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Thank You Letters

Sending a thank you letter after an interview is a highly recommended strategy if you want to create a better impression.

It also provides you with an opportunity to reiterate any strengths in your application, bearing in mind that the potential employer will probably have seen several more candidates since seeing you.

The more competition there is for a job, the more effective the thank you letter is likely to be, since your application will stand out from the crowd, simply because 99.99% of other candidates won't send one.

Most people won't even consider sending a thank you letter to their interviewer because it's just not common practice.

Here's an example you can use:

Dear [interviewer's name],

Thank you for taking the time to interview for me for the position of [job title] on [date of interview].

I thoroughly enjoyed the interview and gained a much better understanding of the role. and how my own experience might be relevant.

Since our meeting, I have given the position a lot of thought and am genuinely excited by the opportunity of working with you.

I hope that you agree that my experience is extremely relevant to the position and with this in mind, I would like to confirm my strong interest and would be pleased to attend a further meeting if you feel it necessary.

Yours sincerely,

[your name]

This is just a generic thank you letter that can be used in almost any situation, as long as your experience really is relevant of course.

I recommend however, that you expand this letter by including some specifics regarding your particular strengths.

This has the effect of minimising any negatives in your applications.

The potential employer probably won't have seen an interview thank you letter before, so don't under estimate the power of a good, custom written letter.

The letter may be sent by email, but post is generally more effective since it is considered to be more personal and more effort appears to have gone into it.

Leave 24 hours after your interview before sending the thank you letter, as you'll want the recipient to believe that you really have given some thought to the position.

The biggest problem that employers face when recruiting into any position, is that some people refuse job offers.

If you are keen on the position, make it crystal clear that you want the job.

This is particularly true where a relocation might be necessary.

You have more work to do in convincing the employer that you really will move, since less than 20% of relocating candidates actually make a permanent move in order to get a job.

That number diminishes when the candidate is married and diminishes even further when the candidate is married and female, so employers will be cautious when dealing with candidates requiring relocation.

There are ways to overcome these potential obstacles and they will be handled in the private members area when it's launched formally in the coming weeks.