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In response to "Yeah, my advice is not for people applying to academic/PhD-type jobs, no -- nm" by con_carne

I don't see it as particular to my field. I cannot conceive of any case in any field where it would be okay to see your letters. -- nm

Posted by nubby, Astro-lord, koozie aficionado (aka nubby) May 1 '13, 20:36

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Eh, when I worked in college recruiting, we had a site where people routinely submitted their letters of rec themselves. - con_carne May 1, 20:50 2
- as I said before, I've seen it both ways for recs/refs. calls/emails are more common than letters for corporate jobs, in my experience. - b! May 1, 21:46
- (that would be a provisional transcript... official transcripts would of course be sent officially by the school) -- nm - con_carne May 1, 20:56
in my experience (and mrs. zork's), people write a letter for you when you leave and give it to you to use as you want -- nm - zork May 1, 20:40

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