Recruitment Letters
Guidelines and Alternate Phrases
Mention your recruiting efforts, being as specific as possible about any current openings. If there has been some previous contact, refer to that person, occasion, announcement, or ad.
Richard Marun gave me your name as an employee facing a possible change in careers because of RTW’s downsizing plans. Therefore, I was writing to let you know of our interest in talking with you about the research opportunities at our laboratories.
We were intrigued by your recent advertisement in The Wall Street Journal about your employment goals in the Far East. We have just the position we think you might be interested in—director of communications for our Tokyo office.
In reviewing the academic records of students who have contacted the USC placement office, we see your achievements are quite impressive. We’re wondering if you may be interested in discussing a programmer/analyst position with our company.
We saw a recent article in the latest ASTD journal, highlighting your work at Rocco. As a result, our vice president has asked me to let you know of our interest in visiting with you about working with us to achieve some of the same results with our engineering staff.
Overview the opportunities with your organization. Suggest the next action.
If you will be in the area in the near future, please call us, and we’ll see about scheduling time to visit with you further.
If you’re interested in pursuing this opportunity, would you write or phone us?
Please let us hear from you if you have any inclination toward putting your legal background to use in this type of position.
We look forward to hearing from you about your plans upon graduation.
We look forward to hearing about your career-change plans.
If we can provide further insights about exactly what type of individual we’re looking for, give us a call at 345-9902.
If you should be interested in interviewing for this position, please call Dave Gowers at ext. 345 to schedule a convenient time the week of August 5.
Please forward a complete résumé to my attention if this position interests you.
Please write us again, if you will, providing the information I’ve highlighted here in my letter.
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