In the majority of MBA schools it is very difficult to get in. A competition for places at the best schools is very rigid. On the average, about 15 % of interested persons enter good school, and at some schools this percent is even less. One of the ways to distinguish yourself is a letter of recommendation.
The first step is to decide whom you will ask to write it. The majority of MBA schools demands as a minimum one letter from the head of your current place of job. Other letters of recommendation can be written by your former heads, teachers – it depends how long time ago you were graduated, or how much heads you had. These letters should describe your strengths and virtues accurately. It is better to choose people with good feeling of language as badly written letter indirectly influences and impression about you.
The second step is to give to yours recommendators enough time. The majority of people enter some schools so there are many different deadlines. Organise this information for yours recommendator, and give him at least one month of time for letter preparation is will give him a chance to write a good, strong letter.
The third step is to sound what exactly should be done. It concerns as deadlines as concrete forms which he may be demanded to fill in.
The fourth step is to make a list of the achievements on each post. This list will be miscellaneous for every recommendator to give him something to begin with, and you can underline what should be necessary to allocated especially in the letter. These examples should show that you positively influenced the business, and which positive character traits you have thus shown.
The fifth step is to create a structure on which your recommendator can write a letter. The structure will help you to unify all information submitted by you in order to let anybody reading it, be able to understand you correctly. This letter should contain concrete examples of that you did, and to present you in the best way.
The sixth step is to leave aside and to let a recommendator write the letter. If it is impossible for him, you can offer him help of the third party. It should be avoided, but some recommendators will ask you to write a letter for them. If such a thing happens, let recommendator read the letter before to send it.
And at last, be consecutive and supervise the process.
Yes, good letter of recommendation will demand from you a lot of time and efforts. But after all you search for ways to allocate, and it is much better, than simply granting of the estimations and points of GMAT.