New national HE agreement proposal:
Set a 'basic reference' guideline that universities will provide for free - this can have most of the fundamental confirmation information (can figure automating much).
Set agreed fees for anything else classified as 'enhanced reference, sensible time allocation
Giles Martin
Repeating this annual - and futile - appeal to employers...
Today's reference form has 21 mandatory questions (on most of which I have no knowledge - I was the applicant's tutor, not his probation officer) and also demands a separate reference addressing exactly the same points...
Robert Saunders
I'm very happy to write references for students - others did it for me - but I wish employers would remember that we're doing this work for free.
We don't need 6-page forms, demanding 1-5 rankings on 20 criteria.
I taught them History. I don't know what they're like at budgeting & team-building...
