Recommendation letters

Write a recommendation letter with real evidence.

For an employee, student, colleague, or volunteer you are glad to vouch for. Tell MyScribe who it’s for and what happened, and read the opening of your recommendation letter before you decide to pay.

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What to include

Four things
worth saying.

Readers of recommendation letters see the same praise in every one. What persuades them is evidence: how you know the person, what you watched them do, and how they compare with others you have worked with.

Your relationship.

Your role, how long you have known them, and in what capacity you supervised or taught them.

Two specific examples.

A project delivered, a problem solved, a result achieved. Include numbers if you have them.

The qualities those examples show.

Judgment, reliability, initiative. Name the ones the opportunity calls for.

A clear endorsement.

Say plainly that you recommend them and that you are willing to be contacted.

What to leave out

And how long
to make it.

General praise with no examples behind it.
Overstatement that a reader will discount.
Personal details that are not relevant to the role or program.

Length. Choose 400 words for a standard one-page recommendation. Choose 150 for a brief reference or a written endorsement.

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Common questions

Before you begin.

How long should a recommendation letter be?

One page, or roughly 300 to 450 words, is standard. Long enough for two concrete examples and short enough to be read in full.

Will MyScribe invent achievements to fill the letter?

It is instructed not to. The letter is built from the examples you provide, so the more specific your details, the stronger the result. Always check it for accuracy before you sign.

How much does a recommendation letter cost?

Reading the opening is free, with no account or card. If you want the rest, the complete message is $2.99 USD, paid once, at any of the three lengths. There is no subscription.

Why not use a general AI chatbot?

You can, if you have one and don’t mind working out what to ask and asking again until the tone is right. MyScribe is built only for messages like this one: describe the situation once, choose a tone, and the wording is handled. There is no account to set up, and you only pay if the free opening sounds right.

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