John Fields Sales Manager Make sure that you personalize the samples to make a recommendation letter your own. A hiring manager can tell if you wrote authentically or if you just used a template.

Here’s how this letter would turn out if I were writing a recommendation for Joe, a hypothetical sales employee I’d previously managed. Dear Mrs. Smith, ...

As a sales manager, I highly value strong communication skills and Kayla regularly showed that she has good communication skills. An example of this was when she asked to shift into a hybrid role ...

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 ...