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What do I say in Thank You Letter? The hiring manager was really nice and informative and I appreciated the interview. Any ideas of how the perfect Thank You Letter should look and what should be said? Also should it be typed or written. I've heard typed is the best way...
Handwrite the letter. I always buy a pack of blank Thank You cards from Walgreens and write a handwritten note and make sure to use words like "enthused", "dedication" and include something that was said in the interview to show that you were paying attention and that you are attempting to connect.
It completely depends on what type of company and position for which you interviewed. Frankly, I've NEVER heard of a handwritten thank you note after an interview. An interview is not a baby shower. However, if you interviewed with a small, family-owned business then it might be appropriate. But if you interviewed with a 100+ person company, I think a "typewritten," professional letter is more appropriate.
well I changed my mind. I don't really feel like sending her a thank you letter since she already scheduled me to speak to her boss for the final interview. Let's see if she was sincere.
well I changed my mind. I don't really feel like sending her a thank you letter since she already scheduled me to speak to her boss for the final interview. Let's see if she was sincere.
Congrats Artsyguy. As for the poster who said he has never sent a hand written note and that it's for babysitters, umm let me guess you have or had been at your job for 15+ years and haven't been on an active job search until recently if ever. It's called etiquette and you are taught and told to send a thank you. Handwritten seems a bit more personal like you took the time to send a quick nicely written note. I have done this for companies that were large corporations and for some it worked and others it didn't. Not because the note was or wasn't handwritten, it's because they went with another qualified candidate. We can discuss on this board until we are blue in the face whether thank you notes work or don't work, whether you should hand write or type them, and when you should mail them out, but to each their own. So please get off your high horse and quit the underhanded insults
Congrats Artsyguy. As for the poster who said he has never sent a hand written note and that it's for babysitters, umm let me guess you have or had been at your job for 15+ years and haven't been on an active job search until recently if ever. It's called etiquette and you are taught and told to send a thank you. Handwritten seems a bit more personal like you took the time to send a quick nicely written note. I have done this for companies that were large corporations and for some it worked and others it didn't. Not because the note was or wasn't handwritten, it's because they went with another qualified candidate. We can discuss on this board until we are blue in the face whether thank you notes work or don't work, whether you should hand write or type them, and when you should mail them out, but to each their own. So please get off your high horse and quit the underhanded insults
Pardon me?! High horse? Underhanded insults? Babysitters? Go back and read my post out loud. I said there are times a handwritten thank you may be appropriate and there are times when a professionally, typewritten thank you is more appropriate. My position is that a thank you note is ALWAYS appropriate. If you want to flame someone, make some sense.
As a hiring manager, I would find a typed thank-you note to be much more professional than a handwritten one.
Sure you can say that hand-written is more "personal" but this isn't a personal setting; it's a professional setting. Unless this is a mall mom& pop business like the other poster said, a handwritten card is seen as quaint at best, and at worst, unprofessional.
I would ask myself, "If this person came to work for me, would his correspondence with other companies/vendors/organizations be in the form of handwritten cards from Walgreens, or properly drafted typed letters?"
But if there's a choice between no thank-you and a handwritten thank you, than I guess the handwritten one would do.
Artsy: Consider it this way: you would get zero or negative "points" for no thank you note, maybe one point for a handwritten one, and maybe 5 points for a nice, professional, typed thank you note. Good luck.
I never handwrote a note, as my handwriting is awful and painful. I'd say I appreciated the person's time and information (or tour, or whatever) and found it all of interest. I'd close by saying, "I look forward to hearing from you."
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Let's see if she was sincere.
