推薦人的選擇和推薦信寫(xiě)作應(yīng)注意的問(wèn)題分享
在聯(lián)系歐美大學(xué)研究生課程時(shí),推薦信幾乎是每個(gè)大學(xué)都需要的一類文書(shū)。
筆者就工作中積累的豐富經(jīng)驗(yàn)結(jié)合中國(guó)申請(qǐng)人在寫(xiě)推薦信時(shí)的一些常見(jiàn)的錯(cuò)誤理念談一談推薦信寫(xiě)作的要領(lǐng)。
其實(shí)最早的推薦制度來(lái)自于中國(guó),漢朝的舉"孝廉"即是當(dāng)時(shí)青年通往仕途的重要渠道。
同樣,歐美大學(xué)考察一個(gè)學(xué)生的情況是以綜合能力來(lái)衡量的。除了個(gè)人陳述-這一申請(qǐng)人站在本人的角度介紹自己文件外,通過(guò)推薦信從認(rèn)識(shí)申請(qǐng)人的第三者立場(chǎng)了解申請(qǐng)人的特點(diǎn)是錄取過(guò)程當(dāng)中非常重要的一個(gè)環(huán)節(jié)。
以誰(shuí)的名義來(lái)寫(xiě)推薦信?
這是在動(dòng)筆寫(xiě)推薦信之前首先要考慮的問(wèn)題。是請(qǐng)名人或地位很高的人(如學(xué)部委員、大公司總經(jīng)理、名校校長(zhǎng)等),還是身邊了解自己的人(班主任老師、任課老師,甚至是同學(xué)同事?)
許多申請(qǐng)人錯(cuò)誤的認(rèn)為請(qǐng)名頭越大的人寫(xiě)越好,這是一個(gè)誤區(qū)。
這個(gè)問(wèn)題只能是根據(jù)每個(gè)人的具體背景來(lái)回答,并沒(méi)有普遍適用的答案,但不管是請(qǐng)什么級(jí)別的人來(lái)寫(xiě),一定要體現(xiàn)該推薦人和申請(qǐng)者是如何相識(shí)的,是什么關(guān)系,并確實(shí)了解申請(qǐng)者的情況,這樣才合乎情理和邏輯,這樣作才符合西方人的思維方式。例如一個(gè)本科生,在學(xué)術(shù)上很一般,請(qǐng)學(xué)部委員來(lái)寫(xiě)你的學(xué)術(shù)能力就很牽強(qiáng),
同樣ge公司的中國(guó)區(qū)總經(jīng)理為一個(gè)普通職員寫(xiě)推薦信,也很難讓人信服。但反之,如申請(qǐng)者確實(shí)學(xué)術(shù)背景很好,和學(xué)部委員有過(guò)交流和探討;或ge公司的部門經(jīng)理,
那么請(qǐng)學(xué)部委員或ge公司的中國(guó)區(qū)總經(jīng)理來(lái)寫(xiě)就很合情合理,并能寫(xiě)出深度。
由于申請(qǐng)人需要將自己的全方位信息展現(xiàn)出來(lái) ,因此你也應(yīng)當(dāng)盡量避免請(qǐng)同一類型的人士給你寫(xiě)推薦信。你需要錄取評(píng)審委員會(huì)對(duì)你有一個(gè)完整而全面的了解,不能只局限于在學(xué)校的學(xué)習(xí)成績(jī)或是工作上的表現(xiàn)。 因此根據(jù)你的自己的實(shí)際情況找到合適的推薦人組合是非常重要的。
