What Should I Include in Letter of Recommendation?

Letter of recommendation is a formal letter recommending the candidate for either a job, internship, admission to a course, or in the court . The purpose of the letter is a guarantee about the trust worthiness and ability of the applicant .


What to Include in the Letter of Recommendation

There are different types of recommendation letters and the purpose of them are different, so depending on the same the contents would vary. There are a certain things a letter of recommendation should have and they are as follows:

• Reference to the candidate: When one is writing a letter of recommendation for someone the first paragraph should have the relationship you share with the person and how are you in a position to recommend him or her
  
• Purpose of the letter: As an issuer of the letter you need to know if the candidate needs the letter for getting a job, for taking admission in some course, etc. The purpose of the letter will give you an idea of what exactly is expected
  

Letter of Recommendation Sample

The following gives you a recommendation letter sample.

Sample Recommendation Letter

The example letter given in the following is with reference to employment purpose.

Jim Karter
Managing Director
Life Software Pvt. Ltd.

Subject: Letter of recommendation for Miss. Torque Earnest

To Whom it May Concern

I am happy to write this letter for Miss. Torque Earnest who has been working with us for the past 1.5 years as a Sr. Manager and Training Head in Life Software Pvt. Ltd. She is a hard-working, meticulous and a sincere professional with high initiative. She is absolutely reliable and has been an asset for us.

I would recommend her to any employer who appreciates these qualities in an employee. I being the managing authority for the team she worked in found her efficient and dependable.

In case you need to have a talk with me regarding Miss. Torque Earnest, I shall be available on the following contact details.

Sincerely,

[Signature]

Jim Karter
Managing Director
jim.karter@lifesoftware.com
775-354-6543

With the help of this recommendation letter sample you may frame your letter too. This is a typical format for writing a letter of recommendation for employment purpose. Similarly, in case of a character recommendation letter, the body will have something like the following paragraph:


I know Miss. Torque Earnest since 1.5 years and have found her dependable, trustworthy and capable of handling pressure in difficult circumstances, at all times.

This was another example of what one should write in the letter of recommendation. Mention your relationship with the candidate and the purpose for which you are writing in an indirect way. In the sense, you do not write that you are writing the letter for helping him or her get a job. You just mention the appropriate things in the letter, as shown in the two sample letters.