推荐信写作技巧：
学校评审委员除了注重申请人呈现的自己，也相当重视教授或主管的观点：评估这位申请人的特质，以及将来在学术和专业领域内发展的潜力。
· 推荐信必须由具有公信力的人撰写才有信服力。评估申请人是否具备未来发展必要的学术或专业资格。
· 推荐人必须诚实、真正了解申请人的学经历，且推荐信内容一切需以「事实」为依据。
· 推荐信内容应当与申请人所缴交其他信息中对于自己的描述「不相抵触」，而且要「相互呼应」。
· 避免过度笼统和陈词滥调。
· 好的推荐信应当由具备相当知名度、且与申请人熟识的人撰写。申请人的长官、同事、或学校里的老师是超佳人选。相处时间够久，写的推荐信才有价值。
· 推荐人的学术领域或技术背景超好是与申请人申请科系相同。另外亦可委托与学校当局或学校评审委员关系密切的人撰写。
· 好的推荐信应当可以解答学校评审委员在审查申请书时会发现的一些问题。
· 推荐信的重点应该放在学校评审委员超认为超重要的消息。如果你申请的科系以专业知识或实用性为主，主管或公司同事是比老师更好的推荐人人选。相反的，如果你申请念 Ph.D. 或以学术为主的科系，教授对于您学术资格的评估则较具可信力。
· 推荐人评估申请人的基准应当在推荐信中详细写出。例如，推荐人过去五年内任教的大学中，申请人在教过学生当中确切的排名;或是申请人的业绩占公司前一年总营业额的百分比。
推荐信的结构：
超好段：
· 推荐人与申请人的关系。
· 推荐人是在什么环境下认识申请人，以及相识多久。
· 申请人希望申请的哪一个学期和科系。
第二段：
· 推荐人对申请人资格评估。
· 推荐人初识申请人时，对他有何特别的印象。
· 举例证实推荐人对于申请人的评估结果。
第三段：
· 对于申请人个人特质的评估。如：沟通能力、成熟度、抱负、领导能力、团队工作能力，以及正直等)，或是有哪些需要改进的地方。
结论：
· 推荐人对于申请人的整体评估。
· 评估申请人完成学业以后，未来在个人和专业上的发展。
· 申请人会为这个科系及团体带来什么贡献。
如何得到能提高录取机会的推荐信：
· 花一些功夫阅读和研究，你想申请的每所学校对于推荐信的要求。
· 要充分了解自己及打算申请的科系。
· 拟出工作项目及时间表。
· 找出 3 到 5 为可能的推荐人。与你熟识、容易联络，而且肯定你资历的人是较佳人选。
你必须事先和每一位推荐人沟通自己希望出国留学的理由、人生计划，以及对推荐信内容的要求和期望。
· 超后再根据各人的时间安排、配合意愿，以及对你个人资历的肯定度来决定由谁写推荐信。
· 提供每位推荐人一份履历表、自传、成绩单、专业证件及相关个人信息，并且详细列出撰写
· 推荐信撰写的注意事项，如申请书缴交期限、特别注意事项、以及学校提出的问题。
· 与各推荐人保持联系，提供必要的信息和看法，并且确认每封推荐信皆能如期完成。
· 超后记得向每位推荐人致谢，感谢他们付出心力为你撰写推荐信。
推荐信范本：
To Whom It May Concern
It has been a great pleasure for me to work with Ms. Cheng Lok Yiu, who has been a marketing officer with our company between the year 1999 and 2003.
As a marketing officer of our company, Ms. Cheng is responsible for a number of job duties ranging from promoting our company products, exploring and establishing business relationship with potential clients.
Apart from being a good team member, Ms. Cheng also displayed considerable initiative and approached her work thoughtfully and intelligently. Ms. Cheng also impressed me of being able to rise above the call of duty on certain occasions and was more than capable of taking up extra responsibilities.
Your favorable consideration and assistance to Ms. Cheng will be very much appreciated.
Yours faithfully,
Agnes Chow
Head
Marketing Department
Super-smart Corporation
失败的推荐信范例
Dear Sir:
It is my pleasure to recommend Mr. Fu-ping Wang for his application to graduate studies in your school.
Mr. Wang has been my research assistant of the National Science Council's project "The United States and the United Nations' Financial Crisis: The Role of U.S. Congress" since September 1997. His major responsibilities include information collecting, analyzing and translating. He is an enthusiastic and progressive young man with extremely high potentiality. Mr. Wang is not only quick at learning and good at solving difficult problems, but also with a logical mind that enables him to effectively analyze difficulties. All the work handed to him was completed satisfactorily. Actually, he is so reliable that I assign him with heavy responsibilities. With his help, I have been able to spend more time in writing the research paper. I really consider myself very fortunate to have such a capable assistant.
I am certain his diligence, coupled with a good competence and pleasant personality, will assure him of academic achievements in his future academic pursuits. I strongly recommend his admission without any reservation.
Sincerely yours,
Chung Wei-kuo
Research Fellow and Professor
The Institute of European and American Studies
Academia Sinica
