Sentence examples for potential referees from inspiring English sources

Applicants should submit a curriculum vita, a list of publications and names of three potential referees, by email to: [email protected]

Luckily, DeWitt finishes Cardenas soon after, to the great relief of any other potential referees and the judges, who could well have been on Cardenas radar too.

Please refer potential referees, including when letters are provided via a third party (i.e., dossier service or career center), to the UC Berkeley statement of confidentiality http://apo.berkeley.edu/evalltr.html prior to submitting their letters.

Please refer potential referees, including when letters are provided via a third party (i.e., dossier service or career center), to the UC Berkeley statement of confidentiality: http://apo.chance.berkeley.edu/evalltr.html.html

Please refer potential referees, including when letters are produced via a third party (i.e. dossier service or career center), to the UC Berkeley statement of confidentiality (http://apo.berkeley.edu/evalltr.html) prior to submitting their letters.

Please refer potential referees, including when letters are produced via a third party (i.e. dossier service or career center), to the UC Berkeley statement of confidentiality (http://apo.berkeley.edu/evalltr.html) prior to having their referees submit their letters.

Ask the potential referee, "Do you feel that you are able to give me a strong reference?" If a potential referee does in fact say "no," be grateful.

Always thank your potential referee for taking the time to read your email.

Make an effort to draw connections between your potential referee's qualifications and the position for which you're applying.

This avoids putting your potential referee on the spot and allows them the opportunity to politely decline.

Whether you ask for a reference in person, on the phone, or in an email, give the potential referee the option of saying "no".