Co-Authors on Letter of Recommendation

[mc125]

Is it a good practice to have two people write one LOR? I know you shouldn't have two letters from the same place/experience since it will be redundant but if those two people both have something valuable to say about you and that experience can you have them co-write one letter?

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[labscience]

I technically had "co-authors" on a letter from a PI, because the PhD candidate I was reporting to directly knew me slightly better than the PI did. I asked my mentor before approaching my PI for a letter, and he agreed to submit some comments that helped the PI write the letter itself. If you're in a similar position, have the more senior employer write the letter and ask others to contribute. But as gonnif said, this doesn't make sense for an academic letter.

 

[mc125]

This would be for a similar situation as yours, @labscience not for a professor. I worked directly under a PI at biotech company so she would obviously know me more and have more to say, but I personally know the CEO of the company very well and thought he could add onto it/it might seem more impressive

 

[mc125]

So what does this count as? a single letter? but schools ask for letters typically from single professors. BTW, most schools ask for specifically for academic letters.

it would be a single letter with two people contributing to it, both from one research facility that I interned at. this would not be an academic letter