TY - BOOK AU - Bodine, Paul. TI - Perfect phrases for letters of recommendation: hundreds of ready-to-use phrases you can use to recommend applicants to college, grad school, and professional school SN - 9780071626545 PY - 2010/// CY - New York PB - McGraw-Hill KW - Employment references KW - Universities and colleges KW - Admission KW - Letter writing KW - Exposition (Rhetoric) KW - Business writing N1 - Contents: Part 1 writing letters of recommendation -- Part 2 the preliminaries -- Part 3 the core strengths -- Part 4 other strengths and weaknesses -- Part 5 concluding sections N2 - "Whether writing one or asking someone else to write it, a letter of recommendation can be a daunting task. What should you say in it? What phrases will really sell a candidate (or yourself) without sounding over-the-top? This handy reference will guide you through the process with hundreds of ready-to-use phrases that will surely help you or the applicant land the job or gain admittance to the desired school"--Cover, p. 4 ER -