Buying envelopes for sending job applications

Sambucus_Nigra

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/3199166

I told you it was cheaper on the postage last time you asked....

ohreally

geek84 wrote: »

Can't I just use the ordinary 1st class stamps, which cost around 46p each?

Of course you can, the recipient can then pay the surcharge.

geek84

Hi Folks

Thanks for you replies, so far.

I am thinking of buying the A4 sheets of address labels.

Could someone please explain how I could get the addreses to print on the labels?

I have an Epson SX415 printer.

Thanks in advance.

LittleVoice

geek84 wrote: »

Hi Folks

Thanks for you replies, so far.

I am thinking of buying the A4 sheets of address labels.

Could someone please explain how I could get the addreses to print on the labels?

I have an Epson SX415 printer.

Thanks in advance.

You need a code from the labels to know the size. If you use Word when you have the name and address on the letter, select that text and then you should find that code in a drop-down selection (Tools, Letters and Mailings, Label).

However, it is not recommended that you put the sheet of labels through the printer multiple times.

If your handwriting is legible there is no reason not to simply use manuscript for the name and address.

SarEl

This may be rather a simplistic reply, so please forgive me.. but as an employer I really don't give a s!!t what size the envleope is or how many folds there are in the application _ although I will admit that surchaged applications go in the bin! I am actually more bothered about what is on the application than what it is in - especially since, by the time it arrives at my desk, having been through the post room and three layers of admin, I wouldn't have a clue what it arrived in

anamenottaken

SarEl wrote: »

This may be rather a simplistic reply, so please forgive me.. but as an employer I really don't give a s!!t what size the envleope is or how many folds there are in the application _ although I will admit that surchaged applications go in the bin! I am actually more bothered about what is on the application than what it is in - especially since, by the time it arrives at my desk, having been through the post room and three layers of admin, I wouldn't have a clue what it arrived in

Agreed.

My original reply to the OP was to acknowledge that some professionals advise their clients (jobseekers) to use C4 envelopes. This is for top level jobs where the applicant will also be using very good quality paper and goes back to the days when print on a document could be damaged if it was creased/folded along a line of type so that it was more difficult to read.

It might also be appropriate where an applicant sends in very long CVs. Normally one advises on two sheets for a CV but there are some jobs (eg IT contracting) where more is expected so that each project they have worked on can be described.

For job applications, I have never used anything above a C5 and have generally found a DL envelope adequate.

For jobs below senior management, as an employer I would view the use of a C4 envelope as evidence of profligacy and wonder whether they would be wasting my stationery budget!

Owain_Moneysaver

geek84 wrote: »

How would I work out the measurements? i.e. making sure that the address shows through the window envelope?

It may depend on your envelope, but starting the address 2" down and 1" from the left has usually worked for me.

• Place paper inside envelope.
  
• Press dot through the top left of the window with a pencil.
  
• Remove paper and measure location of dot.

You only have to measure it once, then remember it.

misssmcc

for gawd's sake get a pen and write the address.

Sambucus_Nigra

So basically, since you asked last time nearly 3 weeks ago - you still haven't managed to put a letter in an envelope and send it?

jobbingmusician

I cannot see any problem with handwriting the address on the envelope, in clear legible writing. An employer is unlikely to see the envelope (it will be opened in the admin office). I am a senior employee, have never bothered to print envelopes for my own job applications (and I have an enviable record of getting shortlisted!) and would not be bothered to receive a handwritten envelope when I recruit staff.