You can also explain your motivation or desire for getting the position and remind the reference of specific examples or details of your relationship that they can mention.

Cover letter for reference request.

I am writing this letter as a request for you to provide a reference for me. Your resume details of your employment or academic experience with them including dates copies of job ads your contact information and the contact information of the employers who may be reaching out to them. In your reference request you can say things like i know end of the year evaluations are due soon so if you re too busy to provide a reference i completely understand or it s been five years since we worked together so if you don t feel comfortable speaking to someone about my work habits after so long please just let me know. I would highly appreciate if you state my skills abilities and performance during my tenure with abc company in the reference request letter. I had taken major training under your supervision and learned a lot about the domain and technology that is used in mention the technologies and domains i have utmost believe that if i am selected for this position i will be able to make good use of my knowledge in the project. In addition to the request provide any information that can help the writer create an effective reference.

I am writing this letter to request a reference letter from you for recommendation to the new position in mention the company or project name. I know you are well aware of my capability and provide a brief of it. As you are aware that i have worked as a sales manager for you between date to date during which time i was awarded the employee of the year award. Inform them of the due date and how the letter should be submitted.