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I'm also with edw519 on the courtesy front, it's just that in this modern day and age I find that people's attention spans when it comes to job worries are more suited to a quick email than a letter a few days later.
(funnily enough, the job I have now is the only one I didn't bother sending thank you emails for, since after weeks of interviewing I got tired of the whole ritual. go figure.)
...it is 100% necessary to send an email... I take it a step further. I always send a hand written Thank You Note by snail mail. Always. I have never failed to do this. Why? Because if someone has spent an hour of their time (I don't care if it's on company time) to potentially change my life, the least I could do is take 5 minutes to share a sincere Thank You. I always take the time to hand write it, I always make i…
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I don't quite get your reasoning here: > if someone has spent an hour of their time (I don't care if it's on company time) to potentially change my life, the least I could do is take 5 minutes to share a sincere Thank You. That implies that choosing a slower method of communicating somehow shows greater thanks than would, say, an email or phone call. I suppose to some people (certainly not me), a snail mail letter ma…
The main reason to chose snail mail is not that it is slow, but that it shows some amount courtesy and appreciation.The cost (in terms of time) of writing an email v/s letter should not be measured in terms of the number of minutes. I think of it this way, somebody who had take the time to get some postal envelops, stamps, sat down and wrote the letter leaving his work in some way and then dropping it off to a post b…
Courtesy is appreciated by most people who don't have Aspergers! I assume that you are asking from the perspective of the interviewee. You don't have to send e-mails if you don't want to. But don't kvetch if you are not getting jobs and not getting any feedback after being interviewed. The interviewers might think that you are arrogant and no matter how brilliant you might be, that cold be a strike against you.
Why taint good advice with a slur?
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The main reason to chose snail mail is not that it is slow, but that it shows some amount courtesy and appreciation.The cost (in terms of time) of writing an email v/s letter should not be measured in terms of the number of minutes. I think of it this way, somebody who had take the time to get some postal envelops, stamps, sat down and wrote the letter leaving his work in some way and then dropping it off to a post b…
When you talk about the time it takes to compose and send a physical letter, I simply don't agree or understand. How does taking more time mean you're more thoughtful, serious, or classical? If you're just saying that snail mail seems classy because of its cultural significance, then I understand, but just taking a long time alone doesn't seem particularly thoughtful, serious, or classy.