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First name.Anonymous User wrote:If a recruiter emails you, saying "Hello (First name)," then signing with "Sincerely (his first name)," do I respond to the recruiter with "Hello (his first name?)" Or do I still use "Mr. (his last name)?"
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Thank you.Desert Fox wrote:First name.Anonymous User wrote:If a recruiter emails you, saying "Hello (First name)," then signing with "Sincerely (his first name)," do I respond to the recruiter with "Hello (his first name?)" Or do I still use "Mr. (his last name)?"
Thanks!
If OP meant independent recruiter (who will profit off your placement), then there is no need to be formal ever. You are their client.Anonymous User wrote:I disagree. I say last name. Mr. or Ms. At least in the very beginning be as formal and respectful as you can. You can go on a first name basis if you ever get to talk to that person in real life once.
Right but I think the OP means recruiter from the firm, not a staffing agency recruiter/headhunterr6_philly wrote:If OP meant independent recruiter (who will profit off your placement), then there is no need to be formal ever. You are their client.Anonymous User wrote:I disagree. I say last name. Mr. or Ms. At least in the very beginning be as formal and respectful as you can. You can go on a first name basis if you ever get to talk to that person in real life once.
"First name" is still the right answer.Anonymous User wrote:Right but I think the OP means recruiter from the firm, not a staffing agency recruiter/headhunterr6_philly wrote:If OP meant independent recruiter (who will profit off your placement), then there is no need to be formal ever. You are their client.Anonymous User wrote:I disagree. I say last name. Mr. or Ms. At least in the very beginning be as formal and respectful as you can. You can go on a first name basis if you ever get to talk to that person in real life once.
Yep, first name. OP (why anon?) has clearly shown he/she knows proper etiquette to the recruiter by calling the recruiter Ms./Mr. X in the initial email.Anonymous User wrote:OP here. Yes, I meant recruiter from a firm. I'm a law student.
Yep. Folks think that "it's never wrong to err on the side of formality," but that's not true. If someone is addressing you by your first name and signing with their first name, and if you keep addressing them as "Mr./Ms.," you're going to seem weird.Desert Fox wrote:Did you all miss the part where the recruiter used the students first name and signed with her first name. The objectively right answer is first name.
rpupkin wrote:Yep. Folks think that "it's never wrong to err on the side of formality," but that's not true. If someone is addressing you by your first name and signing with their first name, and if you keep addressing them as "Mr./Ms.," you're going to seem weird.Desert Fox wrote:Did you all miss the part where the recruiter used the students first name and signed with her first name. The objectively right answer is first name.
Find out his or her middle name and address them using all three.Hikikomorist wrote:If they sign off with first and last?
ur joking rightHikikomorist wrote:If they sign off with first and last?
Interested in this as well. This happened to me three times...Yeezus Wept wrote:ur joking rightHikikomorist wrote:If they sign off with first and last?
I would still use their first name because there are a lot of people who use their initials in their email signature but don't actually go by them in real life.Anonymous User wrote:What if they just sign using their initials (all of them)? Still weird to say "Mr./Ms. ___," or would it be weirder to use first name (assuming you know the first name)?
This is awful adviceBNA wrote:You use Mr./Ms. until a superior tells you otherwise. Hands down. Period. There are formal rules of etiquette and this one is cut and dry.
a recruiter is not your superior. they're a professional car salesperson chasing commissionsBNA wrote:You use Mr./Ms. until a superior tells you otherwise. Hands down. Period. There are formal rules of etiquette and this one is cut and dry.
Fucking millennials...Mr. Fancy wrote:This is awful adviceBNA wrote:You use Mr./Ms. until a superior tells you otherwise. Hands down. Period. There are formal rules of etiquette and this one is cut and dry.
1. Millennials are the generation born between roughly 1982 to late 90's/2000. I only say that because often the people most vocal about millennials are millennials themselves.BNA wrote:Fucking millennials...Mr. Fancy wrote:This is awful adviceBNA wrote:You use Mr./Ms. until a superior tells you otherwise. Hands down. Period. There are formal rules of etiquette and this one is cut and dry.
I'm absolutely not a millenial and I think it's awful advice, too. Nothing makes you look more like a little kid than using Mr./Ms. in the wrong context.BNA wrote:Fucking millennials...Mr. Fancy wrote:This is awful adviceBNA wrote:You use Mr./Ms. until a superior tells you otherwise. Hands down. Period. There are formal rules of etiquette and this one is cut and dry.