Kevin Kehoe, an employee at the San Francisco office, is being considered for promotion to manager of technical services. He has asked you to write a letter to the San Francisco branch manager on his behalf. Although you now work as a marketing associate at the corporate office, two years ago you worked directly for Kevin on the Ocean Exploration Program in Cameroon. Kevin has asked that your letter deal exclusively with his work on that program. Kevin was manager of the project; you believe that it was largely through his technical expertise, boundless energy, and organizational skills that the project was so successful. He developed the technical plan of work that led to the clear-cut set of findings. Write a letter that conveys this information to the branch manager considering Kevin for the promotion. Because the branch manager is new, he is not familiar with the project on which you and Kevin worked. Therefore your letter may need to mention some details from the project sheet.

Answer:

Dear [ ]

I am grateful and honored to have an opportunity to recommend Mr. Kevin Kehoe for Manager of Technical Services. It was my pleasure to know him and to work directly under him on the Ocean Exploration Program in Cameroon. He has always been a guide to our team and as a manager of our project it was largely through his technical expertise, boundless energy and organisational skills which made our project so successful.

Mr. Kevin's clear-cut plan of work and Motivation has helped us deliver our project before time and with better efficiency. More importantly, we have had a crisis during our project wherein everyone panicked at a point of time not knowing what to do about a glitch. Mr.Kevin has had been calm and supportive towards our issue and helped us throughout with his exceptional expertise in technology.

Moreover, I remember one instance in particular where one of the employee was seen practicing unethical means with respect to confidential data. Mr.Kevin stood against it strongly even after huge pressure from his head. He was successfully taken out and Mr. Kevin was awarded for his honesty and courage.

Mr. Kevin has my highest recommendation for this position. I assure you that his commitment and values towards his professional career will benefit him as well as the organisation. Please feel free to contact me regarding the same.

Sincerely,