推荐信与求职信的最终目标是一样的，都是要得到某个职位或某份工作。这两类信的写法也很相似，求职信是直接说明自己胜任某份工作，推荐信是说明他人胜任某份工作。

英文推荐信的格式应该是什么样呢?英文推荐信虽然会因为推荐人的不同而在内容上有不同的侧重点，但模式上大体来说还是有规律可循的。下面就是一封英文推荐的主要格式，供大家参考。

[推荐者名姓 职位 公司名称 地址]

[Name Street City State Zip Code]

[Phone # Fax phone # Email address]

[Date today月日年]

To Whom It May Concern：

It is my great pleasure to recommend Miss ZiYi Zhang to you, as she was one of my finest students in our department.

Miss Zhang began attending my English classes in the Department of Information Science School at Oxford University in 1997 and graduated in spring of 2001. Though it has been over six years since I last saw her, the deep impression she made on me has not faded in the least. She is very intelligent, honest, creative, articulate, adaptive person. Her high academic achievement speaks for itself: she consistently scored in the top 5% in class.

[1.陈述你和被推荐人之间的关系。譬如：你是被推荐人的主管，同事，或老师以及你认识被推荐人的时间年限;

2.陈述被推荐人在工作、学习、为人、性格等等方面的优点。突出他(她)的技术、完成的任务、对公司或社会的贡献。最好举例说明;]

I am certain that Miss Zhang would make great contributions to your company, and I strongly recommend her for the position. Please do not hesitate to inquire further if I can be of help to you.

[以推荐此人作为结束语，并说明如果对方需要了解被推荐人更多更详尽的情况可以和你联系。]

Sincerely,

Andy MacAlister [推荐人名字]

[Sign here签名]

Dr. Andy MacAlister [推荐人职务]

Professor, Dean

Information Science School, Oxford University.

U.K

通过上面对英文推荐信的格式信息的解读，相信对于很多计划申请美国研究生的学生可以参考上面的信息来提前做好英文推荐信的准备和规划。