One of my proposed recommenders is the Head of IT in the state IRS, where I provide software solutions. I am not a staff of the service. I am on a contract to develop in-house custom solutions for their revenue performance monitoring, evaluation and reporting. I also develop a number of other custom solutions and surveys.
Now Based on the specification that our recommenders must be in the C category within the digital sphere, should I look for a replacement for him or can I still use him as one of those that will write my letter of recommendation.
Thank you so much Lizzy @LizzyOrji⌠and thank you for making emphasis on him being a Digital Technological member. In principle, he is more of a managerial person than a technical person.
So if I understand what you mean by him being a Digital Technological member, you are saying he MUST be more of a technical person than a managerial person.
Letters of recommendation should be written by the highest position in the company that can attest to your work. Mine were from the R&D SVP, CTO and CIO - al manegirial positions.
I hope youâre not including your consultancy work as evidence though since it isnât allowed.
The Head ICT is like the Director of the ICT department and because that department is directly under the Executive Chairmanâs office, he reports directly to the Executive Chairman. He overseas all the affairs of the ICT department. So technically, you can equate him as CTO. At the moment I intend to use him for reference letter instead of the planned recommendation letter since he is not a core technical officer.
On the side of my consultancy works, the company is mine and I do all the technical aspect of our work which are more of custom software design and development. We donât buy or deploy for them ready-made softwareâs which is what Tech Nation is against if I understand their requirement very well.
Thank you so much @hsafra. I have read this lines several time and I am holding on these ones as seen below:
The âdigital technology sectorâ or âproduct-led digital technology companiesâ are defined as businesses that provide a proprietary digital technical service/product/platform/hardware as their primary revenue source. What we do is The creation of softwareâŚ, .
They said here => [This excludes general consultancies, outsourcing and technology-related consultancy groups focused on process/service delivery or solutions/systems architecture. We are not focused on process/service delivery or solutions/systems architecture but we are focused on proprietary digital technical service/product/platform
Also here => Work at specific agencies may be considered if the agencies are extremely focused on product innovation in a specific industry and are well-recognized for their contributions to that industry.] . I believe the agency here is my company since I am applying under my company and not under IRS.
In addition to this, my company also provide public and private SaaS solutions for churches as seen on our site at churchkit.net and mychurchmis.net. These are examples of proprietary digital technical service/products.
You need to explain very carefully to TN why it isnât. Yes certainly I will even though I dont even know in which document I will explain it because I seeking for space to write the ones I need to write already.
Please in which of the documents should I include this explanation???
Creating bespoke software solutions for a single client falls more under the consultancy / outsourcing sections. It would be a hard sell to convince TN that the software you created just for the IRS isnât an outsourcing project and is in fact a digital product.
TN are looking for product companies that provide a product or service to a wide range of clients. The SaaS church solution fit this more - I would lean on that in an application.
Yes Harel @hsafra I understand⌠The SaaS solutions for churches is an angle we also holding on.
In addition, I also designed and developed for a few other government agencies besides IRS,
Data Capturing, Management and Reporting System for World Bank Funded Projects for Cross River State Ministry of Finance
Custom Project Monitoring, Evaluation & Reporting System (PMERS ) for Fiscal Responsibility Commission Abuja, Federal Capital Territory
Property Management & Profiling Software for Cross River State Property Development and Investments Limited (CROSPIL).
I also have another SaaS product for startups and existing businesses under development. I havenât included that because its still under design but I may have to hurry and complete the MVP version.
Thank you so much for being there for me at this time of my application. Itâs really been helpful
Please all forgive all for resurrecting this my ol question.
I saw this with reference to the word FRIEND.
âPlease note that âleading industry expertsâ excludes roles listed as unsuitable in the Typical Applicants section of the guidance (for example, managers at Outsourcing or Consultancy firms etc.). Evidence of recognition, such as Reference Letters, provided by an immediate colleague, manager, or FRIEND are not sufficient.â
My third recommender was a course mate of mine in the university. We started and graduated the same year. He is based in London and is into Cyber and cloud infrastructure security.
Based on the FRIEND reference as stated above, does he stand a chance of being one of my recommenders???
explanation???