April 04-10, 2005

ANY WEBSITE FOR A REFERENCE LETTER?

Dear Dr English,

Can you please advise where there is a website or example of a reference letter? A business associate needs our company reference for a new job. In the past he worked as coordinator dealing with customers and placing orders with our factory.
Please can you advise today? Thank you very much.

Ja

I am really sorry that I cannot answer you exactly on time but if you need to write a reference for someone you could try these two websites: http://www.writeexpress.com/reference-letter.html and
http://www.profitguide.com/howto/article.jsp

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INTRODUCING ONESELF IN A JOB INTERVIEW

Dear Dr English,

How should I introduce myself in a job interview?
Thank you very much.

Bee

A job interview is a formal situation in which you are expected to make your confidence and positive outlook clear. Begin with a formal greeting followed with your name and the reason for your being there.

For example: "Good Morning Sir/Madam. I'm Somchai and I'm here to apply for the position of computer analyst."
Should you need to prepare yourself more for your job interview, log on to http://msn.careerbuilder.com
Good luck!

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FORMATS FOR LETTERS

Dear Dr English,

I am quite interested in the Nation-Education website and I need some help from you. I would like to know how to write letters and contracts. I mean the formats and the expressions used in business letters. Could you give me some advice?

Jew

The answer to your question would take a few weeks' in this column at least. To make things easy for you and other readers who might want to know about the matter I recommend you check it up on the Internet. The following two websites provide clear advice on the subject. http://esl.about.com/cs/onthejobenglish/a/a_basbletter.htm or http://www.career.fsu.edu/ccis/guides/write_eff.html
Enjoy.

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