I went to National PR this week and the art of the handwritten thank you note.

I had an information interview at National Public Relations back on Tuesday with Sandra their Talent Retention and Aquisition Manager. It was a great meeting however Sandra pointed out like a lot of other agencies, National was not aquiring talent at my level (or any level for that matter), however I am in her database in case a future opportunity comes up.

I took this as a small victory, I am now on the radar of another organization I really want to work for and I enjoyed meeting with Sandra. One thing I did after dinner that night was write a thank note. No, I did not email the note but wrote it out by hand mailed it the old fashioned way.

There is something about a handwritten thank you note that gets attention. We are bombarded with information, don't ask me how many emails I get daily, I am on twitter,Facebook and run two blogs a hand written thank you note gets my attention and I keep them. An emailed thank you note disappears after the delete button is hit and is quickly forgotton. I make it standard practice to write by hand a thank you note to anyone I meet in regards to potential employment opportunities.

If you want to do this, invest in some decent letter paper, Clairfontaine, G.Lalo and Cranes make great product. Do go with an off white shade without decoration other than the makers watermark funky colours or decoration are distracting. Use a nice pen with ink that does not smudge and write concisely.