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[Green Acres]

How does one document experience? A letter from a previous employer? I've never had to do that before, since any employer can call or write my previous employer as a means of background checking.

[veiledsentiments]

Ah... you must be American. (perhaps Canadian?) Anyway, we don't do this. But, ME employers will expect to see what they call a "Letter of Employment." (It is not a reference letter and they are not interchangeable.) It will give the basics of your job... dates... position... perhaps levels taught... salary/benefits... and that you fulfilled your contract and left in good standing. At the bottom, it should have an official looking signature and preferably a fancy looking stamp of some kind...

If you don't have these, they will not count your experience in relation to any kind of step pay system. So, now is the time to start calling your old employers, fax or email them an example and beg for one.

VS