Renting a home can be a complex process, with a web of checks and balances to ensure both landlords and tenants are protected. One of the key elements in this process is the landlord reference letter.

Letters of recommendation from your colleagues describe your professional traits and qualifications for a position. A glowing recommendation from the right person can cement a job offer. A poor one ...

In 2014, writer Julie Schumacher released a novel told entirely in letters of recommendation. Featuring a grasping academic protagonist desperate to maintain his professional standing, Dear Committee ...

It’s college application season, which is notoriously hectic for both high school seniors and their teachers. While it’s the students who juggle college applications, teachers have a big role to play, ...

Knowing how to write a letter of recommendation is a vital skill to have for just about anyone. You never know when you may be called upon to write one, especially if you are an employer or professor.

A few years ago, I wrote “A Letter to College Students (From All Profs)” in which I provided advice to students about how to ask for letters of recommendation. Interestingly, just as students do not ...

Under-representation of women in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) disciplines, including the geosciences, is a well-documented phenomenon. Women occupy only 24% of STEM postdoctoral ...

A new email arrives in your inbox and you see it's from one of your former employees. You quickly glance over the subject line and your eyes catch on one word: recommendation. Immediately, your ...

Recent e-mail messages from readers indicate that it’s time to revive an important topic: how (and whether) a graduate student should write a letter of support (or of opposition) for a professor’s ...

Last week, I wrote a post on How to Ask for a Reference Letter which gave three steps for asking for (and getting!) a great letter of recommendation. The second, and arguably most important step, is ...