{"id":162,"date":"2019-03-25T11:00:53","date_gmt":"2019-03-25T11:00:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/panhellenic2professional\/?p=162"},"modified":"2019-03-09T15:45:03","modified_gmt":"2019-03-09T15:45:03","slug":"writing-a-letter-of-recommendation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/panhellenic2professional\/2019\/03\/25\/writing-a-letter-of-recommendation\/","title":{"rendered":"Writing A Letter of Recommendation"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Writing A Letter of Recommendation<\/h2>\n<h4>Writing a letter of recommendation for a fellow Greek sister can be a daunting task, but with these few tips and tricks, you will be all set!<\/h4>\n<p>The first step to writing a successful letter of recommendation is to ask for their resume.\u00a0 It is important to highlight the accomplishments they have had, while demonstrating their personality, strong suits, and skillset.\u00a0 Look over their resume and determine which components relate to the position they are applying to the most.\u00a0 If they do not have much content on their resume, highlight the ones they do have listed.<\/p>\n<p>The second step is to explain a bit about their personality as it relates to the role.\u00a0 If they are applying to a position where organizational skills are needed, demonstrate how they are organized.\u00a0 Provide an example or some form of evidence to support this notion.<\/p>\n<p>The next step is to give your reasoning why this individual would be the best candidate for the role.\u00a0 It is important to be genuine with your statement, as well as the reason behind it.\u00a0 Although you want to play up their strengths, it is key to play up the ones that you genuinely believe they possess.<\/p>\n<p>Writing a successful letter of recommendation does not have to be hard.\u00a0 Looking at their resume, the position description, and playing up their strengths will prove to be beneficial.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h5><\/h5>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Writing A Letter of Recommendation Writing a letter of recommendation for a fellow Greek sister can be a daunting task, but with these few tips and tricks, you will be all set! The first step to writing a successful letter&#8230; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/panhellenic2professional\/2019\/03\/25\/writing-a-letter-of-recommendation\/\">Continue Reading &rarr;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7828,"featured_media":163,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[118],"tags":[2544,941532,162],"class_list":["post-162","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-tips-and-tricks","tag-how-to","tag-letter-of-recommendation","tag-professional-development"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/panhellenic2professional\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/162","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/panhellenic2professional\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/panhellenic2professional\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/panhellenic2professional\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7828"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/panhellenic2professional\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=162"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/panhellenic2professional\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/162\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":165,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/panhellenic2professional\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/162\/revisions\/165"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/panhellenic2professional\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/163"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/panhellenic2professional\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=162"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/panhellenic2professional\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=162"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/panhellenic2professional\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=162"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}