1. General Motors of
Canada Ltd
1908 Colonel Sam Dr
Oshawa, Ontario
L1H 8B7
March 13, 2009
To Whom It May Concern:
This reference letter has been provided to John Van de Broek who has applied for a position
with your organization. The information contained in this letter is confidential and should
be treated as such. It should not be disclosed to anyone within your organization who would
not be involved in the hiring decision regarding this individual. Moreover, it should not be
disclosed to anyone outside of your organization without the written consent of John Van de
Broek.
John Van de Broek has been employed by our company since 08/12/1977 and has held
various positions.
In his most recent position, John had responsibility for managing 50 hourly employee’s to
meet and / or exceed our safety, weld quality, cost and responsiveness targets. He was
responsible for ensuring our Lean Manufacturing principles were maintained on a daily
basis and showed excellent leadership in his dealings with his team members. John was
respected across the plant as a manager who was able to drive his system to consistently
produce excellent quality and responsiveness results.
John also shows excellent follow up and problem solving in regards to addressing safety
issues / concerns and takes pride in his safety performance over his career at General
Motors. He has been instrumental in numerous process improvement initiatives and is
always looking for ways to drive waste from his process.
John has been a valued employee whose employment with GM has been impacted as a
result of a restructuring event within the company, unrelated to his performance.
We wish John well in all his future endeavours.
Sincerely,
John Krampp
Personnel Director
Oshawa Truck Assembly