Recommender’s Experience

When an applicant sends an email request to a recommender from PWS, the recommender will receive an email that includes not only the applicant’s request, but also instructions for logging into a secure, personal account (just like the ones applicants have). A recommender will have one account; if more than one of your applicants requests a recommendation from the same recommender, all the requests from different applicants will appear inside the recommender’s account.

After a recommender has logged in, they will be able to view all recommendation requests in the RECOMMENDATIONS section.

The RECOMMENDATIONS statuses are:

• New: The applicant has requested the recommendation from recommender.
• In Progress: The recommender has begun working on the recommendation.
• Submitted: The recommender has submitted the recommendation.
• Cancelled: The recommendation request has been cancelled.

Starting a New Recommendation

1. Login or follow the instructions in the request email for creating an account.
2. Click on a recommendation with Status as New. The recommender will be navigated to a form page.
3. Complete information as desired. Required information will be marked with a red asterisk.
4. We suggest the recommender save periodically using the Save button at the top of the form.
5. When finished, save and press Back to exit or Review/Submit if the form is completed (see below for submission help).
6. If you exit before submitting the recommendation, notice that the Status has been changed to In Progress in the RECOMMENDATIONS area.

Submitting a Completed Recommendation

1. Login or follow the instructions in the request email for creating an account.
2. Click on a recommendation with Status as In Progress or New.
3. Finish filling in information. All required fields must be completed before submission.
4. Click Review/Submit. A review dialog box will appear with a review of the recommendation.
5. Click the I agree checkbox.
6. Click Cancel to exit or Submit.
7. A dialog box will appear. Press Submit to submit the form, or Cancel to make further changes.
8. Notice that the recommendation now appears grayed-out in the RECOMMENDATIONS area.