美国留学推荐信中如何突出你的职业目标

无论是在申请美国高中、美国本科还是申请美国大学研究生或者博士的过程中，学校通常会要求写推荐信函，其目的在于由申请人外的第三者，就申请人的特质、能力和态度做评估，以作为学校审核申请者的一种参考。推荐信的份量直接关系到你能否出国留学，能否获得奖学金等，一封好的推荐信尤为重要。

在推荐信写作中，除了对申请者的能力素质进行评估外，也要尽可能地阐述一下申请人的未来的职业目标和实现目标的潜力。百利天下留学提示，目标越是确定，申请人也就会在众多的申请者中更有竞争力。这种目标可以精确到申请者未来从事的行业，雇主，工作头衔，甚至是未来五到十年的工作职责的概括。

对于申请美国研究生的学生来讲，推荐人应该对申请人所修项目的目标做出评价：这些目标是否有实在意义?是否有创新?是否对申请人的未来的职业生涯形成一定影响?申请人是否足够了解他们将要攻读的项目?等等。

以申请法学院的推荐信为例：

Capitalizing on her exposure to tax- related issues at Goucher College, I predict she will begin practicing estate planning as an attorney at a midsize Baltimore firm like Rowe Herteg or Lombard Street Associates. Helping clients prepare and review wills, trusts, and other related documents, Rachel will gain the expertise to ensure that clients’ estate plans truly benefit their beneficiaries and that their estates will be distributed speedily, cost-effectively, and professionally.

结合Rachel在古彻学院学习期间在税收相关问题上展现出的特质和能力，她会成为一所中型的律师事务的一个律师并开始练习遗产规划等诉讼案件。帮助客户准备和审查遗嘱,信托基金,和其他相关文件。她将学习更多的专业知识,以确保客户的房地产计划真正受益人受益,确保他们的财产得以快速、低成本、专业性地被处理。

再以一个申请MPA硕士学位的推荐信为例：

Since I first met Al ice in 20xx, I’ve known that her eventual goal was to work for an international development organization, specifically in a management role, where she can have a direct impact on developing societies. This role will enable her to follow in the footsteps of her father, who led UNICEF’s South Asian efforts for many years. Today, after her extraordinary experiences in Sri Lanka with CARE, I truly believe the time is right for Alice to pursue this dream. Alice is fluent in English, Sinhala, and Tamil, which has helped us tremendously with our international clients. Though I have always thought it made sense for Alice to follow her father’s lead, I understood her need to do so only after establishing her own identity with CARE. This is the best moment for her to leverage her unique background and blend of cultural and language skills and pursue management roles in an international development NGO.

她的最终目标是为一个国际发展组织工作,特别是在一个可以直接影响社会发展的管理岗位工作。这个角色将让她跟随她父亲的脚步。她父亲为领导联合国儿童基金会南亚努力了许多年。如今,在拥有了在斯里兰卡的美国援外合作署非凡的实践经历后,我相信Alice是时候去追求她的梦想了。Alice精通多国语言：英语、僧伽罗语和泰米尔语,这对于我们与国际客户合作帮助极大。虽然我一直觉得Alice继承她父亲的职业也是很好的选择,但是我理解她这样的做法。现在是她利用独特的背景,文化和语言技能的最好的时刻，也是她追求国际发展的非政府组织的管理角色的大好时机。

结合以上两个例子，推荐信中都描述了申请者的未来的职业目标或求职意向，并用相关实例证明了申请者在该领域的发展潜力。这样的推荐信更真实，更具体，更能展示申请者的实力。对于申请很有帮助。