WOW Letter of Recommendation Form

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TO THE RECOMMENDER: This student is applying for a Hiatt Career Center World-of-Work (WOW) summer internship grant from Brandeis University. The program encourages students to explore careers by eliminating financial barriers that may deter students from pursuing unpaid summer opportunities.

Selection is based upon a student's readiness to undertake the internship as well as match between the internship and the student's goals for the summer.

The selection committee values qualities such as responsibility, flexibility, maturity, initiative, and motivation. In addition, Hiatt would appreciate any information you could provide regarding preparedness and fit for this particular summer internship.

More information about the WOW program can be found at go.brandeis.edu/wow. Questions may be directed to Jane Pavese, Assistant Director of Career Development, jpavese@brandeis.edu, 781-736-3618.

**To be considered, all recommendations must be submitted by Tuesday, March 29, at NOON.

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* 1. Please provide your contact information below.

Reference name: *

Company/Organization: *

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City/Town:

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Country:

Email Address: *

Phone Number:

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* 2. Name of the applicant:

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* 3. How long have you known the applicant?

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* 4. What is your relationship to applicant?

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* 5. Please evaluate the applicant on each of the following characteristics relative to other students/employees you have known:

	Outstanding	More than satisfactory	Satisfactory	Less than satisfactory	Unsatisfactory	Unable to evaluate
Responsible	Responsible Outstanding	Responsible More than satisfactory	Responsible Satisfactory	Responsible Less than satisfactory	Responsible Unsatisfactory	Responsible Unable to evaluate
Self-motivated	Self-motivated Outstanding	Self-motivated More than satisfactory	Self-motivated Satisfactory	Self-motivated Less than satisfactory	Self-motivated Unsatisfactory	Self-motivated Unable to evaluate
Flexible	Flexible Outstanding	Flexible More than satisfactory	Flexible Satisfactory	Flexible Less than satisfactory	Flexible Unsatisfactory	Flexible Unable to evaluate
Mature	Mature Outstanding	Mature More than satisfactory	Mature Satisfactory	Mature Less than satisfactory	Mature Unsatisfactory	Mature Unable to evaluate
Positive attitude	Positive attitude Outstanding	Positive attitude More than satisfactory	Positive attitude Satisfactory	Positive attitude Less than satisfactory	Positive attitude Unsatisfactory	Positive attitude Unable to evaluate
Team player	Team player Outstanding	Team player More than satisfactory	Team player Satisfactory	Team player Less than satisfactory	Team player Unsatisfactory	Team player Unable to evaluate
Leadership	Leadership Outstanding	Leadership More than satisfactory	Leadership Satisfactory	Leadership Less than satisfactory	Leadership Unsatisfactory	Leadership Unable to evaluate
Work ethic	Work ethic Outstanding	Work ethic More than satisfactory	Work ethic Satisfactory	Work ethic Less than satisfactory	Work ethic Unsatisfactory	Work ethic Unable to evaluate

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* 6. Please share any comments or examples of your experience with the applicant that feel would aid the selection committee. If appropriate, please include any information about the applicant's interest and/or experience in the proposed career field.

You may also send comments on a separate document to Jane Pavese at jpavese@brandeis.edu

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* 7. Overall Recommendation:

	Enthusiastically	Highly	Moderately	Minimally	Not at all
I recommend this applicant	I recommend this applicant Enthusiastically	I recommend this applicant Highly	I recommend this applicant Moderately	I recommend this applicant Minimally	I recommend this applicant Not at all

Thank you for taking the time to complete the WOW Recommendation Form. The Hiatt Career Center at Brandeis University appreciates your support for this applicant.