Format of recommendation letters. Does anyone have a fixed template for the recommendation letter format?

The complete format of a recommendation letter for studying abroad

A recommendation letter contains only the letter header, date of sending, name of the recipient, title, courtesy at the end of the letter, signature, name of the recommender, and position In addition to other required parts, the content description of the main text should include the following items:

The signature of the recommender - in order to facilitate the other party's inquiry, it is not enough to simply write "MrWang" or "MissZhang" in the signature of the recommender. of. You can use standard Chinese Pinyin or English spelling, but it must be provided by the recommender himself, and it must be consistent.

How long have you known him/her (How long have you known him/her) - when did you start to know the person, or how long have you known him/her.

How well do you know him/her - whether they meet occasionally or have a close relationship, or whether they have only taught for one year and still serve as their mentor.

Relationship with the recommended person (Relationship) - teacher-student relationship, superior and subordinate leadership relationship, etc.

Performance of the recommended person (Performance) - performance in study, life, class and extracurricular activities.

Concluding comments - willing to recommend or unwilling to recommend, unreserved or qualified recommendation, general recommendation or strong recommendation, must be clear, of course strongly recommending is the best. The above six items must be included in any recommendation letter. If any one of them is missing, the function of the letter will be lost or the effect of the recommendation will be greatly reduced.

Legally speaking, letters of recommendation (or "employment certification letters") are evidentiary legal documents that are used to prove your occupation and the length of work experience related to your occupation. problematic.

1. Contents of the recommendation letter:

What should the recommendation letter include? It depends on the purpose of the letter of recommendation. Here we only discuss what the employer recommendation letter should include from the perspective of Canada’s skilled immigrants’ needs. A qualified employer recommendation letter should contain the following three parts (all of which are indispensable):

(1) The applicant’s occupation.

The applicant’s occupation must be clearly stated in the first paragraph of the recommendation letter.

The definition of the applicant’s occupation is a very important issue. The occupation definition listed on your recommendation letter should be completely consistent with the occupation definition filled in on the first page of your application form (IMM8), box 13. In fact, when you fill out the immigration application form, how to determine your occupation should be based on the content of your recommendation letters.

Another common mistake Chinese people make when writing letters of recommendation is to confuse occupation and position.

(2) The content of the specific projects completed by the applicant or the specific work he participated in in this unit.

The specific projects you have participated in or the specific work content you have participated in must be listed in detail one by one.

(3) The professional skills used by the applicant in completing these projects.

If a recommendation letter only lists the first two items, namely: the name of the applicant’s occupation, and the projects or work content in which the applicant participated, but does not indicate what major he uses in his work If you do not have the skills to implement the project or complete the work, you may still not be able to prove your occupation.

2. The format of the recommendation letter:

(1) Avoid recommending the applicant’s work attitude.

For example, "So-and-so is responsible for his work, has superb professional skills, has a tacit cooperation with colleagues, and is highly praised by leaders and colleagues", etc. They are all meaningless words. Should always be avoided. Text space should be devoted to the description of substantive content.

(2) Time sequencing of each project or job.

(3) If the applicant has multiple jobs, each job must have a letter of recommendation.

(4) The text of the recommendation letter.

Whether a recommendation letter should be written in Chinese or English is determined by the nature of your work unit and the education level of the person writing the recommendation letter. Rather than something you can decide arbitrarily.

(5) Should the letter of recommendation be signed or stamped?

As we all know, Chinese people are accustomed to seeing the company’s stamp. Westerners are used to seeing signatures.

Currently, my experience is that it should be signed by the person in charge of the unit and stamped with the official seal of the unit. The official seal can be the name seal of the unit or the personnel seal of the unit. Depends on the position of the person responsible for signing. However, it is absolutely not allowed to use irrelevant business seals, such as financial seals.

(6) Qualifications of the signatory.

The signatory of the recommendation letter can be the main person in charge of the unit or the person in charge of the department (however, it must be your immediate superior. It cannot be the person in charge of other departments at the same level as you). Not even your subordinates). The person in charge does not necessarily have to be a full-time employee. It can also be a deputy position. In addition, the person in charge of the human resources department is also available. As long as he can give an objective and accurate description of your work. The signatory should leave a direct telephone number for contact.

The visa officer may call the recommender at any time to verify the content of the recommendation letter (to prevent fraud).

(7) The paper and writing format used for the recommendation letter.

Recommendation letters must be on the unit’s letterhead. You can't use a blank piece of paper without a clue. Otherwise, it doesn’t look real. Under the current technical conditions, it is best to use typing. Don't write by hand.

(8) Signing date of the recommendation letter.

Recommendation letters must be signed and dated. A letter of recommendation without a signed date looks sloppy. The accuracy of content reminiscent of the letters of recommendation themselves may be questionable.

(9) Business card of the person who signed the recommendation letter

This is a document that must be attached, whether in Beijing, Hong Kong or Buffalo

3. Can I not provide a letter of recommendation or proof of employment?

For some applicants, it is sometimes extremely difficult to provide a letter of recommendation. For example, you do not want your current employer to know that you are applying for Canadian immigration; or your original employer has been withdrawn; or you have a bad relationship with the leader of your former employer.

4. Don’t cheat.

Never tamper with your recommendation letters. It should be written truthfully. Because fraud cannot withstand investigation. The Canadian Immigration Department has been taking active measures in recent years to verify the fraud of applicants from mainland China.

If you are found to have cheated, all your efforts, including the IELTS exam, will be wasted