Workbook 6 - Literacy Link South Central

Activity Fourteen: Write a Thank You NoteEssential Skills Tip: Writing• Write a thank you note to an interviewerUsing your mock interview experience from Activity Thirteen, write a thank youletter to your interviewer that you could email or post. Include:• A statement that confirms your interest in the job• A reminder that you are the right person for the job and why. Briefly restatethe top two or three skills you will bring to the job.• A piece of information that did not come out in the interviewContinue your job searchIt’s tempting to take a few days off while the employer who just interviewedyou is deciding on who they are going to hire. If it’s you, why look any further?The obvious answer, of course, is that it may very well not be you that is hired.You may feel that you prepared as well as you could and that your interviewwent well. Nonetheless, someone else’s interview might have gone just a little bitbetter.So give yourself the rest of the morning off if you were interviewed in themorning, or the rest of the day if you were interviewed in the afternoon, but beready to get back at your job search. If you are feeling a little bit flat, review theearlier workbooks in this series, and decide what it is that you should be workingon now. Or if you prefer, move on to Workbook Seven, which is about yourongoing job search process.Take time to return to page 11 and fill in the Essential Skills Checklist. Thischecklist can help you keep track of the Essential Skills you use well andthose that you have improved. It can also help you to highlight those skills that need morework and practice.Remember toCheck Your Skills55