Buying envelopes for sending job applications

iamana1ias

Somehow I don't think envelopes are the OP's biggest barrier to work

geek84

Hi Folks

Thanks for your replies so far.

I have got the envelopes sorted now. Can someone please advice where I could buy cheap 1st class stamps.

I was going to try ebay, but some people say that there are a few scams going round these days on ebay, regarding stamps.

Thanks in advance.

asparagusnextleft

Cheap first class stamps?

Any cheap first class stamp wll be a scam - they are ones that have escaped a post mark so get reused. This is actually against the law, so you are asking people to advise you how to break the law.

Just buy your stamps from the Post Office.

Slinky

Why not buy second class and have done with?

If you belong to Costco you can buy slightly cheaper stamps. Superdrug also do discounts occasionally.

Savvy_Sue

geek84 wrote: »

I take it that the C5 sized envelope would be better than A4? The only problem is that I would need to get address labels done from somewhere. Is anybody aware of any cheap places that I could have them done?

See below for label issues.

easy wrote: »

Assuming you have a printer, the C5 size envelopes should go thru, put them thru from the manual feed tray, one at a time.

It's not a good idea to do this with self-seal envelopes where the glue exposed, is it? So you'd either need envelopes you were going to have to lick, or the pricier ones with some form of 'protection' over the self-seal bit. It takes a bit of trial and error, and possibly further adjustment of the paper settings, but it can certainly be done.

easy wrote: »

Alternatively buy A4 sheets of address labels and put those thru your printer - just ask if you need help with the layout.

Some combinations of printers and labels get very unhappy if you send a sheet through with any labels missing. So unless the OP only applies for X jobs at a time (where X = the number of labels on each sheet), it's going to be FAR cheaper and easier to write the address on the envelope.

bendix

geek84 wrote: »

Hi Folks

I am in the process of buying some A4 sized envelopes to send out job applications i.e. a cover letter and cv.

Would it be better if I buy A4 sized envelopes for this, so that I don't have to fold the letter & cv? If so, do you recommend that I buy ones with 'windows', so that I don't have to put a separate address label on? How would I work out the measurements? i.e. making sure that the address shows through the window envelope?

Finally, do you know of any good websites which sell cheap envelopes?

Thanks in advance.

For a moment, I thought this was a very clever micky take post; then, to my horror, I realised it was a genuine question.

Anyway, now that you're sorted out the Great Envelope Issue, would you like to start a new thread on what pen to use?

Evilm

Most places won't even take paper applications any more (unless they require a thick application form but usually then they provide an envelope). I think I have only seen a few lately that will accept them but even they prefer to receive them by email.

hcb42

I haven't done a paper application in years, although when I did I used large envelopes with windows, but then I have been applying for relatively senior positions. This could get expensive, but on the other hand if you are not applying for 1000s of jobs it's fine. It's not necessarily true that all applicants are opened by admin - again this will vary enormously from company to company. I think I have only had one job where I didn't open my own post.

As for not being able to type a letter and get the address in the window part of the envelope - I hope the job doesn't require you to be able to use a computer to a basic level;)

Wyndham

This board is sometimes very worrying....

bendix

Wyndham wrote: »

This board is sometimes very worrying....

frighteningly despairing