Letters of reference or recommendation are common devices in the corporate world. Many people request letters of reference from current or former employers, and employers may be more than happy to ...

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 ...

Academic reference letters are an essential aspect of academic life. Nearly every educator will be asked to write a range of reference letters during their career. In my long experience of doing so, I ...

Last year I sought no fewer than two dozen recommendation letters. A baker’s dozen were for grant proposals. Six were for writing and reporting fellowships, three for a visiting research scholar ...

This time of year, faculty are often busy writing letters of recommendation for students applying to graduate school and responding to reference requests from potential employers. Considering the ...

Is your institution committed to an equitable hiring process? Is it also concerned about reducing unnecessary costs? What about increasing productivity without sacrificing the quality of work life? If ...

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 ...

It is around this time of year, when letter-writing season is in full swing, that many professors receive numerous requests for recommendations from students and colleagues applying for graduate ...

Buying a New York City co-op is a lot like applying for a job. Not only do you have to qualify with a pile of documents, but ...

Right now students across the country are putting together their college applications. For many students, especially those applying to private universities, having amazing college recommendation ...

To land a job or get into a university, we usually need someone to vouch for us. It can be tough to ask—recommenders are typically more senior than us, they’re busy, and we don’t always know where we ...