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Letters of Reference - Writing Power Phrases

Copyright  Â©  Shaun  R.  Fawcettletters  of  reference:
As a result of writing literally hundreds of- "In my opinion, [name] is a hard-working
letters of reference over the years, I amself-starter who invariably understands
aware that there are certain common elementsexactly  what  a  project  is  all  about."
and approaches that are applicable to almost
all  such  letters.- "[name] consistently produces high quality
work  in  a  timely  fashion."
If you look closely at most reference and
recommendation letters you will notice that- "The only area of weakness that I ever
there are certain "types" of phrases thatnoted  in  [name]'s  performance  was..."
recur over and over again, throughout the
various  letters.A typical letter of reference will normally
include  three to four assessment statements.
These statement types can be grouped into
three major categories: opening statements,CLOSING  STATEMENTS
assessment statements, and closing
statements. These statements are the threeThe closing statement in a letter of
key components of any letter of reference. Ifreference should be one or two sentences at
you formulate these phrases well you aremost, and it should make a clear statement of
guaranteed  to  have  an  excellent  letter.recommendation that flows logically from the
points made in the assessment part of the
OPENING  STATEMENTSletter. They will often begin with transition
phrases such as: "In summary...", "In
The opening statement in a letter ofClosing,...", "Based on the foregoing,...",
reference should state the name of the person"Accordingly,...",  etc.
being recommended. It can also explain why
you are the person writing the letter. TheClosing statements in reference letters are
opening statement should normally be onegenerally positive, but in some circumstances
short sentence and should never exceed twothey may be qualified, or sometimes, even
sentences.completely  negative.
Following are three generic typical openingFollowing are three generic typical closing
statements for inclusion in referencestatements for inclusion in reference
letters:letters:
- "I am writing this letter at the request of- "I am therefore very pleased to be able to
[name  of  requestor]."recommend  [name]  for..."
- "This is in response to your recent request- "Based on my time working with [name], I
for  a  letter  of  reference  for  [name]."recommend  her  very  highly  for..."
- "I am pleased to be able to write this- "I respect [name] as a colleague, but I
letter  of  reference  for  [name]."must say that in all honesty, I cannot
recommend  him  for  ..."
ASSESSMENT  STATEMENTS
In summary, mastering these three types of
Assessment statements in a letter of"reference letter power phrases" is one of
reference are those sentences and phrasesthe keys to writing all types of letters of
that contain the recommender's specificreference. As such, knowledge of how to write
assessment of the performance,typical opening, assessment, and closing
characteristics, and attributes of the personstatements, as illustrated above, is
being  recommended.essential to writing effective letters of
reference.
Normally an assessment statement will be
followed up by one or two specificThat's why I have included more than 150
performance-related examples backing up thegeneric "Reference Letter Power Phrases" in
statement  just  made.the latest Revised Edition of Instant
Recommendation Letter Kit - How To Write
Following are three generic typicalWinning Letters of Recommendation.
assessment statements for inclusion in



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