Student Services

Career Services

Dossier Service

This service is designed to provide a reliable, efficient means of disseminating letters of recommendation for Yale School of Public Health students. Upon the student’s request, dossiers are mailed in support of application to jobs, fellowships or post-graduate schools.

Obtaining Recommendation Letters

  1. Complete and sign the Personal Reference List with names of all references and dates you requested recommendations. Bring this signed form to the Office of Career Services to be placed in your dossier file.

  2. Complete and sign the “Candidate” section of each Recommendation Form and provide a copy to each reference. Advise your references to mail or deliver their recommendation letters to:

              Yale School of Public Health
              Office of Career Services
              47 College Street, Suite 108
              New Haven, CT 06510

    Note: Students have the option to select “Confidential” or “Non-Confidential” on the Recommendation Form. Students are not permitted to read Confidential recommendations. Any recommendation not specifically marked as “Non-Confidential” will be considered Confidential.

  3. It is the student’s responsibility to periodically check their file to determine what recommendations have been received. Contact the Office of Career Services and a staff member will provide you with an update on the contents of your file.

Processing Dossier Requests

Once you are ready to have your letters of recommendation sent:

  1. Complete and sign the Request for Service Form and submit it to the Office of Career Services accompanied by typed or neatly printed mailing addresses (and phone numbers if requesting rush service).

  2. We will accept emailed or faxed requests (203-785-7356) followed by a hard copy of the Request for Service Form accompanied by payment within five business days.

  3. Upon receipt of your Request for Service Form, we will send your letters within 3-5 business days, unless requesting rush service.

  4. Each Dossier request is $5.00 per mailing or $15 for Rush Service (overnight). Payment can be made in cash or check payable to Yale University.

  5. The Dossier Service will not fax letters of recommendation.