The Most Important Letter You'll Ever Write

Your Secret Weapon to a Polished Interview

No doubt you’ll want to make a great impression after the interview…then don’t forget your thank you letter! Aside from your cover letter, the thank you letter is probably the most important tool you can use to your advantage in the hiring process, and yet, it’s the most neglected. A simple, yet sincere thank you letter can often make the difference in swaying a hiring manager’s final decision. Statistically, only about 10% of job seekers send a thank you letter after an interview.
Besides good business courtesy, the benefits of your letter are advantages for the following reasons…

1. It keeps you in the interviewer’s mind after meeting other candidates.
2. It allows you an opportunity to provide additional information you may have forgotten or didn’t feel clear in your response during the interview.

Keys to an Effective Thank You Letter

Keep your thank you letters warm, brief, and sincere. Since such a small number of candidate’s follow-up with a thank you, your thoughtfulness and continued interest in the position could give you an edge over those who ignore this important step.

The question often asked is should my letter be typed, hand-written, or emailed. With the e-world we live in today, email is acceptable. This is only if you’ve been invited into the interviewers email box. How will you know? If you are given their business card and their personal email is on it, or if they tell you it’s okay to email. Otherwise, typed and mailed is the other acceptable method. Hand-written is too personal for a job interview, save it for the networking thank you letter.

Make sure to get a business card before leaving the interview!