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fridgemagnet



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PostPosted: Wed Aug 27, 2014 10:06 am    Post subject: Authenticated Work Experience Certificates Reply with quote
I often read that in order for direct hire employers to take your experience letters into consideration when calculating your actual salary, your letters must be authenticated. What exactly does that mean? Who authenticates your letters of experience?

Thanks in advance for your input.
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MuscatGary



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PostPosted: Wed Aug 27, 2014 10:23 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
It's the same procedure as for qualifications. You need a notary public to apostille the document and then the embassy of the country you're going to attestates it. It's a pain in the ar*e and expensive.
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fridgemagnet



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PostPosted: Wed Aug 27, 2014 10:26 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
So let me get this straight. Your degree doesn't need to be apostilled for Saudi, but your experience certificates do?
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MuscatGary



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PostPosted: Wed Aug 27, 2014 10:35 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
In the ME you just have to accept what they say they want you to do. The certs of experience often determine your salary level. Maybe they will ask you to attestate your degrees too, maybe not... Logic and common sense do not apply in the ME...
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MuscatGary



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PostPosted: Wed Aug 27, 2014 10:41 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
You may find this thread interesting: http://forums.eslcafe.com/job/viewtopic.php?t=107963

The main thing is to take originals of EVERYTHING with you when you deploy.
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PostPosted: Wed Aug 27, 2014 12:01 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
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Logic and common sense do not apply in the ME...


Upon complaining, I would often tell my wife, "How can you expect common sense where sense is not common?"
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nomad soul



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PostPosted: Wed Aug 27, 2014 3:30 pm    Post subject: Re: Authenticated Work Experience Certificates Reply with quote
fridgemagnet wrote:
I often read that in order for direct hire employers to take your experience letters into consideration when calculating your actual salary, your letters must be authenticated. What exactly does that mean? Who authenticates your letters of experience?

I don't know where you read that employment letters must be authenticated/apostilled for KSA, but that's not the case. Most university employers calculate salary based on the applicant's verified years of relevant, professional experience, which is why job ads for direct-hire positions generally don't indicate salary. Applicants are to provide signed employment certificates or official letters (on letterhead) from each previous employer stating the applicant's employment start and end dates, job title, and optionally, salary and responsibilities. Each verification letter or employment cert should also include the employer-representative's job title and contact info. The new employer's HR office will want to see the original letters once the employee arrives in country.
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scot47



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PostPosted: Wed Aug 27, 2014 4:26 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
I was never asked for apostilled certificates either, by any of the four diverse employers that I had in KSA over a period of 4 decades ! All that was required was a letter from past employers stating when I worked for them.
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SheikMilkShake



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PostPosted: Wed Aug 27, 2014 4:48 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Scot47, You were working inside KSA and those letters must have been from Saudi employers.
If you brought a letter from Taiwan school/university but you are an American, would you need to go back to Taiwan to get it attested, or will nearest Taiwan embassy do it for you in US or Saudi Arabia? ??

best to get a job with contractors who offer flat rate ( 14000 Rs + provided housing+ transport).
Direct hire employers only offer basic salary of 4080 Rs and they like adding up additional 100-150 Rs (?) per year of experience, basically most of you will receive more or less the same ( 10800-12000 Rs) range, including other allowanc