When you get to your computer and begin to write your
job interview follow up letter, you can write it in
one of two ways. The first way is the typical Follow up
letter. This letter will send a message of gratitude
to the employer, let him or her know that you are
still interested into the position and invite that
interviewer to contact you again for another
interview. There’s nothing wrong with writing this
kind of job interview follow up letter. It’s polite,
it’s expected, it allows the interviewer to know that
you are still interested in the job. It is easy to
write and is certainly better than no thank you letter
at all.
Writing the other kind of job interview follow up
letter requires slightly more work, both during and
after the interview. But for that work you get a
higher return. Wring a job interview follow up letter
that works as a piece of strategic communication will
emphasize your strong points with the interviewer,
will create a closer relationship between the two of
you and will make the interviewer look forward to more
communications from you. One method of writing this
kind of thank you letter is to use the technique of
the informational gift. The informational gift is a
piece of information or knowledge that you present the
interviewer, with the expectation that he or she will
appreciate that information and find it useful.
More Job Interview Follow Up Letter Secrets
If you are correct, and the information you attach or
include in your job interview follow up letter does
indeed interest the interviewer, you can receive
several benefits. First, the interviewer will be
impressed. You are a candidate who was able to
determine something that the interviewer wanted, and
deliver it without being asked or told to do so.
Second, you will create a slight relationship with
that interviewer. You are not going to become best
friends as a result of sending an article link, but
you certainly have an edge on the other candidates who
sent more impersonal thank you letters. Lastly, you
make your communications more valuable to that
interviewer. He or she is much more likely to read
your future emails and letters now that he or she
believes that you might have more valuable information
included.
The technique to find this information to put into
your job interview follow up letter is quite simple.
Simply pay attention to the interviewer. Pay attention
to the things that the interviewer says, the way that
he or she says them, and the subjects or topics that
appear to get his or her attention. These clues will
enable you to guess with relative certainty the
subjects and topics --- either personal or
professional --- which might be interesting to the
interviewer. When you send the information in the
letter, be sure to explain how you came to send it.
For instance, say that you remembered the interviewer
mentioned an interest in that subject, and it reminded
you of an article which you are now sending.
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