You recently attended an interview for a job. i) State five reasons why you might send a thank you message to the interviewer. ii) Explain how...

      

You recently attended an interview for a job.

i) State five reasons why you might send a thank you message to the interviewer.
ii) Explain how you would decide which communication medium to use for your thank you message
iii) Highlight the circumstances under which an interviewee would write a letter of inquiry following a job interview

  

Answers


Martin
i) One should send a thank you message to the interviewer because of the following reasons:

- Show appreciation for the employer?s interest in you.
Reiterate your interest in the position and in the organization.
- Review or remind the employer about your qualifications for the position. If you thought of something you forgot to mention in the interview, mention it in your follow-up / thank you letter.
Demonstrate that you have good manners and know to write a thank-you letter.
- Follow up with any information the employer may have asked you to provide after the interview.


ii) Communication medium

- The time necessary to prepare and transmit the message considering the urgency
- The complexity of the message
- The distance the message is requires to travel and in what condition it must arrive.
- The- need for written record
- The need for interaction or immediate exchange
- The need for confidentiality

iii. Circumstances under which a letter of inquiry should be written.

- Thanking the employer for the opportunity to interview and follow up on when to expect feedback - Sending supportive materials, e.g., transcripts.
- Notifying the employer of a change of address or additional experience gained since submitting your application.

marto answered the question on February 5, 2019 at 07:50


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