Letter of Recommendation (Reference Letter) | Samples & Templates

A letter of recommendation (also known as reference letter) is a document meant to add extra weight and merit to a job or college application. Here are some samples/templates for writing recommendation letter/reference letter.

Sample 1

Having worked with Deepak Saxena, along with other young consultants, for a couple of years on various engagements, I place him in the top 5% among the young professionals. He was the only Associate to have received the highest rating in 2018 and was subsequently promoted to the post of ‘Senior Associate’, a good 9-months ahead of time.

Deepak has excellent analytical abilities which he leverages efficiently to challenge the status-quo and come up with innovative solutions. Deepak was instrumental in shaping our methodology from being affordability-based to a novel net-student addition-based approach while doing due diligence for a British K-12 operator on its first strategic buy-out in India.

Deepak is focused, and displays sincerity and commitment towards his organization, which sets him apart from his peers.

While working on the Government of Abu-Dhabi’s project, Deepak voluntarily reached out to the Engagement Partner of another team, despite being part of another team, and suggested that they work together as he saw merit in a joint approach. Deepak played an important part in harmonizing the two teams and also helped create an integrated strategy which enabled us to win the add-on implementation phase of the engagement.

Deepak is driven, committed, possesses sharp critical-reasoning skills, and has all the makings of a good leader.

Sample 2

Anuj Chopra was part of a 20-member cohort, which was recruited at Parthenon’s Emerging Markets Education Practice. Having worked with him for 2-years on several engagements, and with other young consultants, I would place him among the top-5% of young professionals I have managed. Anuj was the only Associate to receive the highest rating in 2018, subsequently being promoted to ‘Senior Associate’, 9-months ahead of track.

Anuj effortlessly leverages his sharp analytical abilities to challenge the status-quo and develop innovative solutions. Running a diligence for a British K-12 operator on its first strategic buy-out in India, we faced an impediment as our proprietary growth modelling methodology wasn’t suitable in the Indian context.

While we pondered on next-steps, Anuj helped pivot our methodology from being affordability-based to a novel net-student addition-based approach. Presenting a robust plan based on Anuj’s work, we demonstrated a 20% revenue growth to build confidence among client stakeholders for the $230M acquisition.

Anuj’s work-style reflects his deep commitment towards organizational success, which helps him stand-out among his peers. For the Government of Abu-Dhabi’s project, Parthenon was to identify strategies to optimize the budget outlay on education while another team from EY-MENA was to develop a cost-per-student (CPS) model using client data. Our strategies were dependent on the evolution of CPS; however, the EY-MENA team didn’t model-in indirect costs associated with a K-12 system.

Despite not having positional authority over the other team, Anuj reached out to their Engagement Partner, requesting to work jointly. Pro-actively, he harmonized the teams, synergizing differing reasonings and identifying a uniform approach. Tactically pre-empting conflict, Anuj helped deliver an integrated strategy which helped us win the add-on implementation phase of the engagement.

With sharp critical-reasoning skills and passion for organizational success beyond his own, Anuj has all the makings of a leader of tomorrow.

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