Thank You Letters

By Brian Clapp If you've just graduated or are wrapping up an internship and find yourself in job-seeker mode, you've probably been inundated with the career cliche: "It's not what you know, but who you know." Those are nine very scary words for anyone without many professional contacts. (And who are ...

A Knock em Dead Facebook follower writes, "When writing a 'Thank you for the interview' letter, should I address the person by first name since I usually refer to them by their first name in the interview?" An interesting question of professional etiquette, where as much depends on the age and status ...

AOL Jobs readers frequently send in questions about thank you letters. Here are answers to our readers' top 5 questions. ...

You felt the interview went well. The hiring manager gave you the impression the company wants to fill the position quickly. But you're still waiting for a response and you are starting to get quite anxious. How long should you wait before following up on an interview, and when you do follow up, what should ...

Not much. But the Department of Labor reports that the average number of minutes unemployed Americans are spending looking for a job each day is 18 minutes. What can those 18 minutes possibly translate into? Checking one job board, making one phone call, connecting to a few friends and colleagues online, or maybe ...