If you do ask for a last-minute letter of recommendation, it's more important than ever to send a thank you note. A gift will also show your appreciation for the letter writer's quick work.

Always thank your professors for taking the time to write a letter of recommendation. A handwritten thank you note is a personal and thoughtful way to say thank you, but an email will also suffice. It ...

Finally, whether you get the job or not, or are accepted into that program or not, you must write a thank you note or call the people who wrote letters for you and thank them. Writing a good letter of ...

Students seeking college scholarships are juggling deadlines, asking for recommendation letters and writing essays – but one overlooked step in the application process is writing a thank-you ...

The article about the loss of writing thank-you notes discusses another lost art. During COVID, I wrote letters to my grandchildren several times a week, in print form, not in cursive.

The thank-you note was de rigueur, both for friends and family, as well as business. A formality of tone and proper etiquette were necessary, as were a careful selection of paper, envelope, and ink.

A thank-you note isn’t a cover letter or résumé. ... Don’t overthink it or go too deep. A candidate once sent me a book recommendation in their thank-you note and it struck just the right tone.

Your mother might have told you to write that thank-you note or letter of gratitude, but how many of us actually sit down to do that? Amit Kumar, assistant professor at the McCombs School of Busine… ...