Guide to Follow Up Letters

 After a job interview there are several ways you can keep the potential employer's attention on YOU as the likely person to hire:

1. Immediately write a Thank You Letter to the interviewer. Write it immediately after the interview, and get it in the mail the same evening so it arrives in the next day or two.

2. Send a Follow Up Letter soon after that, if you do not hear from the interviewer within a week---or whatever length of time seems reasonable, given how long they said it would take to make a decision. Obviously, you'd want the Follow Up Letter to arrive DURING---not after!--- the decision-making period.

A Follow Up Letter should convey these points:

1) I am still interested in the company's current concerns and opportunities.
2) I have something specific to contribute that would benefit the company.
3) I would like to hear from you soon. 

Dear Ms. Hawkins,

I'm writing to let you know that I am still very much interested in the Marketing Assistant position we discussed in our meeting two weeks ago. Although your company is relatively new in the lighting field, I think the Design Department has created some remarkable products that could prove extremely popular and profitable, given the right promotion.

You mentioned an interest in exploring the marketing potential of the Internet as one way to increase Brilliant's market share, and I wanted to remind you that I do have some experience in designing web pages for the Internet. In fact, I have been "cruising the web" to see what other companies in your field are doing about promoting their products on the Web. It turns out that only a few of them have discovered this medium. This mean there's a wide-open opportunity for Brilliant Lighting to get in there first and establish itself as an industry leader.

I will continue this marketing research, and would be delighted to come in again to discuss how I might apply this information to Brilliant's long-term product promotion plans. Please call me if you need any additional data for my application, or if you wish to meet with me again to talk about the position.

                         Sincerely,

                        Karen Peters
                         (222) 333-0000
                         Email, Karen@goodjob.com

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