Letter or email?

tommy2k8 · 15 July 2016 at 1:09PM

When applying for a general job (asking for any vacancies available) can I have people's views please on whether it is better to apply by email or letter?

SailorSam · 15 July 2016 at 1:16PM

In the past i would have always said you write a letter. I was always taught that you write a letter in your very best joined-up writing and put a stamp on it. But then a couple of years ago, when i had to 'sign on' for the first time in probably 40yrs, i discovered everything these days is done via the Internet. People expect emails.

sparkermarketing · 15 July 2016 at 1:20PM

what does the job advert say? what contact details do they provide?

tommy2k8 · 15 July 2016 at 2:45PM

sparkermarketing wrote: »

what does the job advert say? what contact details do they provide?

It's not a specific job - I am a self-employed computer engineer and I would love to work for my favourite computer magazine, ComputerActive - I even helped a client of mine and thus had my letter published in the issue out now!

SailorSam · 15 July 2016 at 3:56PM

I know i said email, but in those circumstances i think a letter would be better

jamesperrett · 15 July 2016 at 4:37PM

One magazine writer that I know started his career by writing articles that he thought magazines would be interested in and then sending them off to a variety of magazines covering the technology that he wanted to write about. He must have been pretty good because more than one magazine actually printed the article he sent and paid him for it. He's still a freelancer but writes regularly for one particular magazine now. Most magazine editors would want to see samples of your work so the best advice is probably to get writing!

tommy2k8 · 15 July 2016 at 4:44PM

jamesperrett wrote: »

One magazine writer that I know started his career by writing articles that he thought magazines would be interested in and then sending them off to a variety of magazines covering the technology that he wanted to write about. He must have been pretty good because more than one magazine actually printed the article he sent and paid him for it. He's still a freelancer but writes regularly for one particular magazine now. Most magazine editors would want to see samples of your work so the best advice is probably to get writing!

Thankyou for the advice. So should I wait to write a letter and write an article first?

tommy2k8 · 20 July 2016 at 9:38AM

I have decided I am going to write an article detailing mine and my clients' views on Windows 10. Even I don't get it published, it will show them what I can do.

tommy2k8 · 22 September 2016 at 11:14AM

I have finished my two articles, and sent them to:
Computeractve.
What other computer magazines do you recommend?

Smodlet · 22 September 2016 at 11:42AM

How about Computer Weekly?

Pennywise · 22 September 2016 at 11:42AM

I regularly get people looking for jobs either emailing or writing to me even when no job has been advertised.

If it's a letter, I'll read it.

If it's an email, especially if it's brief with the cv etc as an attachment, I'll delete it. I certainly won't open an attachment from someone I don't know, and wasn't expecting, in case it's some kind of virus.

So, my advice is to write not email.

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