Reference letter is quite important for you to find job or accelerate this process.
So, let’s remind you what you shold pay attention to while preparing your letter:
Firstly, you must be sure whether the person who will give reference is the true person or not.
The person who will write the reference letter should know you well. If you ask for reference from a person who doesn’t know you much or value you, it will not useful for you.
You should report the information in detail to the person from whom you will get a reference letter.
You should state at which position you can work, what job you can do. By doing so, you can guide the person who will write the letter in some way.
You should ask from the person that she or she should give information about the relationship between you and her or him.
He or she should give information about how long you have been working together and how long you have known each other.
He or she mention about your characteristic after that part. These all should be stated sincerely and honestly.
Your academic, personal and professional information should be stated and your achievements should be written.
While writing information about you in that part, it is important to emphasize your different and significant features.
However, while writing these you should choose elaborated sentences instead of stereotyped ones.
Information about you may not be valuable if it isn’t concretized with documents, so, they should be ready with you if required.
You should pay attention to incoherency and grammar mistakes as in any other letter types.
What you want to tell should be written concisely, clearly and readably. Your words should always be powerful.
Your adjectives and adverbs should be effective in your writing. For example, instead of good and successful, you can use adjectives such as clever, intelligent, creative or reliable.
Information about the person who will give the reference letter should be given accurately and correctly.
You should revise the letter a few times more after you complete it.