四、让推荐信更有效的秘诀

       1、比较的标准

       推荐信中的评比标准从何而来，就是在推荐人的眼中，被推荐者和所在的母群体中其他人来作比较。对母群体做一些背景描述有助于评审委员了解被推荐者真正的实力。

       2、用字的强度

       在写推荐信时，所用字眼的强度是非常重要。在强调优点时，尽量采用积极、笃定、毫无保留、肯定的字汇。要表达缺点时，就不妨采用保留且不确定的字汇。提出缺点其实也可算是优点的这种论点，对非以英语为母语的我们来讲，这种用字的艺术确实比较伤脑筋些。

       3、正面的语气

       推荐信的语气反应了推荐者对被推荐人的观感。一封热切诚挚的推荐信给予入学评审委员良好的印象。但一封温吞犹疑的推荐信则会让入学评审委员产生：「这个推荐人不太了解这个申请者，所以才写不出来吧！」或「推荐人根本不想推荐这个申请者，所以才不情愿的写这封信哩！」等这些负面的想法。

       五、推荐信的基本结构

       开头：你应该开门见山地介绍一下你所推荐的这个人的能力和你对他的熟悉达到什么程度。如果被推荐的人是你的一个雇员或合作者，你有必要先介绍一下被推荐人担任的职务，他个人在任时出色完成的一些项目。接下来，你最好用一句简明扼要的话提一下你们公司的性质和主营范围。另外，你也应简要地谈一下你对被推荐者的看法。

       中间：在这一段中，你应该具体地阐述一下你对这位雇员（被推荐者）的评价。可以通过列举一些他在雇用期间出色完成的项目来强化你的观点，并适当提供一些细节。你还应该描写一下这位被推荐者的优缺点，尤其是在工作中表现出的那些特点。还可以写一下你与之一起共事的感受。

       结尾：你可以在这段中写一些与这个被推荐者综合素质有关的内容。总而言之，可以是这个人是否负责、有礼貌、热情、不尽人意、懒惰、精神矍铄或之类的特点。最后，你可以发表一下关于对这个人是否能胜任他将要寻找的工作的意见。这个意见可以是毫无保留的，可以是直截了当的，也可以是有所保留或部分保留的。

       六、推荐信样例

From: Fan Pu
Department of the SPECIAL CLASS GIFTED for YOUTHS
University of Science and Technology
Hefei, Anhui 230026, P.R. China
July 1, 1998

Dear Sir or Madam:

I take great pleasure in recommending Wang Yong, one of my favorite students, for admission into your distinguished graduate program.

Mr. Wang was admitted in 1986 at 14 years of age into the SPECIAL CLASS for the GIFTED YOUTHS, my university's unique program that caters to the intellectual needs of unusually talented Chinese youngsters. It was a rare privilege he earned with his nearly impeccable academic performance through the years of his elementary and secondary school.

He impressed me almost as he entered into my university, a major cradle of china's scientific and technological talents. At the time, members of the Gifted Class all had to spend half a month studying by themselves the principles of calculus and then take an exam so that we could evaluate their self-study capability. Mr. Wang scored the highest grade in that exam. He also exhibited a keenly whetted mind during class discussions. To my regret at the time, his English was not as good as his mathematics or physics. But I noticed he made a point of working especially hard in improving his English during his five undergraduate years with us. By now, he seems to be at least as proficient in English as most of his former classmates in the Gifted Class.

In my experience with Mr. Wang, I was impressed with not only his extraordinary intelligence but also his ambitions and persistence. I am sure that Mr. Wang will be an outstanding student in any doctoral program that he may care to enroll in. So I would like to support him firmly in his quest recommendation into account when considering his application. I would greatly appreciate it if you decide to accept him as he wishes.

Yours sincerely
Fan Pu
Professor and Deputy Head

       （来源：太傻网）