推薦信的長(zhǎng)度:
推薦信切忌寫(xiě)得過(guò)長(zhǎng),一般來(lái)說(shuō)500英文字以內(nèi)比較適合,既能排在一張a4信紙,并上下留出寫(xiě)抬頭和簽名的充足空間。
推薦信的寫(xiě)作要領(lǐng):
確定了推薦人后,在提筆寫(xiě)作之前需要仔細(xì)斟酌推薦點(diǎn)。許多申請(qǐng)人受到一些"范文"的影響,感覺(jué)推薦信的模式性很強(qiáng),大同小異,因此就從網(wǎng)上下栽一些模板,修改一下就ok了。
這樣做的結(jié)果是招生人員面對(duì)成千上萬(wàn)中國(guó)學(xué)生的推薦信,發(fā)現(xiàn)都是一樣的:學(xué)習(xí)刻苦,善于鉆研,樂(lè)于助人,是所教過(guò)的最好的學(xué)生,不但重視書(shū)本知識(shí)的學(xué)習(xí)還積極,可以想象,這樣的推薦信等于沒(méi)寫(xiě)一樣。因此推薦點(diǎn)應(yīng)切實(shí)著眼于申請(qǐng)者自身獨(dú)有的一些閃光點(diǎn),力爭(zhēng)做到表現(xiàn)出申請(qǐng)人獨(dú)到的優(yōu)勢(shì)。同時(shí)推薦點(diǎn)切忌過(guò)多,傷其十指不如斷其一指,一封推薦信中有一個(gè)主要的閃光點(diǎn)并言之有物即可,這樣會(huì)給招生人員留下較為深刻的印象。
推薦信的內(nèi)容寫(xiě)得具體一些還是較為籠統(tǒng),這也是許多申請(qǐng)人經(jīng)常難以把握的問(wèn)題。
一般來(lái)說(shuō),越是級(jí)別高的推薦人寫(xiě)的推薦信越不能太具體,因?yàn)樵跉W美的觀念中,有很高社會(huì)地位的人往往是非常繁忙和社會(huì)交往非常豐富的,這樣的人能為申請(qǐng)者寫(xiě)推薦信已經(jīng)很說(shuō)明問(wèn)題了,如果寫(xiě)得過(guò)于具體,連申請(qǐng)者的一些細(xì)節(jié)的活動(dòng)都留下了深刻的印象,這樣的推薦信顯得太不正常,并不可信。
反之,較為接近申請(qǐng)人的推薦人寫(xiě)的推薦信就可以寫(xiě)得具體一些。
一封好的推薦信不僅需要出自一位在某一方面了解你的人士之手,而且這封信對(duì)你的評(píng)價(jià)必須要有具體的例子來(lái)佐證。許許多多的.推薦信都犯著一個(gè)雷同而且是致使的錯(cuò)誤,那就是幾乎每一句話都堆滿了贊美的形容詞或名詞,但卻不舉一件事例來(lái)證明。這樣的推薦信是蒼白無(wú)力的,它不增加錄取委員會(huì)對(duì)你的任何了解,甚至?xí)屪x者產(chǎn)生疑問(wèn):你的教授,你的頂頭上司,為什么不能說(shuō)出你任何一件具體的成就!
