Letters of Recommendation
Xyro
Member Posts: 623
For those with more experience, I have two closely-related questions that I would appreciate answered:
1. When you provide a LOR to a potential employer does that potential employer contact the author of the letter?
2. What is the standard procedural response by a potential employer when receiving a LOR?
Thank you in advance.
1. When you provide a LOR to a potential employer does that potential employer contact the author of the letter?
2. What is the standard procedural response by a potential employer when receiving a LOR?
Thank you in advance.
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MiikeB Member Posts: 301For those with more experience, I have two closely-related questions that I would appreciate answered:
1. When you provide a LOR to a potential employer does that potential employer contact the author of the letter?
2. What is the standard procedural response by a potential employer when receiving a LOR?
Thank you in advance.
I think a LoR implies you give them consent to contact so they can verify the authenticity.
I have never turned in a LoR and only have maybe 10% of potential employers ask to contact references. I imagine a LoR is the same. I don't think it can hurt to auto include, but I am not sure how valuable it is. Kind of like LinkedIn endorsements.
I actually think they might be a huge thing in other fields like sales, marketing and such. IT is a field where a subjects knowledge is very easy to test. A solid interview + a solid technical interview is usually a safe bet, a LoR is less needed with those two in place.Graduated - WGU BS IT December 2011
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Xyro Member Posts: 623Ok, thanks Miike. This gives me somewhat of an idea about how this all works.