Should you follow up with a handwritten thank you note after a job interview? Susan Wilson Solovic asked basically the same question as she was recently asked that question in an interview. She was not too committed in her answer and said that a cleverly written email had been her deciding factor in hiring her new assistant.
While most emails (no matter how clever) will be forgotten, a handwritten note will be long-remembered. Handwriting and the thoughtfulness it takes to sit down and pen a personal message are becoming ever-more precious and surprising in the text world we live in. Social networking like this blog, linked in and facebook allegedly bring us closer together, but there's still nothing more personal than handwriting. And I don't mean just signing your name on the lame card you sent your mother on Mother's day.
Personal communication, not personalized communication, says you stopped during your day. You took a break from your laptop, emails, voicemails and texts to think of just that person. With pen in hand, you shared something of yourself. Not just your thoughts, but the art that is your penmanship, good or bad. It's the difference between your Italian mother giving you a can of Ragu versus the love she puts into the sauce she makes especially for you.
So take a break, fix some tea, write a note and send it snail mail. This most relaxing thing you do all day just might make the biggest impression.
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