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ow to write a thank you          look for reasons to discard       
letter to use after an          resumes. Having five hundred      
interview, a phone              resumes in your email in box can  
interview, or even to someone who     be quite intimidating. Some       
passed your name on to a hiring       hiring managers have been known   
manager is an art that is not         to send out an automated response 
taught as often as it should be       to all applicants letting them    
by placement services and others      know that the resume was          
who help job seekers with finding     received. They will then sit back 
jobs. They always cover the           and wait for further              
basics of resume writing,             communication. If an applicant    
interview preparation, cover          knows how to write a thank you    
letter writing, how to create a       letter they have a jump on the    
reference sheet, and even how to      competition immediately.          
prepare a salary history, which                                         
isn t even required that often,       How to do it? As in all formal    
but how to write a thank you          correspondence it should be block 
letter is a subject that should       formatted with proper spelling,   
be covered. It is a necessary         addresses and salutations. Keep   
skill that puts the capstone on       it short two or three paragraphs. 
the interview or other contact        In the first paragraph express    
you had, makes you appear to be       your primary purpose by thanking  
thoughtful and intelligent, and       the person you are writing to for 
puts you above the crowd.             their time and consideration.     
                                      Business people are busy and time 
Some hiring managers are so           is a valuable commodity. In the   
swamped with resumes and cover        second paragraph restate one or   
letters when they post a listing      two key job skills you can bring  
on an online job bank or run a        to the position. Remind the       
newspaper classified ad that they     reader as to why you are a good   



candidate for the job. In the         managing broker and the old       
third paragraph, thank the reader     office manager (who was retiring  
again, and reiterate that you are     and helping choose her own        
available by phone, email or in       replacement) the fist candidate   
person should they have further       composed a thank you letter. She  
questions. End with the               then printed out individualized   
traditional business ending           copies for each person she        
sincerely yours .                     interviewed with mailed them that 
                                      evening. When the interviewers    
An example of how knowing how to      received them the next day they   
write it occurred with one job        were impressed with her           
seeker a few years ago at a           thoughtfulness and adherence to   
business brokerage in the             protocol. Despite the fact that   
Midwest. This job seeker was          the other two applicants were     
already working as a part-time        more qualified, she was hired.    
telemarketer. She was competing       The fact that she knew how to     
for a full-time office manager        write one probably got her the    
position against two other. One       job she was seeking.              
of the men had a bachelors degree                                       
and the other was about to            Many hiring managers will         
receive her bachelors. Both had       interview multiple candidates and 
several more years experience in      only hire from those who send     
office administration Obviously       thank you letters. Some studies   
the other candidates were more        have shown that only one in ten   
qualified than the first              applicants see the importance of  
applicant, but she knew how to        thank you letters, so it should   
write a thank you letter, and         be obvious that if you know how   
proved it. After her interview        to write a thank you letter you   
with the company owner, the           have a very important job skill.  








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