Thank-You Letters

[etherial]

So, Marketing.

When you go on a job interview, it is (now?) customary to send a thank-you letter to the interviewer. Astute observers have pointed out that a job interview is not some act of benevolence to be grateful for so much as an opportunity for both parties to examine a potential business transaction in further depth.

BUT

a) It's a buyer's market, so you have to do everything you can to ingratiate yourselves to potential employers ATM.

and

b) It's good PR to send them the thank-you letter because it keeps *them* thinking about *you*, which increases the likelihood that you will receive the offer if it comes down to a toss-up.

What do you put in your thank-you letters?

Comments

[eudociainboston.livejournal.com]

I know for a fact that I landed an IT position with multiple very strong candidates because I was the only one who wrote a thank you note way back in 2002. When I was on hiring committees that was the deciding factor at least twice when deciding on two equally liked and qualified candidates.
Thank them for their time, review the salient points about the interview/position and that you are still interested and you are good to go.