三、内容的侧重性

1998年，有一位职业作家申请杜客大学，他的三位推荐人均系国外同行认可的著名专家。第一个教授证明他学业优秀；第二个教授强调他精通英文；而第三个教授则另辟蹊径，讲了一个故事：在一个研讨会上，他屡屡帮助一位脚腿不灵便的老专家，说明他富于爱心，乐于助人。最终他获得全额奖学金，顺利进入了杜客大学攻读政治学博士学位。由此我们可以看出，虽然三封推荐信必须从不同的角度来反映被推荐人（即三封信的内容不能雷同或相差无几），但是就某一封推荐信而言，其内容应该有一定的倾斜性，也就是说每封推荐信内容应在品德、能力、成绩、语言等方面各有侧重，不要十个指头按跳蚤，不分主次。但是在实际操作中，很多人还是罗列几个事例，让人不明白他最终想说被推荐人的哪一方面的优点。例如我曾看到这样的推荐信：

During his employment with this company in the last five years, he has respectively computer programs by using computer languages such as: FoxBase, FoxPro, COBOL,C,SQL,DB2,HTML and Delphi. In addition to that he is also familiar with computer systems such as Novell, Windows NT, SCO-UNIX, and as well as computer software tools such Word, S-designer and VISIO.　


According to our record, Mr. xxx has attended formal university edcation and received his Bachelor degree in xxxx xxxx(it means your major) offered by xxxx University in Beijing with a very strong background in computer Programming. His performance in the last five years has been totally to our satisfactory. Should further information be required regarding Mr.xxx position with this company, please feel free to contact the undersigned at any time　
第一部分说明了他在我们公司业绩突出，计算机水平相当高，而第二部分却有说他的教育与工作的关系。到底要表达什么意思？读者肯定会问。文科学生的工作往往比这个更零碎，写出来的推荐信通常比较散乱，必须引起高度重视。