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Hey all,


It's about that time and I'm to switch schools within a month. For the most part, I've good relations with the folks at my school. I was wondering what the process is of getting a letter of recommendation (and not the work experience thing).

I'd think that this is a simple procedure, except the the guy I replaced almost 2 years ago contacted me to get a letter of rec. from his old co-workers. Apparently, this guy won the public school contest thing they had the previous year, but left last last minute as the new semester was starting (with notice). When I asked the co-teachers to sign the letter he prepared, they freaked out, saying like that they didn't agree with what the letter said (it was a very standard/tame letter, chocked full with generalizations) and were afraid that they didn't know what they were signing and what it entailed, hence refused to sign it. So yeah.

Any advice on getting this letter of rec?

[ThingsComeAround]

Do it yourself. They won't try to help someone else after they are gone (no proff, no loss of face). Write it up yourself and ask them to sign it, or get the Principal's stamp.

Good luck

[PigeonFart]

Do what i do. Don't bother with a letter of reference. Get your 'certificate of employment' as you're legally entitled to, then submit that as your quasi letter of reference. Once i've given that Cert of Employment to recruiters and schools instead, nobody complained.

Letters of reference always p*** me off. I'm no occupational psychologist but i do know that many studies have shown that they have a low level of predicitive valididity. In other words those letters are no good at predicting how well someone will do on their job.

[Weigookin74]

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