Comments on: Cover Letters and Thank You Notes – Time Wasters Or Useful Tools?Why write these things? http://EmploymentDigest.net/2009/05/cover-letters-and-thank-you-notes-time-wasters-or-useful-toolswhy-write-these-things/ News, Tips and Hints for those in Career Transistion Wed, 08 Feb 2012 06:39:59 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.1 By: Kay Stout http://EmploymentDigest.net/2009/05/cover-letters-and-thank-you-notes-time-wasters-or-useful-toolswhy-write-these-things/comment-page-1/#comment-31836 Kay Stout Sat, 30 May 2009 13:03:57 +0000 http://www.EmploymentDigest.net/?p=2663#comment-31836 Bill - I couldn't agree with you more. Many times, in my 20+ year career as a career coach, I have had clients land a job because the initial impressions they made with their cover letter and thank you note were the "tipping points". When I get a personal, handwritten, thank you note from someone it goes in a folder so I can go back and reread them when I'm needing a boost or had an especially challenging day. Little things really do mean a lot (for those toooo young to remember - there's a great song entitled "Little Things Mean A lot". Kay <abbr><em>Kay Stout’s last blog post..<a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/typepad/VQKO/~3/PdlronjvepE/skype-yipes-global-connections.html" rel="nofollow">Skype - Yipes - global connections</a></abbr></em> Bill – I couldn’t agree with you more. Many times, in my 20+ year career as a career coach, I have had clients land a job because the initial impressions they made with their cover letter and thank you note were the “tipping points”.

When I get a personal, handwritten, thank you note from someone it goes in a folder so I can go back and reread them when I’m needing a boost or had an especially challenging day.

Little things really do mean a lot (for those toooo young to remember – there’s a great song entitled “Little Things Mean A lot”.

Kay

Kay Stout’s last blog post..Skype – Yipes – global connections

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