Recommendation letter
Fill in the fields and the letter takes shape alongside, with who is recommending, who is recommended, the role they held and for how long. Available in Portuguese, English or Spanish. When you are done, print it, and your browser's print dialog offers save as PDF.
Three steps, nothing to install.
Everything runs on your own computer, start to finish.
Identify yourself
Your name, your title and the organisation. A recommendation carries the weight of whoever signs it, and that weight comes from here.
Say who you recommend, in what role and for how long
The person's name, what they did and how long you worked together. Time matters: recommending someone you worked with for three weeks reads differently.
Print or save
The letter is already finished alongside. Hit generate and pick your printer, or save as PDF from the print dialog itself.
One example beats five adjectives
Recommendation letters all look alike because almost all of them say the same thing: dedicated, reliable, hard-working. What sticks is the concrete sentence, with a real situation and what the person did in it. One specific line undoes a paragraph of generic praise.
Say in what capacity you worked together
The reader wants to know whether the signer was in a position to observe what they are asserting. A direct manager, a teammate, a client and a teacher recommend different things with different authority. Writing down the relationship stops the letter carrying less weight than it should.
Let yourself be contacted
A letter with the signer's contact details is worth more than a letter that is merely signed, because it shows willingness to confirm. The header carries your email on purpose.
Whoever signs answers for what it says
A recommendation creates no legal obligation, but it asserts facts about a person to third parties. Asserting what is untrue can expose the signer, and declining to recommend is always a legitimate option, and a more honest one than a lukewarm letter.
It is not a certificate of employment
In Portugal an employee is entitled to a certificate of employment issued by the employer, stating dates and role, and carrying no value judgements. That is a different document with its own rules, and this is not it.
It does not write the assessment for you
The builder supplies the form and the frame. What the person did, and why you recommend them, is written by hand, and it is the only part the reader cares about.
Questions about the recommendation letter.
Can I write the letter and ask someone to sign it?
It is common practice where the recommender is short of time, but whoever signs should read and adjust it until it is theirs. A letter that does not sound like the person signing shows, especially if a conversation follows.
Should I address it to a named person?
If you know who, yes. For multiple applications, a general form works and saves generating one per recipient.
Do I need a company stamp?
It is not required and rarely changes anything. What carries weight is the signer's position and a contact for confirmation.
Do I need an account?
Yes. Each document costs one euro, as a one-off purchase: you pay for that document and there is no monthly fee. The account is created by magic link, with no password. The declaration opens without paying, one a day.
Been asked for a recommendation?
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