Letter Requesting Information of a Candidate

From,

______________

______________

Date:________ (Date on which letter is written)

To,

______________

______________

Sub:_____________

Dear ____________ (Name of the recipient),

I would like to bring to your kind attention that ___________________ (Name of the candidate) has applied in our organization for the post of ________________ (the position of vacancy). As a company policy, we have asked for three references and have been given your name as first reference. I know that he has worked for your organization for ______ (time period in months or years), so you must be well aware of his strong and weak points. I would be really thankful to you if you could give us more information regarding his professional strengths as we have shortlisted him for the profile.

Your early response in this regard will be highly appreciated.

Thanking you,

Yours Sincerely,

____________(Name and designation of the Sender)

____________(Name of your organization)

From,

Jacob Fernandes,

HR Manager,

Advance Technologies, Berlin

7 June 2011

To,

Mr. Henry Thompson,

Senior HR Manager,

Universal Technologies, Berlin

Subject: Required information on Edward Wilson

Dear Mr. Thompson,

Greetings. I would like to bring to your kind attention that we have been hiring candidates for the post of Software Engineers in our organization. As a company policy, we have taken three references from them. After screening all the applications, the application of Mr. Edward Wilson was considered appropriate for our organization. I must say, his analytical skills are commendable. He has given your name as a first reference.

Therefore, I would appreciate if you could share some information with us regarding him on his professional skills, his attitude or any other point which you feel relevant. I would be very thankful to you if you could do the needful as soon as possible as we are in the process of closing this position.

I hope to have a prompt response from you regarding this matter.

Thanking you.

Yours sincerely,

Jacob Fernandes

To: name@address.com
From: name@address.com
Subject:______ (Purpose of the letter)

Dear Sir,

I am the senior recruiting manager and in response to our advertisement for the position of __________ (Mention the position). We have received various applications, and we have selected some of the best applications. ________ (Name of the candidate) is one among them and from his resume we get to feel that he is the best candidate for the position we are looking for. He had an experience of five years in your company, and his performances report shows that he is very hardworking and consistent in his work, also is a go-getter. There was also a written test conducted among which is his scores were among the top three. As we were finalizing the results we realized that he was a good match to our requirement.

As you are aware as per the company policy we ask for two immediate references and is given your name as the first reference. I am aware that he worked under your supervision for three years. Since you are the first reference we would like to know from you about his professional abilities and credentials with best of your knowledge, please write to us with all details whenever possible. As we want to fill the position soon we would appreciate if you can write to us as soon as possible. Also if you are free anytime we would like to speak you. My contact number is given above. Thank you for your cooperation and looking forward to an early reply.

Regards,

___________(Name of the Sender, Organization name)