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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Write them a thank you letter with a Starbucks gift card. This is a nice gesture. [/quote]

No, not appropriate! I work in higher ed and write recommendations regularly (for jobs and other degree programs). Nothing wrong with a gift card during appreciation time or once grades are submitted, but please do not communicate a recommendation request with a gift card. Better yet, please advise your scholar about best practices on how to appropriately request a recommendation, ideally through a personal meeting.
In light of where I work, you'd think writing recommendations would be included in our job description. It's not, but it's still considered part of our job. And we couldn't do that job professionally and impartially if recommendation requests were served with gift cards. 
I write all of my recommendations on just about the very last day they are due, in batches and so I'm getting in the grove of it. I tell this to my requesters, including when and how to appropriately remind me if it helps them.[/quote]

Get your PTO to do it![/quote]

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