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A handwritten note will take a couple days to arrive if you mail it. Emails arrive immediately. It might make a difference.
Also at my agency we don’t have individual mailboxes, just three boxes in the mailroom by last name initial that no one checks. Literally never. Found a 2015 Christmas card to a colleague who quit in 2016 the other day. Net net, they might never get it
Exactly this
No don't do both that's fake / trying too hard. Do one and be genuine and write something thoughtful! Don't bother with cliches or canned 3 sentences. And you don't MAIL handwritten Thank You notes. You leave them with the receptionist / front desk within 24 hours. (Same with emails, write the next day, not the minute you walk out the door). Be authentic.
Boombox over head outside their window
Email. Speed matters now. Handwritten is passé
I disagree with CD1 - do whatever feels right to you. Do both if you want. You can send an email and follow up with a hand written thank you note. There isn’t a right or wrong way about saying thank you. At the end of the day you did it and you won’t have to wonder.
Handwritten note? Who are you ? Unless the interview took place at a lake house and they limo/chopper/horse carriaged you there, then yes. Hire a calligrapher too! you cheap bastard.
Send an email
I’m sorry you don’t arrive at your interview by chopper, how the devil are you getting there then?
I personally don’t care. It’s a very nice gesture and always fun to get cards but has zero impact on whether or not I recommend you for the job.
Hand written goes much further for an impression
Depends. If you’re creative then it would feel too ass kissey and unnatural. But if you’re in PR I noticed they like writing handwritten notes and that’s their jam.
I’m in PR. A thank you won’t make or break the decision. But it will firm up a first impression. So speed matters. I prefer email because otherwise mail may get lost
both
In this day and age, handwritten will distinguish you from the ones who only send email
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I love handwritten. I always try to deliver them the next day if I can.
If you’re afraid of handwritten getting lost, you can personally deliver it to the agency and hand it to the front desk.
Hand written will make you stand out like dog’s balls (in a good way) because people (in general) don’t send thank you anything anymore. I send a handwritten note AND an email. DON’T ‘cut and paste’.
Handwritten, put in the extra effort.
Both. Different messages with each so I’m not duplicating. Email is fast. Snail mail is memorable
This. In the creative field I have always sent the email a day or two after an interview, then mailed something as well, making sure they arent the same messages. The email is a little more formal, the handwritten a little more personal. I always state in better words "I'm sending you something" as well, so not only are they on the lookout for it, it makes sure I don't backburner sending it as well. Bonus points if you can relate your work into the snail mail method, as it will make them see your work again.
If you handwrite it, I'll never receive it. I'll never know. On the off chance I do, I'll still have made my decision about you days before I receive it. You have, at best, 3 working days. That's the extreme scenario.
Wow ☝️ Maybe thank you emails or cards don’t matter at all if they’re moving that fast
Hand written is old school. You’d come across weird.
Write the note in the lobby after and go back up and give it to the front desk! Timely and personal!
Handwritten email