Thank you letter

[RI Nurse]

Hello, I have my second interview today and I am thinking about sending a thank you letter. Do you think is it appropriate and professional to fax it or mail it to the person?

Thank you.

[roma4204, BSN, RN]

I don't know how many times it has to be said. Old fashioned stamp and envelope for interview thank you letters!!!

[Black Jade, BSN, RN]

I sent an thank you email in this format:

From: First name Last name, RN

Sent: Day and date

To: Person who interviewed you

Subject: Thank you

(Follow the format of the thank you), etc...

The previous interviews I personally handed a thank you card. They never bothered me calling me back. I decided to follow the email format at my last interview. I got the job. Just google "thank you email after interview".

[Servingshots]

I sent an email and got a call back a few hours later. In this day and age email is appropriate!

[JulieCVICURN, BSN, RN]

Email is fine. A fax would probably get there as well. Snail mail is still appropriate as well, but more likely to get lost in the paper shuffle on people's desks. As long as you do a thank you, the route doesn't really matter.

[Whispera, MSN, RN]

Some people aren't computer literate and an email might never even be noticed. I know people who never check their work email and some who don't even have it.

Faxing a thank you strikes me as not a good thing. I don't know why I think that, but I do.

A handwritten note is a nice touch, but it's true, the note might get lost in the pile of other paper on someone's desk.

[Jenni811, RN]

last time i said e-mail was fine, i nearly got my head bitten off. But i still stand by and say an email is perfectly fine. And ya know what???....i got the job!!! despite everyone telling me my thank you letter should have been written as a letter.

E-mail is fine, letter will be good too. Whatever you want.

just be careful it doesn't get lost in cyberspace (had that happen)

[JulieCVICURN, BSN, RN]

Some people aren't computer literate and an email might never even be noticed. I know people who never check their work email and some who don't even have it.

Faxing a thank you strikes me as not a good thing. I don't know why I think that, but I do.

A handwritten note is a nice touch, but it's true, the note might get lost in the pile of other paper on someone's desk.

I agree that faxing seems wrong. Like you, I don't know why. I guess because I think of faxing as something that you only use for things that can't get to a person any other way, like documents that can't be emailed but still need to be there fast. Plus, I personally find faxes annoying. It's a personal pet peeve.

While I would agree that a huge proportion of front line staff do not use their work email (a HUGE problem for our facility because it hampers communication in an enormous way!), I don't know of a single manager or administrator who doesn't check theirs religiously. I've even joked about having my phone removed from my office because the vast majority of communications I get at work are via email or text message. It's rare to get an interoffice envelope with a document or a phone call.

It's a new world. There's nothing wrong with using the technology. It's no longer tacky to send thanks via email. Most of my colleagues prefer it.

[PackersFan]

I sent a thank you card via snail mail for the first interview and sent a thank you e-mail for the second interview.

Just my