Management consultant or Vocational Counselor?

Hi,

I have a job offer from a US company for the job of a recruiter (University Technical Recruiter, to be specific). Now, I know that specific job is not on the NAFTA approved professionals list. However, the job itself is a contract (1-year), and I think it's possible to spin the title/description of the job to be something like "Management Consultant in Recruiting", as I meet the requirements for a Managements Consutant TN visa (i.e. Bachelor's Degree in Business [commerce]). However, the altnernate possible category is that of Vocational Counser, because a lot of what I'd do in my job is help people identify and find their "next job", albeit internally, within the company. So, my specific questions are:

a) should the company offering the job draft a letter to fit the Management Consultant category, or Vocational Counselor category?

b) can I go to a POE (land) ahead of time to get the TN visa? The importance herein is that I have a competing job offer from a Canadian company, but my first choice is go to US. But, I don't want to stupidly reject the CAD offer, and then be denied TN visa, and be left without a job.

c) what's the cost of TN visa? I read in some posts that it's $50 and in others that it's $56

d) how to I prepare for the TN interview?

This is the first time I have to go through something like that, and even though I have friends who have done it, they're all engineers and have an easier time getting a TN visa in their employment category.

Any help is welcome! Thanks!!!!!

P.S. The company actually has an immigration consulting firm they're working with, but I get the feeling that they're very uncertain as to what to do, hence I'm inquiring here.

Forget Vocational counselor as you category, it is a non-starter.

MC category is highly scrutinized at the border, because many who are unqualified for TN try to use this one. MC's do not do the work, they consult with management.
So, your letter would outline how you would help management do their job of recruiteing, not how you would do that job.

Unless you get a better legal rep, who can give you better guidance, you don't have a snowball's chance of getting past the border.

And try a real iimigartion site. like immigration.com, they have a dedicated TN forume. This site is best for finding cheap air fares and penpals.

Thanks for the advice. I imagine that the immigration that this company retains is skilled in drafting such letters, but I will read over the letter once I have it to ensure it alludes to the points you made.