Private and Confidential
NAME
ADDRESS
DATE
Dear NAME,
Reference request
NAME has applied to our Company for employment in the position of POSITION and has
given us permission to write to you for a reference.
We would be grateful if you would assist us in assessing NAME’s suitability for the above
post by kindly providing the following details and responding at your earliest convenience.
Please outline and confirm:
Their start and end dates of employment?
Their position and main job responsibilities?
The reasons for leaving your employment?
Whether you would be willing to re-employ them and, if not, why not?
Their skills, achievements and attributes in the following areas: [insert specific
questions based on the person specification for the role]? 1-5 rating
Whether they had any live disciplinary warnings on their record at the time of
resignation?
Any other details or comments you feel are applicable to this application?
We thank you in anticipation of your assistance and enclose a pre-paid envelope for your
reply which will be treated in the strictest confidence. Alternatively, please send your
responses to the following secure inbox: EMAIL ADDRESS
Yours sincerely,
NAME
JOB TITLE
COMPANY NAME