What are the best practices for letters of recommendations? Do medical schools need to know when they written? Is there such a thing as a letter of recommendation that is too old? Do I submit them or do the writers have to submit them? Do letters have to be dated? Etc.
Reason I ask is because my employment will soon be changing. I have recently found out that I’m incredibly underpaid at my current job, to the extent that I’m borderline being taken advantage of, so I found a few other employers all who are offering me much more than the place I’m currently at, with much shorter commute.
However, I’ve been with my current employer for four years and I’m counting on them for a letter of recommendation. They know me very well and have seen my leadership abilities and can speak strongly about them in a letter of recommendation. So you can see my conundrum.
I want to get the letter of recommendation before I bounce, since my leaving will probably burn that bridge and my manager would probably not write me a letter in the future.
Can I get my letter now, then use it when I eventually apply to schools two years from now? Or will it be known that the letter is not recent?
Reason I ask is because my employment will soon be changing. I have recently found out that I’m incredibly underpaid at my current job, to the extent that I’m borderline being taken advantage of, so I found a few other employers all who are offering me much more than the place I’m currently at, with much shorter commute.
However, I’ve been with my current employer for four years and I’m counting on them for a letter of recommendation. They know me very well and have seen my leadership abilities and can speak strongly about them in a letter of recommendation. So you can see my conundrum.
I want to get the letter of recommendation before I bounce, since my leaving will probably burn that bridge and my manager would probably not write me a letter in the future.
Can I get my letter now, then use it when I eventually apply to schools two years from now? Or will it be known that the letter is not recent?