Who should write the Employer Reference letter - HR or manager?

[dastanmo]

Just wondering, who should be writing/signing the reference letter from employer - HR or manager? Of course, my manager would be more familiar with my job duties, so I would prefer if I could get him to write my letter but since the hours and benefits should also be mentioned, is it okay for my manager to write the letter?

Also, should the letter be mentioning any time that I had taken off during the 1 year work period?

 

[canadacec123]

If there is an HR department, I would go to them. With manager, who knows if I would have healthy relation for next year...?
Play safe.

 

[ZingyDNA]

If there is an HR department, I would go to them. With manager, who knows if I would have healthy relation for next year...?
Play safe.

I guess it depends on what kind of job you have. For technical jobs, HR people usually don't know what you are doing. I think it's best to have the manager write the job reference letter with detailed job duties. You can ask HR to write an employment letter that simply verifies you are employed from when to when, at what position, and how much you get paid. Job ref letter should have all those info too, but it's OK to have some redundancies.

 

[Yagerr]

Either will work for you, up to you to choose.

 

[jes_ON]

Just wondering, who should be writing/signing the reference letter from employer - HR or manager? Of course, my manager would be more familiar with my job duties, so I would prefer if I could get him to write my letter but since the hours and benefits should also be mentioned, is it okay for my manager to write the letter?

It is fine for your manager to write the letter, in fact that's what CIC asks for, for the reason you mentioned above.

 

[dastanmo]

Thank you so much everyone!

Also, should the letter mention any paid/unpaid day offs I had taken? Or is it something for VO to figure out from my paystubs/T4?