I have reviewed the "Letters of Recommendation - The Guide" thread (as well as others) and found it extremely helpful. It lists the following as things to provide your recommenders:
Cover Page
Name of each school
The Round you are applying and its deadline
The first of many "thank you's" you should be writing to them
A request for you Recommender's Information
Note: this is because your recommender may not want schools to send them the forms to their work email or to call their work phone.
Phone number
Email address
Home address
Copies of each school's recommendation form (available on most school's websites)
Positioning Statement: material similar to most school's essay #1
Why you want an MBA
Why you need an MBA NOW
What your short and long term post MBA career goals are
Accomplishments you want them to talk about
Teams you have lead
Improvements you have made
Facts, Figures, Percentages, Statistics...any numbers you can provide to quantify your claims that they can reference
Weaknesses
How you are already working on improving these
What will a school help you to overcome
Is this list fairly exhaustive or are there other things we should provide? Specifically, should we give our recommenders copies of our GMAT results or our resume?
Cover Page
Name of each school
The Round you are applying and its deadline
The first of many "thank you's" you should be writing to them
A request for you Recommender's Information
Note: this is because your recommender may not want schools to send them the forms to their work email or to call their work phone.
Phone number
Email address
Home address
Copies of each school's recommendation form (available on most school's websites)
Positioning Statement: material similar to most school's essay #1
Why you want an MBA
Why you need an MBA NOW
What your short and long term post MBA career goals are
Accomplishments you want them to talk about
Teams you have lead
Improvements you have made
Facts, Figures, Percentages, Statistics...any numbers you can provide to quantify your claims that they can reference
Weaknesses
How you are already working on improving these
What will a school help you to overcome
Is this list fairly exhaustive or are there other things we should provide? Specifically, should we give our recommenders copies of our GMAT results or our resume?