It’s October and the requests are starting to pile up. They’re multiplying so fast they feel like an anvil-weight of duty perpetually hanging over your head. They refuse to dissipate as the semester ...

Reference letters come in many different shapes and forms, so don’t think that one size fits all. I’ve written in the past about how to request reference letters in different situations, be it from ...

Writing letters of reference for your employees is an important part of the employee separation process when a company closes. A company shutdown is a difficult situation for everyone involved, but a ...

A compelling reference letter can be a decisive factor in the hiring process. The value of a strong recommendation cannot be overstated in today’s competitive job market. I’ve seen how a well-crafted ...

Here is a common scene: A supervisor agrees to write your letter of recommendation with one condition—you draft it. Shocker. We, too, were surprised the first time this happened to us. We assumed ...

You have /3 articles left. Sign up for a free account or log in. Reference letter–writing season is upon us, and you may be wondering how to approach writing about ...

A character reference letter can make or break an applicant’s chances. Here’s how to write a great one. A character reference letter can make or break an applicant’s chances Before the days of ...

Thank you for supporting your student(s) by writing a letter of recommendation for their ACS Bridge Program Application. The complete application package will be circulated to selected institutions ...

I’ve been teaching high school for 22 years, and even though requests wax and wane throughout the years, I write, on average, about 15 recommendation letters per year. That’s 330 letters at about ...

Business letters are formal letters sent by one professional to another. Writing business letters requires a somewhat unique writing method. However, while there are rules to follow when composing a ...

I approached a company that was the chief vendor for a software implementation I was the PM for at my last job, to ask if they would give me a reference for my work in dealing with them.<BR><BR>I had ...

This reader thought he had a strong reference lined up for his last job, but his boss went MIA. Should he push to get that reference, or is it better to focus his time elsewhere? In my final meeting ...