尊敬的先生或女士:
您好,我是xxx,xxx公司的總經(jīng)理。得知我公司優(yōu)秀員工xxx想要出國(guó)深造,我感到非常高興和無(wú)比欣慰。在我看來(lái)這樣一個(gè)上進(jìn)的年輕人應(yīng)該接受良好的教育擁有更輝煌的未來(lái)。因此,我很榮幸向貴校強(qiáng)烈推薦這位優(yōu)秀青年。
xxx曾在大四的時(shí)候來(lái)我公司實(shí)習(xí)。盡管對(duì)業(yè)務(wù)不很熟悉,工作經(jīng)驗(yàn)相對(duì)匱乏。但是從不服輸?shù)乃豢桃膊环艞墝W(xué)習(xí)的機(jī)會(huì)。利于閑暇時(shí)間大量閱讀參考有關(guān)業(yè)務(wù)的書(shū)籍,虛心向其他員工請(qǐng)教。漸漸地,他開(kāi)始精通各項(xiàng)業(yè)務(wù),并取得一定成績(jī)。對(duì)此他并沒(méi)有滿足更沒(méi)有驕傲自大。相反,遇到難題,他仍然虛心與同事交流討論直到找出解決方案為止。鑒于他在實(shí)習(xí)期的出色表現(xiàn),我公司破例招收他為正式員工(通常我公司不予考慮小編)。
現(xiàn)在,做為我公司的一名業(yè)務(wù)精英,xxx工作更加認(rèn)真,負(fù)責(zé),努力。為所有同事樹(shù)立了榜樣。付出就有獲得,他因此被評(píng)為本公司優(yōu)秀員工,并享有高額獎(jiǎng)金。
雖然從某種程度上來(lái)說(shuō),如此優(yōu)秀的員工即將踏上留學(xué)之途是我公司的損失,但是考慮到他的前途,我依然毫不猶豫的支持他遠(yuǎn)赴貴校深造。真誠(chéng)期望貴校能同樣支持他,給他一個(gè)提升自己實(shí)現(xiàn)夢(mèng)想的機(jī)會(huì)。謝謝。
總經(jīng)理:xxx
20xx年4月01日
工作推薦信范文英文版
pril 12, 2008
dear sir or madam:
i am xxx, general manager of xxx。 learning that an excellent staff member of ours, mr。 xxx is intent on further studying abroad, i am much pleased and gratified。 in my opinion, such a promising youth striving for progress should receive better education so as to create a brighter future。 therefore, it gives me a high honor to strongly recommend this outstanding young man to your world-renowned university。
mr。 xxx once did practice in ours in his last academic year at university。 though he was not familiar with business and insufficient in working experience, he, instead of admitting defeat, never allowed any opportunity to study to slip away。 taking full advantage of leisure time, mr。 xxx thumbed through volumes of books regarding business and remitted to other experienced staff members modestly。 gradually, he became well versed in various business and obtained certain working results。 never satisfied with and proud of his acquisition, mr。 xxx still communicated and discussed modestly with his colleagues about some puzzles he encountered in the work till finding out solutions。 in light of his praiseworthy performance in the practice, we made an exception to recruit him as a full member of ours after his graduation (we seldom hire those just graduating from universities)。
by now, as a business elite of ours, mr。 xxx works even seriously, responsibly and diligently, setting a good example to other staff members。 every drop of sweat will be repaid。 mr。 xxx has been appraised as excellent employee of ours and awarded considerable bonus。
from: jiao shou
department of the special class gifted for youths
university of science and technology
hefei, anhui 230026, p。r。 china
july 1, 1998
dear sir or madam:
i take great pleasure in recommending ren ren, one of my favorite students, for admission into your distinguished graduate program。
mr。 ren was admitted in 1986 at 14 years of age into the special class for the gifted youths, my university s unique program that caters to the intellectual needs of unusually talented chinese youngsters。 it was a rare privilege he earned with his nearly impeccable academic performance through the years of his elementary and secondary school。
he impressed me almost as he entered into my university, a major cradle of china s scientific and technological talents。 at the time, members of the gifted class all had to spend half a month studying by themselves the principles of calculus and then take an exam so that we could evaluate their self-study capability。 mr。 ren scored the highest grade in that exam。 he also exhibited a keenly whetted mind during class discussions。 to my regret at the time, his english was not as good as his mathematics or physics。 but i noticed he made a point of working especially hard in improving his english during his five undergraduate years with us。 by now, he seems to be at least as proficient in english as most of his former classmates in the gifted class。
in my experience with mr。 ren, i was impressed with not only his extraordinary intelligence but also his ambitions and persistence。 i am sure that mr。 ren will be an outstanding student in any doctoral program that he may care to enroll in。 so i would like to support him firmly in his quest recommendation into account when considering his application。 i would greatly appreciate it you decide to accept him as he wishes。
yours sincerely
jiao shou
professor and deputy head
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