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Subject:Re: Letters and E-mail From:Karen Kay <karenk -at- NETCOM -dot- COM> Date:Thu, 3 Nov 1994 13:52:08 -0800
Erik Harris said:
> I would always write a note to everyone I met at the interview, typed if
> you like, but on good letterhead and signed by hand.
I agree about not sending e-mail thank you letters--but now I wonder,
what about fax? More of my job-communication is done by fax than by
e-mail. Fax still gives you something tangible to have put in
your file. But of course there's no good paper, and no signature.
What do you mean by letterhead? When I applied for academic jobs, I
used the letterhead of the university I was at to apply for jobs
elsewhere. Is the same thing appropriate for writing jobs? I have used
the same paper I used for my resume for thank you letters.
