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Recommendation Letter

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Write a compelling recommendation letter for a colleague or employee

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About the Recommendation Letter Prompt Template

This hr & people template assigns the AI the role of a HR professional and executive communications specialist, so the prompt it builds is framed by genuine subject-matter expertise rather than a generic request.

What it does: Write a compelling recommendation letter for your candidate name who is applying for a your target role position.

You fill in 7 fields (7 required), and SurePrompts assembles a complete, structured prompt you can paste straight into ChatGPT, Claude, or Gemini.

Create HR documents, job descriptions, performance reviews, and employee communications.

How to Use This Template

  1. 1

    Fill in Candidate Name

    e.g., Sarah Johnson

  2. 2

    Fill in Role They're Applying For

    e.g., Senior Software Engineer, MBA program

  3. 3

    Fill in Your Relationship

    e.g., Direct manager for 3 years, Thesis advisor

  4. 4

    Fill in Key Strengths

    Top 3-4 qualities with specific examples

  5. 5

    Fill in Notable Achievements

    Specific accomplishments you witnessed

  6. 6

    Fill in Recommendation Context

    Enter the recommendation context for your prompt.

  7. 7

    Fill in Your Name & Title

    e.g., Jane Doe, VP of Engineering at Acme Corp

  8. 8

    Copy your prompt

    Click the copy button to copy your generated prompt, then paste it into your preferred AI tool.

Template Fields

Every field below maps to a part of the finished Recommendation Letter prompt. Required fields shape the core request; optional fields add detail and control.

Candidate NametextRequired

A required input that takes a short line of text.

Example: e.g., Sarah Johnson

Role They're Applying FortextRequired

A required input that takes a short line of text.

Example: e.g., Senior Software Engineer, MBA program

Your RelationshiptextRequired

A required input that takes a short line of text.

Example: e.g., Direct manager for 3 years, Thesis advisor

Key StrengthsmultilineRequired

A required input that takes a longer, multi-line value.

Example: Top 3-4 qualities with specific examples

Notable AchievementsmultilineRequired

A required input that takes a longer, multi-line value.

Example: Specific accomplishments you witnessed

Recommendation ContextselectRequired

A required input that takes one option from a list. Choose from 5 preset choices.

Available choices:

Job ApplicationGraduate SchoolInternal PromotionAward NominationProfessional Certification
Your Name & TitletextRequired

A required input that takes a short line of text.

Example: e.g., Jane Doe, VP of Engineering at Acme Corp

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