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Subject:RE: Letter of Recommendation From:John Posada <jposada01 -at- yahoo -dot- com> To:"Susan W. Gallagher" <sgallagher5 -at- cox -dot- net>, 'Chris McQueen' <chrism -at- docutechcorp -dot- com>, techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com Date:Fri, 16 Feb 2007 11:55:10 -0800 (PST)
> I never ask for a formal letter of recommendation from a company,
Why not?
> manager that I've worked closely with, "Can I use you as a
> reference?" Either I have their personal contact information
> already (probably cell number) or I'll follow the question
> with, "Where can I always reach you?"
>
> It's not a recommendation you can use from that job to the next,
Why not?
John Posada
Senior Technical Writer
"I think the problem, to be quite honest with you, is that you've never actually known what the question is."
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