How Do You Ask For A Recommendation Letter?
• Ask the individual you wish to use as a reference if doing so is OK and whether she has time to provide you with a letter of recommendation. • Provide only the names of professional references to potential employers, including former supervisors, co-workers, professors or advisors as appropriate. Admissions offices and potential employers do not want personal references, such as from friends or family. • If you are seeking admission to an academic program, such as an undergraduate or graduate degree program, or you are a recent graduate with little related professional experience in your field, recommendation letters from former professors and academic advisors will carry more weight than letters from former supervisors or co-workers in jobs you may have held that are unrelated to the position you seek. • Give your reference the information that she will need to prepare a well-organized letter of reference. • Make sure your reference has the name, title and full address of the indivi
