Whether you have been asked by your recommender to write your own letter of recommendation for him or her to sign, or you are the recommender writing a letter of recommendation, we have some easy guidelines to follow for doing so successfully.

For the letter of recommendation, use a direct, forthright, personal tone.

Be concise and thorough. Provide specific details/examples to substantiate your claims. Avoid exaggeration.

If you are writing your own letter of recommendation, make sure to do so from the recommender's point of view.

Open the letter by stating clearly the purpose of the letter, generally in one sentence.

Then state who the writer is, the writer's position, and in what capacity the writer came to know the candidate. This can be done as the second sentence of the first paragraph. If more than one sentence is needed, it can start, or even entirely comprise, the second paragraph.

Then discuss the candidate's attributes in at least one paragraph.

Do not be concerned about keeping your letter to one page, unless you don't have much to say. If you don't have much to say, then keep the letter to one page. If you have more to say, then feel free to go beyond one page, even up to six or seven pages.

Conclude with a two or threesentence conclusion reiterating the recommendation, thanking the recipient for his/her time, and the offer to be available to answer any further questions.

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