Reference and Referee Preparation Check
Make sure referees are ready and appropriate.
Added October 15, 2026. Written with AI assistance and checked for clarity and placeholders; not reviewed by a lawyer, accountant, clinician or other professional. How these prompts are made
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Check referee readiness. List of referees with relationship and recency: [REFEREES]. Role applied for: [ROLE]. Check relevance, current contact details, permission, briefing, and risk of a lukewarm reference. Draft a briefing email under 120 words for each referee type and a thank-you. Return a table. Add a worked briefing: Hi Sam, I am applying for a project manager role at a charity and would value a reference about the 2024 migration project we worked on together. I will send the job description and my CV. Is that all right, and what is the best number to reach you? Thank you for considering it. Add a tracker of referees and dates. Add a worked tracker row: referee name placeholder, relationship, last worked together, permission date, briefing sent, thank-you sent, outcome. Remind me to ask before listing anyone and to offer a way out. Add a closing line: send each referee the final job description and the three points you hope they will cover, and thank them afterwards whatever the outcome. Offer them an easy way to decline.
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