Thank you notes

["Maggie Secara" <maggiros -at- hotmail -dot- com>]

I had a lovely interview yesterday for a permanent position I'd really like. 
 After I got home, I sat down and send a thank you note to both people I 
spoke to.  I do this most of the time.  Sometimes I provide something 
helpful extra information, or the solution to a question that came up, the 
address of a listserv the current writing team might find useful <g>.  
Sometimes, it's just a simple bread-and-butter note:  Had a wonderful time, 
liked what I saw, hope to hear from you soon.  Either way it reminds them 
who I am and, I presume, keeps my name in their minds after I'm gone.

I can't say that it's ever had an impact on the decision, although I know 
some folks on this list have said it has be the thing that sets them apart 
from the other the candidates.  Maybe I'm just not doing it right.

I've looked through the archives and found a good deal on how effective 
thank-yous can be, but not much about the text of such letters themselves.  
So my question is: when you do this, what do you write?


Thanks in advance,

Maggie Secara


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