not an employee of the bank. But my bank’s manager is cooperative enough that he has agreed to sign on my experience letter but he also could not manage to get experience letter for me on the bank’s letter head.

Then, my bank’s manager proposed me a solution that I could take the experience letter from my company, on my company’s letter head with signature from my company’s manager, and in experience letter my company mention that he is my project manager at the bank and then he also signed that letter on the behalf of the bank that my job description is accurate. Therefore, one letter will be signed by both, my company and the bank where I am working.

In this way, my company will verify that I am working on the bank and a mention person is my manager at the bank and my bank’s manager (which is mentioned by company) also signed that my Job description is valid.

I want to ask that, is this approach is correct or this experience letter can cause problem?

Any kind of help, opinions, suggestions, recommendations are highly appreciated.

With Best Regards,
Junaid

Re: Experience letter for IT Consultant
 

My help, opinion, suggestion and recommendation is that you not address strangers as "Dear". It's condescending and people (especially women) don't like it. If you are going to live and work in a western country you may as well get used to speaking to westerners now.

As for your letter, you need to get your reference from your employer, not the bank.

Re: Experience letter for IT Consultant
 

Sorry for the way I used to communicated.

Regarding letter, How could my employer verify or certify my Job Description?

My employer does not know what I am doing in the bank, only my manager in the bank, to whom I report, knows what I am doing on my job

Therefore, my employer could have a problem to certify many section on my experience letter for example, what tools I have been using on this job, only my manger at bank knows about it.

Regards,
Junaid

Re: Experience letter for IT Consultant
 

Hi Junaid,

You need to get experience letter from your employer not the bank,

in case if verifcation required they will call your employer first,

If more verification required in terms of your job responsibilities, the signed person or HR department will re direct them to your manager at bank,

Cheers

Re: Experience letter for IT Consultant
 

Generally in consulting environment, the HR/Employer do not (and may not) exactly know what your daily tasks are and what projects specifically you are working on, however, they should be able to reply positively about the overall roles and responsibilities you are responsible for (For instance, work with customers, provide software solutions etc.). If your employer wish to know whether what you want on company letterhead is indeed what you are doing, then that should be among your employer, your client and you. You should ask your boss to confirm with your client by sending him your project descriptions or vice-versa your client may send him an email describing your daily tasks to put on company letter head. I hope it make sense?

--Uzi

Re: Experience letter for IT Consultant
 

Thanks a lot.

Re: Experience letter for IT Consultant
 

Thank you for your reply uzi

but would it be better if I take a signature from my bank's manger also, on the experience letter provided by my employer on company's letter head? I think it will increase credibility. right ?

Re: Experience letter for IT Consultant
 

yes , it is much more credible if you attach yours bank manager's business card as well.

Re: Experience letter for IT Consultant
 

Follow KISS rule. Don't add unnecessary complexities. your client is not authorized to sign on your company letterhead

Usman

Kiss= keep it simple-stupid

Re: Experience letter for IT Consultant
 

its the rule where we write big codes to process business logic in a tera byte large database :)