Hi I'm Jeri Walker Career and Job Search Strategist and Founder of
You Best Designed Career and in this video I'm going to tell you how you can
set yourself apart from other job candidates by sending a follow-up email after your
job interview and at the end of this video I'll tell you how you can get my
email template so you can easily draft your own follow-up email
well the vast majority of recruiters appreciate receiving thank you emails
from job candidates studies have proven that most candidates don't send them in
fact in some cases very few candidates in them I know that when I was making
hiring decisions I never received a follow-up email from a candidate now let
me know in the comments guilty or not guilty are you guilty of not sending a
follow-up email after your job interview now sending a follow-up email isn't
going to necessarily get you the job but all things equal if a hiring manager is
on the fence between you and another candidate and you are the one that sends
them a well-thought-out and meaningful follow-up email it can tip the scale in
your favor now if you're feeling like thank you or follow-up emails and make
you look desperate change your mindset and come from a mindset of how you can
help them always remember that from their
perspective the interview and the hiring process is about what the company and
that hiring manager need so keep that your focus as you write your email
you'll want to send the email within 24 hours of the interview preferably at
that same day but not during your work day because you don't want them thinking
that you wrote this during your employers time that's really not the
oppression that you want to make also be sure to send a separate personalized
email to every person you talked with for example if you first talk briefly
with someone from HR who scheduled the interview who then introduces you to the
hiring manager or the person that you interviewed with you should still send
them a thank-you just a real quick email recognising their effort now what does
the email to the interviewer look like well you want to cover four things you
want to thank them for their time you want to build additional rapport with
them you want to position yourself as the
one who can solve their problem and then you want to express your interest in the
position and this can all be accomplished in just four really short
paragraphs let's break it down so in that first paragraph you're going to
thank them and you're gonna build rapport
now remember interviewing takes a lot of time and the hiring manager has taken
time out of their busy schedule to talk with you so you need to acknowledge that
in the very first sentence of the email you also want to build rapport in your
opening paragraph remember the recipient of your email is a human so talk to them
like 1 be relatable and build rapport now one thing you can do is during the
interview pay attention to the small talk there's usually a fair amount a
small talk at the beginning or the end of the interview pay attention and
remember one of the casual comments that the interviewer made and use that to
commiserate and connect with them in your email so for example if you're
walking through the office and they casually remark you know maintenance
really needs to get in here and fix the air conditioning it's really been hot in
here and your first paragraph you might say
something like dear Bob thank you for talking with me this morning about the
project manager position I really appreciate you taking time out of your
day for me and I hope by the time you read this they've resolved those air
conditioning problems for you I know how miserable it is to sit in a muggy office
on a hot summer day like today I've been there too
so you've immediately built a common bond you shown empathy and relatability
to the interviewer and I can tell you that not too many people do this in
their follow-up emails ok paragraph two you want to position yourself as the one
who can solve their problem you want to remind them of how you are the best fit
for this position and you do this by speaking to their pain points and then
attaching their pain points to your ability to solve them by mentioning how
you have solved this problem past remember it's about their needs and
you are there to help them so an example of this might be I was interested to
hear about the roadblocks you have bumped into with your ERP implementation
having led an implementation team in the past I know exactly how challenging it
can be and found that getting buy-in from the various departments is one of
the key factors in getting everything rolled out on time so this paragraph
does a couple of things first it brings the focus to them in their problem which
is another way to build rapport with people and then it connects you as the
solution to their problem okay so moving on to paragraph three
so in paragraph three you want to express your interest in the position as
well as the company you don't want to leave any doubt in their mind as to
whether you're interested in continuing discussions with them you can frame this
paragraph something like after hearing more about the position and what the
company plans to do with the new ERP initiative I'm more excited than ever to
become part of your team okay then you'll need to end the email so
paragraph four is your club you can in the email with a light call-to-action
and what this might look like is please feel free to call me to discuss what
else you may need from me I look forward to talking to you again soon
best and then your name and that's how you write your follow-up email just
those four short paragraphs say a lot and just may increase your chances of
getting a job offer if you want to get my template that will help you write
your next follow-up email click the link below in the description and a download
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