Week 2 Letters of Recommendation

Learning objective: Develop a resume and cover letter to be sent to potential employers.

Prompt: Preparing and requesting references

Instructions:

Employers request potential new hires (as well as those who are being considered for promotion) to provide letters of recommendation from former employers and/or instructors. Consider who you would ask for a recommendation. Draft a letter that you can use to request a letter of recommendation. Your draft letter should be approximately 1 page in length and follow APA formatting.

Additionally, provide the first names of 3 people you would choose and discuss what influenced your decision to choose these individuals.

Your discussion and reflection on what influenced your decision to choose these individuals should be approximately 1 page in length and follow APA formatting. 

The total assignment should be approximately 2 pages in length.   

Once reviewed by the Instructor, and you make corrections, upload the file to your Portfolio area in our course together.