EMAIL Thank You Letter after job interview??

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CALLING ALL HR PEOPLE.....lol.........?????

Can I email a thank you letter after a job interview???

The opinions run the gamut on the internet. This is for an RN position in a large hospital. They called me....I applied a long time ago and it so happens they have an opening....i wanted this hospital before..it is like two SECONDS from my house!! Anyhow...don't care on way or another if I get it, although I am really hurting for $$$$$$ but I am employed right now.:p

The HR lady has her email on her business card. The clinical manager did not, but it looks like an old card. I can type up a letter to mail but then I have to type the envelope and all that so I am hoping email is OK. The emails will be similar so I can figure the clinical managers out.

Is it a major turnoff if I email them??? (obviously, I am trying to get out of the mailed letter, lol);-)
 
I don't know what the proper etiquette is anymore, but I would say to mail the letter. I think a letter done on nice stationary will make a positive and lasting impression, whereas an email might get mixed up in the jumble and deleted.

ETA that maybe you should send a short email and then follow that up with a letter.:p
 
Another vote for MAIL the letter. As efficient as e-mail is, people still love to get paper mail of that kind.

A-Jock
 
I've done both. If you email, make sure it is personal to each person you met and not a CC delivery.

I've also written notes to each person individually. I don't type them, I handwrite them a sentence or two and then stick it in the mail asap.

Good luck!
 
When I was on the job market, I was advised by a career expert NEVER to e-mail the thank you but to write a short and tasteful card and send it via U.S. Postal Service. I always followed this advice and received several offers.
Manmohini
 
I think it definitely depends on the culture of your industry (and even the culture of the company), but personally, after I interview someone, if I haven't heard from them after about a day, I kind of look at that as a sign of disinterest, and right or wrong, I tend to write the person off. Not that I don't appreciate a snail mailed thank you letter, but by the time it arrives, I will have already assumed that they weren't all that interested in the job (and will be a little offended that they didn't send a thank you).

Granted, I do work in the internet space, so email communication is not only acceptable, but pretty much standard.

Jennifer

PS I suppose to cover both bases, you could send a quick email thank you, and then follow up with a snail mail letter; I've had candidates do that, but to be perfectly honest with you, by the time I receive the snail mail letter, I've pretty much made up my mind, and it is usually because of the email thank you. My two cents :).
 
Hello,

I think an email will do just as well - we are living in the digital age now and (supposedly) paperless society. People give out their email address for you to contact them, why else give it out?

If you compose the e-mail professionally, it will be just as effective as on paper.

Yen
 
I agree with handwriting a note in a small thank you card and mailing it with USPS...I think it is much more personal and shows that they are worthy of your extra energy & time.

Best wishes on the new job prospect!!! :) :D

Denise :)
 
Write a thank you note with "VIA EMAIL AND REGULAR MAIL" above the address, then email the letter and mail it by regular mail. That way, you'll be sure they have it right away, but they'll also get the hard copy.
 
I have to agree with the majority that you should mail the thank you. It shows that you are willing to put extra effort into something, know what I mean? Good luck - let us know when you get the job!! =]

Liz
 
Well, I can see the opinions here are as vast as the internet. I suppose email and hard copy makes the most sense. I think the quicker the better really. thanks!
 
I am a hiring manager.

I like an email after the interview with a "Great meeting you" message. Highlight some of the things you talked about. It shows interest. Do a brief thanks at the end and be sure to mention that you are very excited/interested about the job.

Then do a formal, quick thank you in the mail on very plain stationary. I would not do the via email and us mail thing unless it is a very formal industry. I work in public accounting which is 90% formal.

Nancy (by the way HI NANCY) works where it is 98.9999% formal. If your potential workplace is that formal, go ahead and do it that way. I know it is a hospital, but the interview setting as well as the interveiwer varies in formality. My setting is quite formal, but I am less formal.

Either way, good luck and I hope you get the job! Always great to work close to home!
 
Another vote for snail-mail the handwritten note. I did this last year, wrote notes to the interviewers, the secretary, the assistant, everyone I had met. It took me a couple hours because I did a rough draft, making sure I didn't say the same thing to any one of them. Then I carefully handwrote the notes.

A week later, a financial company (completely unrelated to the job I applied to) called and said they found my notes on their restroom counter. I guess one of the interviewers was impressed, had gathered all the notes and was showing them to someone at that company.

I'm still working for them ...

;-)
 
Well the worst that can happen happened.

I emailed both people I interviewed with but one of them did not go through!! Ugggh. So now, it is the 11th hour, I just got home from work....and I need to send handwritten notes?

I am so confused. Stationary, no stationary, small card or business letter. I am wanting to go to Walgreens, buy a fancier "Than you" card and just write thanks inside with a couple sentences and hand sign it. Maybe mention that I enjoyed the beautiful kid artwork on her walls (they were covered with kids handpainting). That would a personal touch, right?

Is this bad or would this do?? Totally handwritten. Might be more casual but this is a 'caring' profession----a 'personal' touch!???????? Opinions??????? I gotta go tonight to get them but the very earliest it will be there is Saturday. Should I give up now???
The job isn't really out there to be taken, this would be offered to me as they get openings. Weird, I know. So time may not be urgent...
 
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