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Letter
of Recommendations -- Overview
- For Job-Searching
- For Applications
I. Letter of
Recommendation for Job-Searching
Letters of recommendation are convenient substitutes for work references: they
neatly sum up a previous or current employer's perspective and allow prospective
employers to avoid the sometimes awkward and vague conversations that result
from interrogating references over the phone about your strengths and
weaknesses. In addition, such letters help prospective employers to skirt the
difficulties of reaching a reference. Finally, they are also a great advantage
for the job-seeker, because they offer concrete, credible, and readily available
evidence of past accomplishments and abilities.
If you have been laid off but left the company on good terms, a letter of
recommendation will provide prospective employers with a credible, thorough
account of why you had to leave the company -- for instance, if the layoff was
part of a general downsizing
II.
Letters of Recommendation for Applications
Most undergraduate and graduate school applications require
two or three letters of recommendation. Depending on whether you are applying to
an academic program or professional degree-- for instance, business or law
school -- these letters should come from former or current professors,
employers, or supervisors who are familiar with your work and performance.
For academic applications, letters from teachers or professors are generally
preferable to letters from employers. Admissions officers are looking to
supplement their knowledge of your academic performance and aptitude -- gleaned
from your transcript and standardized scores -- with concrete evidence that you
are a dedicated and enthusiastic learner. Remember: most schools nowadays
recognize the value of a dynamic, diverse student body and are thus eager to
fill their spots with candidates who have been actively engaged in both academic
and extracurricular activities. These letters should reflect not only your
participation and performance in the classroom, but also your initiative (for
instance, through research projects undertaken with the professor, through
leadership in group activities, and through active contribution to classroom
discussions).
If you are applying to a PhD program, make sure that at least two out of the
three recommendations come from people within your field (or from a field that
is closely related to the one you are about to enter. for instance, you might
have a letter from a political scientist for an application to a PhD in
Sociology, but you better have a real good reason to include a letter from your
Medieval Poetry professor if you are hoping to enroll in a doctoral degree in
Biochemistry).
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