Employment References

All references must contain the following specific information from the employer:

1. Company Letterhead, Employer name, Address
2. Company website URL address
3. Your Full Name
4. Date of letter
5. Start and End dates of employment in DD/MM/YYYY format (If your position is current, the reference should show the start date, and for the end date, indicate 'CURRENT')
   • 5B Note - If you have held multiple positions over a long tenure, then please insert a simple table with columns Position Title, Start Date, End Date, Location. Then add a row for each Position Title held (refer to 5B in example image)
6. Employment status (permanent full-time, part-time, contractor)
   
7. Minimum number of hours worked per week
8. Annual Salary before tax and any benefits (as per your company’s guidelines)
9. Location of work – this will either be ‘Australia’ or ‘Outside Australia’ for each Position held.
10. Position/Role Title e.g. ‘Software Engineer’, ‘Database Administrator’
11. Bullet point duties performed – this must confirm the duties you carried out in the role.
    • 11B Note – If you have held multiple positions over a long tenure, then you must provide bullet point duties under each position held with start and end dates in DD/MM/YYYY format.
12. Contact details of the signatory (i.e. phone number and official work email address - no personal email addresses)
    
    
13. Signed by signatory (digital signatures are preferred and must be provided with a digital verification certificate that authenticates the signer’s identity.)

ACS acknowledges that every employer is different and may be bound by company reference letter layout templates. An example reference letter layout covering the numbers above is presented for your understanding.