What to write in thank you letter after interview
How to write a thank you note for an interview
hi everyone I am cassandra thompson your
career consultant and speaker and today
we are talking about what I think is
actually the most important part of all
interviews the thank-you note in a world
where everyone feels to take him for
granted a thank-you note can put you at
the top of the pile for who to hire for
a job plus excuse me it's my nose our
justice plus it can totally set you
apart for a lot of other scenarios so
today we are going to cover why thank
you notes are so important a really
great formula for how to write one
quickly and I'm gonna give you a bonus
tip to make sure your thank-you note
looks awesome every time so for this
video we are gonna be focusing mainly on
thank you notes for interviewing for
jobs and for informational interviews
but a lot of the rules apply to anything
you know you need to write so keep watch
first before anything else a question I
get asked a lot is handwritten or
emailed and here's my my advice and what
I've heard from recruiters for an
interview email for anything else in my
ear on I want a handwritten thank-you
note on a thank-you note card so go to
that section at Target or Walmart or a
Hallmark store if you still have those
near you and get a set a very nice
standard thank-you notes but for the
interview you heard me at the beginning
it needs to be an for the job interview
it needs to be an email here's why you
want that to get to them as quickly as
possible you don't know where the person
interviewing you is headed afterwards
they might be on a red-eye across the
country won't be back until next week
and they have to make the decision on
who they hire while they're gone if you
hand write one they're gonna come back
to it but they've hired the person who
emailed them so for interviews always
email and please I'm just throwing this
in there don't be the person who
interviews and then at the end whoops
I've heard of people doing this whoops
out thank you notes at receptions like
can you give this to them how insincere
is that you wrote your thank-you note
before you had anything to talk about
for the interview so that's just like a
big nut all right so why thank you notes
are important thank you notes are
something that recruiters look for they
want to see that you are excited and
energized and really want this job that
you will go the extra mile it is there's
like crazy stats out there that three
out of four people know they should
write a thank-you note
one out of four people does it because
it's so simple and people think Oh
everyone's doing this so I'm not gonna
be set apart I talk to recruiters all
the time who say they never get
thank-you notes in fact I know multiple
recruiters who actually the few and far
between thank-you notes they get they
keep them and post them on their wall I
actually post thank-you notes I get on
my wall too
because they are that rare so it sounds
simple you think everyone's doing it but
I promise you they are not that I'm
gonna guess three out of four people who
watch this video won't even end up
making a thank-you so be the 1 out of 4
that does and the job could be yours the
formula for a thank-you note is so
simple you're going to say dear name of
person and yes please use dear use
salutations then you are going to
actually say thank you be surprised say
thank you so much for interviewing me
today or for chatting with me about this
position then you were going to name
something personal to your conversation
so that could be highlighting something
from the job that sounds really
interesting to you that they told you
about that day or let's say if it's an
informational interview that's something
you learned about the company or
something personal that you had in
common so it could be anything like oh
I'm so glad I found somebody else who's
as obsessed with the crown as I am or
please let me know when you finish
stranger things season 2 I would love to
hear your thoughts on it it can be light
it can be fun so anything personal to
your conversation then you are going to
reiterate your things again as I said
before thank you so much I really
appreciate it talking with you and then
if it's for an informational interview
or job description I really want you to
put in something that shows you want to
further in this conversation so I look
and this is not rocket science I look
forward to hearing from you if it's an
informational interview let's talk again
soon or keep me posted on blah blah blah
thing you talked about and then all you
do is say sincerely and your name guys
that's it so let me go through those
little more basically name say thank you
say something say something say
something personal reiterate your thanks
and move the conversation forward
sincerely I actually do a workshop where
I teach this and I make people write a
thank-you note
in the room it takes four minutes I have
learned this four minutes so think about
it this way four minutes can stand
between you and the job okay so my bonus
tip if you are writing a thank-you note
on an actual note card which for inner
informational interviews you should do
you know if someone helps you out with
something you you know helps you on a
project or you ask somebody for a piece
of advice write them a thank-you note
but to make it look good it means no
mistakes on it no spelling errors no
grammatical errors nothing crossed out
no writing get being big at the top and
then cramming it in the corner so how do
you make that happen you take a blank
piece of paper
you take your thank-you note you put it
here and you trace the size of it and
now you are going to write your thank
you note here first if it doesn't fit
trace it again do it again until you can
get it all on one perfectly Center
note is everything spelled correctly are
there any grammatical errors you can
check it here before wasting a notecard
once you've done that just copy like you
were in grade school what you said on to
that actual note and it'll look
beautiful and perfect every time I hope
now you feel more confident and
understand how beneficial and great
thank you notes can be in your career
okay so one little added bonus for you
if you would like to make this even
simpler than the formula I have a link
below for a template for you to kind of
insert some things and make a beautiful
perfect thank you note every time so if
you would like that template check the
description check the description box
below alright so that's it for this
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thank you so much for watching and I
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