How can I start this letter/email?

Question

I am writing an email to a small kennels/cattery business applying for a job.

How can I start the email? Should it be 'Dear Sir/Madam'? Or 'Dear staff manager'?

Then how do I end it? Should I just write 'Thanks, myname'? Or 'Yours sincerely, myname'?



Thank you in advance!

Answer 1

If you are responding to an advert which named someone, as in "reply to Joan Smith/John Brown", then use their name - Dear Mrs/Mr/Ms/Miss [surname]. If you don't know the name, but can in some way divine their sex from the ad (I know that's unlikely), use Dear Sir or Dear Madam. If the ad just names the business, use "Dear Sirs". I know that is a bit sexist, but the pedantically correct "Dear Sirs or Mesdames" doesn't cut the mustard, somehow. It is common practice to use Dear Sirs when writing to an all-female outfit, and it doesn't seem to raise any hackles. But if you can find out the name of the owner by asking local pet-owners, use it - "Dear Mr/Mrs/Ms XXXX"



If you are writing on your own initiative, rather than responding to an advert, use "Dear Sirs", unless you can find out the owner's name, inwhich case use Dear Mr/Mrs/Ms XXX.



If you can use a name, it helps. People like seeing their names on letters (and a letter would be better than an email).



I'd avoid "Dear Staff Manager" - a small business probably won't have someone with that title. However, you could address the letter to "The Staff Manager, HappyKats Hotel, etc etc and follow it up with "Dear Sir or Madam" - that would be OK.



As for signing off, the convention is that if you begin "Dear Sir," "Dear Sirs," or "Dear Madam" then finish with "Yours faithfully". If you began with their name as in "Dear Mrs Smith", then use "Yours sincerely".



Print your name under your signature, and if female add (Mrs), (Miss) or (Ms) after it. This makes it easier for them to reply to you.



I think you posted another question asking about reasons for applying for the job. You and the kennels/cattery will both know that it probably isn't going to be your life's work, so why not say that you like animals and hope eventually to become a veterinary nurse, so need some hands-on experience?

Answer 2

I usually start Dear Sir or Madam, If applying for a job or something that is important end it Yours sincerely, if not then just Regards or Kind regards.

Answer 3

Dear Sir or Madam,ending with Yours Faithfully.

Answer 4

Address it Dear sir / madam, thats what i would do, its more formal if you are applying for a job. Then sign off as your sincerely, or put i look forward to hearing from you and your name.

Hope this helps :)

Answer 5

ALways start with 'Dear Sir or Madam' ,,,, if you don't know the person's name if you do then you start it off with Dear Mr. Smith ....Dear Miss Smith (Memba Miss for an unmarried woman an Mrs for a Married woman, Ms if your unsure on either)



you end your letter with 'Your's Sincerely' if you don't know the people you are writing to or have never wrote or spoke to them before.

or you end your letter with 'Yours faithfully' if you know the person or have wrote to them before

Answer 6

Find out their name and put Dear (name), explain why you are writing to them (in responce to their vacancy) just outline your character, your qualifications why you think are good for the job.



end with Kind Regards, (your full name)



Using yours sincerely and to whom it may concern are always what you are told you use, but to be honest it makes it look less personal, if you use their name it shows you have taken time to find out who you have to talk to and its not a generic letter you are sending to anyone.



Hope this helps

Answer 7

By using new email address

Answer 8

"Dear sir/madam" or "to whom it may concern" would work.



"I look forward to your response. Kind regards," works as a closing.

Answer 9

start with dear sir/madam, end with yours sincerely :D

Answer 10

begin with ''Dear Sir/Madam"

end with ''Yours sincerely, my name"



other words to be used.....i would appreciate.....i would be grateful..

opportunity will be utilized to fullest.....i believe.....



also use ''i have completed'' instead of ''i tried to complete''....''in the process of completion''

Answer 11

just be your self and you should say dear staff manager and you should end it like sincerely your name



and good luck on the job

Answer 12

Buongiorno or Caro/a followed by the person's name would work. Edit: If you think the person wouldn't mind, ciao followed by his/her name would work. It's just pretty informal.

Answer 13

Greetings, Providers of my car payment Yours truly, Drone #8562098234-01

Answer 14

Hey there!!! :)

ok, first off, you don`t know the person, so you don`t have to start the letter with "dear"...and addressing them as staff manager may not be too appropriate...i ll just type out the ideal format for you...



Sir/Madam,



Body of the letter....... ........................ .......................... ... ......................................................................................................... ............................................................................................................................................................... Thank you very much for your time.





Your name.



hope this helps.. :)

Answer 15

I would open it; to Personnel manager and close it with ; Looking forward to working with you...