BU208 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Signature Block, Etiquette In Technology
Document Summary
Formatting any business correspondence requires thought and intention. Shaping your message to meet the needs of the audience and your purpose gets you the results you want. The easiest way for recruiters to weed through the pile, always write a cover letter. Letters are sent to people outside an organization. Memos are sent to people within an organization. Any information, including short reports, can be in placed in letter or memo format. In north america, not the format that people use. They legally have to do block now. Everything is lined up on the left hand side. Dear is still the standard business format. Lets the employer know if there is something missing. The punctuation following the salutation and the close is omitted: dear ms. laura van dyke, best regards. Dear is the standard opening in any business letter in terms of courtesy titles: follow the format used in previous correspondence. If you don"t know a woman"s martial status omit.
