Here is a common scene: A supervisor agrees to write your letter of recommendation with one condition—you draft it. Shocker. We, too, were surprised the first time this happened to us.

Beyond this, Indeed has recommendation letter templates designed for certain situations, like letters for graduates, managers, co-workers and teachers. (Image credit: eForms) 2. eForms.

Given the current DEFCON 1 level of anxiety about recommendation letters, and my belief that more transparency is usually a good thing, I thought it would be informative to assemble a word cloud of ...

How to figure out what's true in an inflated letter of recommendation. In one study, only 1-2% of letters fell below the good-to-excellent range. Not everyone is that stellar.