Professional Documents
Culture Documents
By Ika Susanti
FORMAT OF EMAIL LETTER
1) Subject line describing why you're writing
e.g. application for Marketing Associate - Jane Smith
Informational Interview Request
Thank You - Marketing Associate Interview
2) Greeting
Dear Mr./Ms. LastName
Dear Hiring Manager
3) Short message (2-3 paragraphs at most)
A few short paragraphs:
Introduction (who you are) (first paragraph)
The reason you're writing (second and optional third paragraph)
Thanks for the consideration
4) Closing
Sincerely, Best regards, regards, respectfully
Sincerely yours, with respect.
5) Signature with your contact information
Sample Email Signature
FirstName LastName
Email Address
Phone
e.g. Brianna Clumber
brianna.clumber@email.com
555-123-4567
linkedin.com/in/briannaclumber
TIPS FOR WRITING BUSINESS EMAIL LETTER
Use a professional email address
FirstnameLastname@email.com
Lastname@email.com
Keep it professional
Keep it short
End professionally
Sincerely,
Tanisha Johnson
Sales Manager, ABC Industries
tjohnson@abcindustries.com
555-123-1234
Edit, edit, and edit
DON’T IN EMAIL LETTER
Emoticons
Typos and grammatical errors
Extraneous information
Colored fonts
Slang or abbreviations