Letters of Recommendation

Xyro

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.

MiikeB

Xyro wrote: »

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.

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.